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What does scientific research show about the effectiveness of chiropractic care? How are chiropractors trained and what do they do? When should one turn to chiropractic care, and how does one select a practitioner? This book answers all of these questions and more.
Chiropractic is the most frequently used complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practice in the United States, with nearly $4 billion spent out-of-pocket annually by chiropractic patients. In fact, as evidence for its effectiveness for common conditions such as back pain continues to mount and acceptance grows in a variety of health care settings, chiropractic could be considered more "mainstream" than many other forms of CAM.
In this information-packed single-volume work, an expert team led by Cheryl Hawk-a well-known chiropractic researcher-explains chiropractic licensure, practice, and effectiveness to general readers researching chiropractic care options and to undergraduate students choosing a major or specialty. Readers will see the range of scientific evidence supporting the use of chiropractic health care for many common conditions, learn about the typical chiropractic clinical encounter and chiropractic procedures, and understand the criteria by which patients and other health professionals can use to select a chiropractic physician. This book also provides health care practitioners in other fields with current information that enables a greater understanding of the training and the roles of chiropractors in health care.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword by John WeeksChapter 1 Overview of Chiropractic Health Care
Claire Johnson and Bart GreenChapter 2 The Chiropractic Clinical Encounter
Robert A. LeachChapter 3 The Typical Doctor of Chiropractic
Shawn Hatch, Cami Stastny, Francis J. H. Wilson, and Lyndon Amorin-WoodsChapter 4 Chiropractic Adjustment or Manipulation: The Therapeutic Intervention
Brian J. GleberzonChapter 5 Other Chiropractic Services
Robert M. Rowell and Robert ViningChapter 6 Safety of Chiropractic Practice
William J. LaurettiChapter 7 The Chiropractic Approach to Low Back Pain
Mark Pfefer and Jon WilsonChapter 8 The Chiropractic Approach to Neck Conditions, Headaches, and Temporomandibular Joint Conditions
William J. LaurettiChapter 9 The Chiropractic Approach to the Extremities
Dennis M. J. Homack and Emily CanfieldChapter 10 The Chiropractic Approach to Other Musculoskeletal Conditions
Clinton DanielsChapter 11 The Chiropractic Approach to Nonmusculoskeletal Conditions
Cheryl HawkChapter 12 Health Promotion and Wellness
Marion W. Evans Jr.Chapter 13 Chiropractic Care for Special Populations: Pregnant Women, Children, and Older Adults
Sharon Vallone, Cheryl Hawk, and Lisa Zaynab KillingerChapter 14 Sports Chiropractic
Russ EbbetsIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD, CHES, is author of more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and lead author of the 2013 book Health Promotion and Wellness: An Evidence-Based Guide to Clinical Preventive Services.
Colonel John Weeks began his long and distinguished military career with the Staffordshire Regiment before serving in the Parachute Regiment. A well respected author of military books and an instructor at the Royal Military College of Science, he was engaged for many years on the assessment of weapons and weapons systems. He died in 1983.
