Chiropractic in Mataró is backed by scientific research that proves its efficacy and safety. Discover how this natural approach can improve your health.
Chiropractic scientific research
For more than 100 years, chiropractic has produced good results in a wide variety of health problems. Today, millions of patients have benefited from this innovative treatment. This success has attracted the attention of more and more researchers who want to better evaluate the role of chiropractic in the field of health.
Health policy makers are forced, for demographic and economic reasons among others, to rationalize health policy on the basis of the efficiency of health services versus their cost. To rationalize this health policy on the basis of the efficiency of health services versus their cost.
Thus, the most important studies have been carried out by government agencies or independent research centers funded by governments.
They bring together multidisciplinary panels from different health branches and even economists who assess the economic impact of the results, so we are talking about totally independent studies.
Proven effectiveness
In terms of the spine, chiropractic treatment, not having been born into the traditional medical establishment, has had to prove its effectiveness and safety by undergoing more clinical studies and has conducted more research than any other branch of health care in the field of spinal conditions. It has had to prove its effectiveness and safety by undergoing more clinical studies and has conducted more research than any other branch of health care in the field of spinal conditions. It therefore has a greater body of scientific evidence than other treatments.
Given the growing importance of musculoskeletal problems of the spine in Western society. Research in this field is growing exponentially year after year consolidating more and more the leading role of chiropractic in this field.
As far back as 1993 the British Medical Association (BMA) cited the chiropractic profession as “the best example of a new profession conducting good quality clinical research to establish its safety and effectiveness.». * (Complementary Medicine: New Approaches to good practice. Oxford, England: British Medical Association, Oxford University Press. 1993; 138.)”
Given the lack of information on this fact in Spain, some of these studies on efficacy, safety and cost compared to other conventional treatments are summarized below.
They have been selected only from those that are independent of the chiropractic profession, i.e., conducted by governments, independent research agencies and medical researchers published in medical journals.
Many of these studies were commissioned by governments and serve to regulate the health professions in various countries for the benefit of their citizens.
These included chiropractic in their health systems after observing its benefits in both efficiency and costs for the government. In this area, legislation in Spain is backward and outdated.
Status Quo
Today, in the 21st century, legislation in Spain has not yet been updated to regulate the chiropractic profession and take advantage of the enormous health and economic resource it has proven to be for other countries.