These statistics represent the results obtained under chiropractic care for a large variety of chronic conditions. The vast majority of these cases had also been previously diagnosed and treated by practitioners other than doctors of chiropractic.
Percent Accepted for Treatment*
Percent Well or Much Improved
Percent Slightly Improved
Percent Same
Percent Continued to Worsen
ALLERGIES
92.3%
87.2%
10.3%
2.5%
0%
ARM AND LEG PAIN
92.1%
88.2%
5.2%
6.0%
.6%
ARTHRITIS
89.2%
73.3%
16.8%
9.4%
.5%
ASTHMA
92.3%
80.5%
12.1%
6.5%
.9%
BRONCHITIS
94.3%
84.2%
9.9%
3.9%
2.0%
BURSITIS
96.1%
89.3%
7.1%
3.6%
0%
CHEST PAINS
93.2%
91.0%
7.1%
1.9%
0%
CONSTIPATION
98.3%
79.2%
13.3%
6.7%
.8%
DIZZINESS
94.6%
86.3%
7.8%
5.9%
0%
GALL BLADDER DISORDERS
90.3%
80.9%
11.3%
5.8%
2.0%
GENERAL TENSION
86.4%
72.5%
16.5%
8.8%
2.2%
GENERAL WEAKNESS
89.2%
87.0%
8.7%
0%
4.3%
HAY FEVER
92.3%
81.6%
13.4%
5.0%
0%
HEADACHE, NONMIGRAINE
98.7%
83.2%
11.1%
5.1%
.6%
HERNIATED DISCS
87.3%
88.2%
7.9%
3.5%
.4%
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
88.6%
73.0%
19.3%
6.4%
1.3%
INDIGESTION
96.4%
89.4%
4.5%
5.3%
.8%
INSOMNIA
94.6%
81.8%
11.4%
5.1%
1.7%
JOINT PAIN
96.1%
82.2%
9.7%
8.1%
0%
KIDNEY DISORDERS
88.3%
81.9%
3.6%
9.7%
4.8%
LIVER DISORDERS
87.1%
80.5%
11.7%
5.8%
2.0%
LOW BACK PROBLEMS
96.7%
87.3%
8.0%
4.2%
.5%
LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
94.1%
73.6%
17.6%
7.8%
1.0%
MENOPAUSE DISORDERS
87.1%
73.4%
13.3%
11.3%
2.0%
MENSTRUAL DISORDERS
94.6%
81.8%
11.9%
5.9%
4.0%
MIGRAINE HEADACHES
93.6%
86.6%
8.1%
2.9%
2.4%
NAUSEA
84.2%
87.2%
10.3%
2.5%
0%
NERVOUSNESS
95.6%
80.8%
12.8%
5.3%
1.1%
NEURALGIA
97.3%
80.1%
14.2%
5.7%
0%
NEURITIS
98.2%
86.4%
6.4%
7.2%
0%
NUMBNESS IN HANDS OR FEET
90.4%
85.5%
8.0%
5.5%
1.0%
RHEUMATISM
96.1%
77.2%
14.7%
8.1%
0%
SACROILIAC DISORDERS
98.4%
81.8%
17.2%
1.0%
0%
SCIATICA
97.2%
85.0%
9.4%
5.1%
.5%
SINUSITIS
93.1%
83.2%
11.8%
4.7%
.3%
SLIPPED DISC
94.2%
88.7%
7.9%
3.0%
.4%
SPINAL CURVATURES
97.1%
82.9%
5.7%
8.6%
2.8%
STIFF NECKS
92.6%
93.2%
4.4%
2.4%
0%
STOMACH DISORDERS
91.3%
82.5%
13.1%
3.7%
.7%
*Doctors of chiropractic do not accept all cases but help nearly all they accept.
