Better for Low Back Pain
A recent comparative study has examined the effects of adding chiropractic care to usual medical care for low back pain in US service members. The result is the least shocking…
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Autism Case Report Reveals Significant Improvement Concomitant With Care
As the prevalence of autism continues to rise, more than doubling between 2002-2012*, so too does the number of parents turning to complementary and alternative therapies for their affected children.…
Chiropractic Care For The Cervical Spine Can Influence Bite Force
Over the last decade, we have witnessed the emergence of research indicating that chiropractic care can have an influence on the way the brain drives muscles. Among those were studies…
Case Report: Placental Insufficiency Resolves Under Chiropractic Care
A complication-free pregnancy is a beautiful thing. Waiting to welcome a healthy new life into the world is a time of happy anticipation, aches, pains, morning sickness and a whole…
Paediatric Chiropractic Part 2: Force Measures For Children And Infants
Dr Angela Todd is tireless in her efforts to serve the chiropractic profession. 2015 and 2016 saw her author noteworthy papers on adverse events due to chiropractic and other manual…
Foundation Funded Study Reveals Multisensory Impacts Of Subclinical Neck Pain
As research mounts up, it is becoming increasingly clear that neck pain has impacts far beyond pain and stiffness. A recent piece of research, partially funded by the Australian Spinal…
Improvements In HRV under chiropractic care
A new case series published in the Chiropractic Journal of Australia has shown sustained improvement in heart rate variability in six individuals. The retrospective case series, which used the Australian…
Crohn’s Case Report Carries ASRF Vertebral Subluxation Definition
As a Foundation, we have always celebrated research that advances the cause and understanding of chiropractic. The last twelve months have seen us undertake a massive drive toward defining and…
Case Study: 15-Month Old With Motor Developmental Delay Improves Under Chiropractic Care
Motor developmental delays in infants and young children are often the domain of dedicated therapists such as speech, physical and occupational therapists. However, chiropractic care for infants and children does…
New Study Says We Can Reliably Detect Vertebral Subluxations
For almost as long as our profession has existed, debate has raged over the terminology central to our cause: the vertebral subluxation. What does it mean? Can it be measured?…
Research Agenda Progress: Conceptual Vertebral Subluxation Definition
In the history of the Foundation, we have had more than a few highpoints. Among these highlights are many quality research papers giving key insight into the mechanisms and impacts…
