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A Risk Assessment of Cervical

Manipulation vs. NSAIDS

(Chiropractic vs. Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs i.e., Tylenol, Advil, Motrin, etc.)

According to the medical publication "Journal of Manipulative Physiological Therapeutics", the risk of suffering a fatal stroke due to cervical manipulation was placed at 0.00025%.1 This is an obviously staggeringly low statistic.

How does this compare to the number of strokes, which occur in the general population of the United States?

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the most current available numbers indicate an annual occurrence rate for stroke was 3,358,000 cases with 143,769 deaths. For a population of 254,281,000, this puts the mortality rate at 0.00057%2 for strokes in the general public. That means that you have a better chance of dying from a stroke if you are not under chiropractic care!

Statistically, Chiropractic is preventing Strokes!

On the other hand:

-Over-the-counter painkillers (NSAID’s like Tylenol, Advil, Motrin, etc.) hospitalize over 200,000 and kill 10,000-20,000 each year.3

-Properly prescribed Prescription drugs are the Fourth Leading Cause of Death in the U.S. today, killing over 100,000 people annually (290 people a day).4

-Medical Negligence is the Third Leading Cause of preventable Death in the U.S. today, killing more than 80,000 people annually (one person every seven seconds).5

So, if somebody ignorantly tells you that chiropractic

care isn’t safe, hand them this paper!

  1. Dabbs V, Lauretti WJ. A risk assessment of cervical manipulation vs. NSAIDS for the treatment of neck pain. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 1995: 18:530-6
  2. National Center for Health Statistics, 1992, 1993.
  3. New York Daily News, Wed. 7/25/89 p.44
  4. 1998, Lazarou J, Pomeranz BH, Corey PN: Incidence of Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Patients,Journal of the American Medical Association.
  5. Hofflander A, Nye B. Medical Malpractice Insurance in Pennsylvania, Harvard’s Public Citizen Research Group’s book "Questionable Doctors: Disciplined by States or the Federal Government, 1993.
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