YouTube commentary by Jeff Langmaid arguing that, absent clinical red flags, movement-based care (as delivered by chiropractors) should be the first-line treatment for spine-related musculoskeletal complaints. The speaker cites guideline analyses broadly supporting movement-based approaches and urges chiropractors to assert their role as the primary choice for musculoskeletal care.
Should chiropractors be the first choice for back pain? This is a great debate and my answer is in the absence of red flags, everything shows yes, yes and yes. Nearly every single guideline report analysis highlights the fact that movement based care, which is what we do as chiropractors, is the number one best choice to overcome spine related complaints. Can we do much more than that? Of course we can. But let's start with the basics and get our place where we can and should be as the number one choice for for musculoskeletal related care.
