Chiropractor Adjustment
Even though everyone is nervous the first time they go to see a chiropractor, there is actually nothing to worry about as chiropractic adjustment is perfectly safe. Statistics have concluded that the risk of complications from a chiropractor adjustment is basically nonexistent. In fact, your chances of getting injured are greater during your drive to the chiropractor’s office. A judge in the United States Superior Court claimed that the risk of any problems such as a stroke occurring due to a simple chiropractic adjustment was so low that patients consent was not even required in order to perform the procedure on them. What this all means is that chiropractic care is a hundred times safer than even any other treatment you could receive for your skeletal system.
Even though there are almost always complications and side effects from surgery on the spinal column, patients hear little about it and instead are told nonsensical horror stories about chiropractor adjustment. Of course, you can always count on the numbers to tell you the truth if you’re still not convinced. The truth of the matter is that malpractice suits in the chiropractic field are extremely low. They are so low that chiropractors pay a very low premium on their malpractice insurance. For example, the average malpractice insurance rate for a chiropractor is about $1,500. However, average general physicians pay roughly $10,000 to $20,000 for their malpractice insurance, depending on where in the country they practice.
A recent study showed that the force used during a chiropractic adjustment was less than one-ninth that required to actually do damage to a normal vertebral artery. The supposedly safe conventional medicine that is used to treat a first-time muscular-skeletal pain or injury usually consists of NSAIDS, better know as anti-inflammatories. Ironically however, these drugs pose a significantly higher risk than does any chiropractor adjustment. The chance of bleeding to death from the gastro-intestinal tract due to these potent pain killers is roughly 400 in 1,000,000. Now compare that with the risk of death from a major complication as a result of chiropractic adjustment which is one in 4,000,000.
The odds of having a complication from a chiropractor adjustment are about one in 1 million. This is roughly the same as dying in a commercial flight crash. Even the most basic pain medication prescribed for neck and back pain taken as recommended by their physician carries a much higher risk of injury.