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What is the science behind chiropractic? When someone ask a question as such, they are really asking whether chiropractic is based on scientific principles or just mere quackery. More and more research has emerged and established to satisfy the critiques. People who have benefited from alternative therapies such as acupuncture or chiropractic care don't ask for the science necessarily. They ask for results! Recently, in a World Federation of Chiropractic Research funded research project, researchers were able to show using Electroencephalography (EEG), how spinal adjustments affect the brain which controls the all functions in the human body.
The study was conducted by award-winning Auckland researcher, Dr Heidi Haavik-Taylor who showed that chiropractic care via spinal adjustments sends signals to the brain that change the way the brain controls muscles.
Dr Haavik-Taylor says: “The process of a spinal adjustment is like rebooting a computer. The signals that these adjustments send to the brain, via the nervous system, reset muscle behaviour patterns.”
“By stimulating the nervous system, we can improve the function of the whole body. This is something that chiropractors and their patients have known for years; and now we have some scientific evidence to prove it.”
“This is the first time that anyone has used EEGs to prove that there are definite changes to the way the brain processes information after chiropractic care.” She was able to measure how brain waves are altered before and after spinal adjustments.
If you have benefited from chiropractic care, considering donating towards more research to the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC)
Reference:
Haavik Taylor H and Murphy B. (2007). World Federation of Chiropractic’s 9th Biennial Congress Award Winning Paper (3rd Prize): Altered sensorimotor integration with cervical spine manipulation. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, in press.
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