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Seniors and chiropractic care...  		 

Retirement age for many people has become just plain tiresome. Aches and pains, often the result of untreated subluxations, abound. Yet it hardly seems right that having to suffer with pain or being drugged into numbness are fair rewards for all the years of work.


Depending on the degree of subluxation degeneration, chiropractic care can often provide help. For senior citizens who have been fortunate enough to have suffered minimal trauma in their lives, virtually complete spinal recovery should be almost as easy as it would be for younger people.


For those who have suffered needlessly for years, chiropractic care can often slow or stop the degeneration, making life more comfortable. It is certainly worth the effort, so that our senior citizens get the dignity of health care they deserve.


Essential Statistics That Apply Directly To You


A recent study evaluated the health status of 414 elderly individuals (average age of 80 years) and compared those individuals under chiropractic care with those not under chiropractic care. The researchers found a number of significant findings which included:

• 87% of those who used chiropractic care rated their health as good or excellent compared with only 68% in the nonchiropractic group

• 13% of those who used chiropractic care rated their health as fair or poor compared with 32% in the nonchiropractic group

• 44% of those who used chiropractic care reported having arthritis compared with 66% in the nonchiropractic care group

• those who used chiropractic care were more likely to do strenuous levels of exercise

• at 3 years follow-up, less than 5% of those who used chiropractic care used a nursing home while a staggering 48% of those who did not use chiropractic care did use a nursing home

• at 3 years follow-up, only 26% of those who used chiropractic care were hospitalized compared with 48% of those in the nonchiropractic group



Reference


Coulter, PhD et al. Chiropractic and Care for the Elderly. Top Clin Chiro 1996;3(2):46-55.