Why Every Woman Should Be
Under Chiropractic Care

The obvious -- every woman has a spine and nervous system. Chiropractic can offer an evaluation of function and quality care that promotes it. Chiropractic is safe, cost-effective, and there are the obvious benefits that many seek out chiropractic for: care for the cause of back problems, neck pain, headaches, etc.

Women have most of the same health concerns that men have. But women face many health problems unique to them or that more often or more seriously affect women than men. Doctors of chiropractic have always recognized this and have developed and provided a wide variety of treatment options specifically suited to women's health needs.

Because of this (and because most women tend to have a heightened awareness of their physical condition and are accustomed to seeking help from health professionals), more women than men regularly rely on chiropractic care.

The nervous system is responsible for regulating and coordinating messages from the brain/spinal cord to the hormones of the reproductive system, as well as linking them with other hormone systems ( i.e. thyroid and stress hormones). Imagine the potential for problems if a distortion occurs!

Interference in a woman's reproductive system can present as over activity (i.e., heavy bleeding or heavy cramping), under activity, i.e., no Continued:menstrual activity or infertility) or distorted activity (i.e., PMS or endometriosis). Many women have experienced improvement in their reproductive health while under chiropractic care, including beautiful babies born to "infertile" women.

Some primary addictions affecting women are work, food, and chemical addictions, including alcohol, nicotine, recreational drugs, prescription drugs and caffeine.

An addiction is a physical and/or psychological state in which a breakdown of specific brain pathways can result in the Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS), when the brain is unable to produce the chemicals responsible for a sense and feeling of well-being and pleasure.

Older women are much more likely than men to develop such serious ailments as Alzheimer's disease (which burdens the afflicted with near-total memory loss and reduced mental functioning) and osteoporosis (in which the bones become weak, brittle, and porous; the posture stooped with the shoulders rounded). These are just two of the problems of aging that women must be aware of and can take steps to prevent.

Having a subluxation-free spine can impact a woman's potential to experience optimum well being, as the vertebral joints and spinal cord are actively involved in this process and loss of normal neurological function due to physical, emotional, chemical stress which all can contribute to this interference. Return to Top

Proof that Chiropractic Treatment
helps Migraine Sufferers

Seventy-two per cent of migraine sufferers in a clinical trial experienced either 'substantial' or 'noticeable' improvement after a period of chiropractic treatment, defying historical skepticism of chiropractics by some medical practitioners.

The randomised clinical trial was undertaken by Dr Peter Tuchin, a chiropractor for the past 20 years, as part of his recently-completed PhD thesis at Macquarie University.

"Around 22 per cent [of patients] had substantial reduction - which means that more than 60 percent of their symptoms reduced during the course of the treatment," Tuchin says. "What makes this a really strong result is that this was a really chronic group - the average length of time they'd had migraines was 18 years. To get a change of that sort of magnitude in a really chronic group was quite amazing.

"Another 50 per cent had quite noticeable improvement. They either found that the frequency of the migraines was less, the length of time they had them was less or that they didn't need to use their medications as much. This last result is very significant because some of the migraine medications are very strong drugs which have lots of side effects. Some of the migraine medications also have the problem of giving instant relief to the migraine, but creating another 'rebound migraine' the next day."

The trial used 123 migraine sufferers, whittled down from around 1000 who applied after seeing a television program about the research. This group was divided into a treatment group who received chiropractic care, and a control group who were told they were receiving a form of electrical physical therapy. "Both groups kept a record of their migraines for the whole six months, noting down how often they got them, how severe they were, how long they lasted, and if there was anything they could think of that contributed to them," Tuchin explains. "For two months prior to any treatment they just diarised their migraines, followed by two months of treatment and then two months of post-treatment."

Despite this study, some medical practitioners still dispute the ability of chiropractic care to help migraine sufferers. However, Tuchin believes this is a fast-diminishing group.

"I think the vast majority of medical practitioners are now open to chiropractic, but there's a very small percentage who don't realise what developments we've had, what inroads we've made," Tuchin says.

"Chiropractic is not the be all and end all, but for a good percentage of migraine sufferers the neck is a significant contributing factor, and for them chiropractic treatment is really effective. I'm not saying that everybody's going to be cured, but there's very little to lose.
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Some "Quick Facts and Science"
on Chiropractic

• A recent study by Ronald Pero, Ph.D. Chief of Cancer Prevention at NY Med. Institute found that "Chiropractic patients had a 200% greater immuno-competance than non-chiropractic patients." Simply put, Chiropractic patients have a more effective immune system!!!
• 180,000 deaths result each year as the result of iatrogenic injury (Drug side effects and medical negligence.) That is the equivalent of 3 jumbo jet crashes every 2 days! You would hear about that in the papers.( Lucien Leape M.D., Harvard, J. Amer. Med. Assoc. Dec.1994)
• Chiropractic care reported better overall health, fewer symptomatic chronic conditions, less days in hospitals and nursing homes and more mobility than elderly non-chiropractic patients, according to a new study conducted by the prestigious RAND Corp.
• The Dean of the University of Arizona Pharmacy reported that $73 BILLION is spent on drugs every year.
• Another study proved that over $76 BILLION was spent on dealing with the side effects of those drugs. (Arch. Intern. Med. 1995;155). That's $3 BILLION more spent on side effects than the drugs in the first place!!!! Better health through better chemistry has FAILED miserably!
• Tylenol use kills more people per year than cocaine! (Forbes Magazine, Jan. 1998) Also reported: Relatively small overdoses of acetaminophen,
• Tylenol's active ingredient, have been blamed for liver damage and even Deaths in children. Consumers were not told that giving a child as little as TWICE the proper dose over a period of time could destroy their lives. (Associated Press).
• A study on the effects of PMS and Menstrual Problems concluded that Chiropractic care is an effective and safe non pharmacological alternative for relieving the pain and distress of primary dysmenorrhea. (JMPT 1992; 15(5):279) In 1997 there were 629 million visits to alternative care providers in the U.S. exceeding all visits to primary care physicians!
• The money spent on this alternative care was $21.2 Billion, in which $12.1 Billion was paid out of pocket! Exceeding all out of pocket payments for all us primary physician services combined!
• When people have to spend their hard earned money they choose Alternative care. (D.Eisenburg, JAMA, Nov. 11, 1998)
• Studies show a spine with optimum alignment is up to 16 times stronger than a subluxated spine.
• Loss of the healthy cervical (neck) curve stretches the spinal cord 5-7 cm and causes serious nerve interference. The possible signals jumping across the synapses of the brain exceeds the number of atoms in the known universe.
• Studies show that only 10% of our nervous system perceives pain. The other 90% is for function.
• Subluxations causing nerve pressure equivalent to the weight of a dime on your hand reduce the nerve impulses by 60%.
• One cubic inch of brain cortex contains over 10,000 miles of connecting tissue.
• Your arteries and veins would stretch out over 12,000 miles if the we laid out in a straight line.
• Chiropractic has been shown to boost immunity by an average of 200% for patients in wellness care.
• The word "chiropractic" means "done by hand." Chiropractic was discovered by D.D. Palmer in 1895. Chiropractors are the only health care professionals that specialize in finding and correcting subluxations.
• The chiropractic adjustment is a gentle and specific force designed to correct subluxations. There are three phases of chiropractic care: 1) Initial Intensive Care, 2) Corrective Care, 3) Wellness Care.
• For all disease the central nervous system plays a major role in the healing process.
• Subluxation(s) robs the body's ability to focus think, organize and heal.
• Health is more than the absence of illness.
• Health is a state of optimum physical, mental and social well-being. Return to Top