The statistics in the chart below are based upon studies reported by the Chiropractic
Research Foundation of the national Chiropractic Association,
and the
Committee on Research of the International Chiropractors Association. These reports 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 practioners other than chiropractors.
|
Condition
|
Percent
accepted for
treatment
|
Percent well or
much improved
|
Percent slightly
improved
|
Percent same
|
Percent worse
|
|
|
|
Allergies
|
92.3
|
87.2
|
10.3
|
2.5
|
0
|
|
Anemia
|
88.3
|
81.5
|
9.2
|
7.7
|
1.6
|
|
Arthritis
|
89.2
|
73.3
|
16.8
|
9.4
|
.5
|
|
Back Disorders, general
|
98.2
|
81.75
|
17.3
|
.95
|
0
|
|
Bronchitis
|
94.3
|
84.2
|
9.9
|
3.9
|
2
|
|
Bursitis
|
96.1
|
89.3
|
7.1
|
3.6
|
0
|
|
Constipation
|
98.3
|
79.2
|
13.3
|
6.7
|
.8
|
|
Dizziness
|
94.6
|
86.3
|
7.8
|
5.9
|
0
|
|
Emotional Disorders
|
90.4
|
85.5
|
8.0
|
5.5
|
1
|
|
Gall Bladder Disorders
|
90.3
|
80.9
|
14.3
|
4.8
|
0
|
|
General Tension
|
86.4
|
72.5
|
16.5
|
8.8
|
2.2
|
|
Hay Fever
|
92.3
|
81.6
|
13.4
|
5.0
|
0
|
|
Headaches (non-migraine)
|
98.7
|
83.2
|
11.1
|
5.1
|
.6
|
|
Herniated Disks
|
87.3
|
88.2
|
7.9
|
3.5
|
.4
|
|
High Blood Pressure
|
88.6
|
73
|
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
|
|
Kidney Disorders
|
88.3
|
81.9
|
3.6
|
9.7
|
4.8
|
|
Liver Disorders
|
87.1
|
80.5
|
16.7
|
2.8
|
0
|
|
Low Blood Pressure
|
94.1
|
73.6
|
17.6
|
8.8
|
0
|
|
Menopause Disorders
|
87.1
|
73.4
|
13.3
|
13.3
|
0
|
|
Menustrual Disorders
|
94.6
|
81.8
|
11.9
|
5.9
|
.4
|
|
Migraine Headaches
|
93.6
|
86.6
|
8.1
|
2.9
|
2.4
|
|
Nausea
|
84.2
|
100
|
0
|
0
|
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
|
|
Pleurisy
|
93.2
|
95.0
|
5.0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Rheumitism
|
96.1
|
77.2
|
14.7
|
8.1
|
0
|
|
Sacro-Iliac 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 Disks
|
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
|
|
Ulcers
|
92.1
|
80.2
|
13.2
|
6.0
|
.6
|
|
|
