People injured in automobile accidents need professional health care, and normally seek the assistance of a primary health care provider such as a medical doctor, chiropractor, or osteopath. When the injury is to soft tissue in the neck and back, the public has generally considered chiropractic care to be an effective alternative approach to standard…

With post-concussion syndrome, also known as post-traumatic syndrome, symptoms can sometimes be difficult to verify objectively. The usual components of this syndrome are headaches, dizziness, and nervous instability. In addition to this triad of symptoms, the syndrome is also characterized by a tendency to worsen instead of improving as expected after injury, treatment, and convalescence.…

More and more scientific studies are demonstrating that while low speed impact may result in minor property damage, they can cause major injury. Recently, Dr. Francis Navin, Professor of Civil Engineering, and Dr. P. Romilly, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, simulated low speed rear-end impacts to assess vehicle damage and…

In 1990, the British Medical Journal reported on the long-awaited results of the British Medical Research Council’s ten year study comparing chiropractic and out-patient hospital care of patients suffering from acute and chronic mechanical low back pain. The Cochrane Commission’s 1979 report on back pain made several recommendations, one of which was that clinical trials…