Jeff LangmaidFounder, The Evidence Based Chiropractor

Chiropractic Works—Even for the Toughest Cases

21 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker emphasizes that chiropractic care delivers meaningful improvements even among patients with multiple comorbidities, financial hardships, and decades of chronic pain—populations that are far from the elite athlete stereotype. The speaker notes that such care reduces pressure on the broader healthcare system, citing a claim that nine out of ten older patients avoided a primary‑care visit after seeing a chiropractor. This real‑world effectiveness aligns with multiple international guidelines that recommend spinal adjustments and other non‑pharmacological approaches as first‑line treatments for back pain, and the presented study confirms those recommendations hold true for underserved groups.

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Now, why does this matter for you and your practice? Well, chiropractic works, and it works in a very tough population and very much in the real world. These were not elite athletes with one complaint. These were patients with a lot of comorbidities, financial challenges, decades of chronic pain, and they still were able to get meaningful improvements. This also reduced pressure on their healthcare system. So if you're somebody that's looking towards true integrative care in your community, this is something you can lean into. Nine out of 10 of the older patients avoided a primary care visit because they saw a chiropractor. So it's a demonstration of value and it reinforces guideline based practice that we have talked about to the nth degree here. Multiple international guidelines recommended what we do chiropractic adjustments, spinal adjustments, and non pharmacological approaches as first line, first line treatments for back pain. This study confirms that those recommendations work even in underserved populations.