Chiropractors perform neck adjustments on only about 15% of people, and safety questions about the procedure deserve serious research. The presenter says systematic reviews and meta-analyses could clarify the actual risks and benefits.
The question around safety of what we do has been a question, I think, since just after the first adjustment. There are many people out there, consumers, patients, people in your community, other doctors that have a concern. Now, I'm not saying a criticism, but a concern invalidly. So you see somebody receiving a neck adjustment, and not every profession does it. It's not something you see every single day. It's really the hallmark of what we do as chiropractors. And by definition, we see a minority percentage, 15% of the population. So not everybody is getting a neck adjustment every single day. Right. It's a minority of people that have this done. So the questions around safety are good ones, and it's something we should continue to explore with studies just like this, which is a systematic review and meta analysis.
