Chiropractic care saves money for patients.

Another win for chiropractic care. This study: Cost of chiropractic versus medical management of adults with spine-related musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review. The study showed that patients who see a chiropractor first needed fewer opioid prescriptions, surgeries, hospitalizations, emergency department visits, specialist referrals and injection procedures.

It’s awesome to see the research back up what I’ve been seeing for years in my practice.

Chiropractic care is great at helping people return to normal activities and saves money while doing it.

Conclusion

Patients with spine-related musculoskeletal pain who consulted a chiropractor as their initial provider incurred substantially decreased downstream healthcare services and associated costs, resulting in lower overall healthcare costs compared with medical management.

The included studies were limited to mostly retrospective cohorts of large databases. Given the consistency of outcomes reported, further investigation with higher-level designs is warranted.

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