Over the past several months she has been able to reduce her medications. Her migraines are diminished. But perhaps the most surprising thing, is that she is seeing changes in her posture, even with the scoliosis and the hardware. Michelle wrote the following to Dr. Chavez: “I have come a

“The results of a pilot project by the Ministry of Health to get family doctors to work with chiropractors in family care teams showed doctors requested fewer MRIs and made fewer referrals to surgeons for their patients with low back problems. The ‘Consulting Chiropractor’ pilot project had chiropractors do 30-minute

“So the long and the short of it is that chiropractors have a more expansive diagnostic education, while physical therapists have an intervention- or therapeutic-based education. While chiropractors can provide services such as rehabilitative exercise and modality treatments, their main form of treatment remains the manipulation. Physical therapists may provide

“Chiropractic care using UCT may have a fairly common occurrence of mild intensity SRs short in duration (<24 hours), and rarely severe in intensity; however, outcome assessments were significantly improved with less than 3 weeks of care with a high level of patient satisfaction. Although our findings need to be