Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and doctors of chiropractic nationwide will celebrate National Chiropractic Health Month (NCHM) this October with the theme “Relieve, Restore, Resume.” The campaign will raise awareness of the prevalence and impact of chronic...
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ACA Commends UnitedHealthcare for Restoring Coverage of Manipulative Therapy for Headache
Arlington, Va.--American Chiropractic Association (ACA) President N. Ray Tuck, Jr., DC, released the following statement today in response to UnitedHealthcare’s decision to withdraw a recent policy that denied coverage of manipulative therapy for the treatment of headache: The American Chiropractic...
Research Review: Manipulation and Mobilization for Treating Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
By Michael Haneline, DC, MPH (for RRS Education) Study Title: Manipulation and mobilization for treating chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis Authors: Coulter I, Crawford C, Hurwitz E, Vernon H, Khorsan R, Suttorp Booth M, Herman PM....
American Chiropractic Association Rallies Opposition to UHC Headache Policy
Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA), supported by chiropractic organizations across the country, strongly opposes a new policy by UnitedHealthcare (UHC) that denies headache sufferers the option to treat their pain without drugs using spinal manipulative therapy (SMT)....
Research Review: Spinal Manipulation vs. NSAID (Diclofenac) for Acute Low Back Pain
Article: Spinal high-velocity low amplitude manipulation in acute nonspecific low back pain: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial in comparison with diclofenac and placebo. Authors: von Heymann WJ, Schloemer P, Timm J, Muehlbauer B. Publication Information: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013...
Does Spinal Manipulation Affect Central Nervous System Pain Mechanisms
Part of the Evidence in Action series by Palmer College of Chiropractic By Zacariah Shannon, DC, MS, Robert Vining, DC, and Stephen Onifer, PhD Clinical guidelines for adults with acute, subacute, and chronic low back pain support conservative management with...
