The Safety of Neck Manipulation
Media driven challenges surrounding chiropractic and stroke continue to challenge the profession. There is considerable misinformation and misunderstanding of the evidence. As a result, chiropractic physicians must be ready to answer questions when asked by patients. We hope the patient handout below will assist with that process.
As a reminder, the Illinois Chiropractic Society urges our doctors to exercise caution when a patient questions the correlation. Here are a few tips:
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- Respect the concerns, especially if there is a specific story the patient references. However, provide the patient with the evidence. The ICS is making a stroke handout available through www.healthierillinois.com (our patient based website) for your in-office use. Here is a link.
- Remember, clicking and sharing stroke stories via social media will potentially generate additional media attention as analytics demonstrate increased interest.
- Resist the urge to write editorials, tweets, Facebook posts, blogs, etc., in response to media-driven attention. The ICS believes that chiropractic patients and the profession are better served when our messaging is unified and evidence-based.
- Familiarize yourself with the evidence. The ICS developed an infographic for your reference – available here.
Physician Reference Infographic
Access more information regarding the latest in published research in the Annals of Medicine from March 2019 here.
