Jeff LangmaidFounder, The Evidence Based Chiropractor

Chiropractic Safety Myths: The Truth Revealed!

18 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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A YouTube video (Jeff Langmaid) addressing safety misconceptions about chiropractic spinal adjustments. The speaker reports that mentions of terms like "legal," "vertebral artery," and "stroke" have declined sharply since 2010 and cites new studies concluding there is no definitive causal link between spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) and adverse vascular events such as cervical arterial dissection. The video acknowledges rare risks (e.g., rib fracture), noting an estimated adverse-event frequency of roughly one event per 1–2 million adjustments.

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Since 2010.

Approximately one adverse event per 1–2 million adjustments.

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Now, they also touched upon something that ties into this. When we think about those individuals that might be skeptical or against whatever that's supposed to mean, you know, chiropractic, often it comes down to safety. So they highlighted the fact that terms such as legal, vertebral artery and stroke have diminished pretty dramatically since 2010. And that trend has continued over time because. Drumroll. New studies show no definitive causal association between spinal adjustments and adverse vascular events such as cervical arterial dissection. No definitive causal association. Now, there can be things such as rib fracture. There are always risks with everything. But they're highlighting the fact that these are rare and they occur basically between 1 and 2 million adjustments, that there is some form of an adverse event. In their adverse events, they're saying fracture with absolutely no definitive causal association between SMT and stroke. That is a big deal.