The Praeger Handbook of Chiropractic Health Care

Evidence-Based Practices

Cheryl Hawk

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781440837463
• eBook ISBN: 9798216131427
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Médecine
• Subtopic: Médecine alternative et complémentaire

What does scientific research show about the effectiveness of chiropractic care? How are chiropractors trained and what do they do? When should one turn to chiropractic care, and how does one select a practitioner? This book answers all of these questions and more. Chiropractic is the most frequently used complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practice in the United States, with nearly $4 billion spent out-of-pocket annually by chiropractic patients. In fact, as evidence for its effectiveness for common conditions such as back pain continues to mount and acceptance grows in a variety of health care settings, chiropractic could be considered more "mainstream" than many other forms of CAM. In this information-packed single-volume work, an expert team led by Cheryl Hawk—a well-known chiropractic researcher—explains chiropractic licensure, practice, and effectiveness to general readers researching chiropractic care options and to undergraduate students choosing a major or specialty. Readers will see the range of scientific evidence supporting the use of chiropractic health care for many common conditions, learn about the typical chiropractic clinical encounter and chiropractic procedures, and understand the criteria by which patients and other health professionals can use to select a chiropractic physician. This book also provides health care practitioners in other fields with current information that enables a greater understanding of the training and the roles of chiropractors in health care.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Chapter 1 Overview of Chiropractic Health Care
• Chapter 2 The Chiropractic Clinical Encounter
• Chapter 3 The Typical Doctor of Chiropractic
• Chapter 4 Chiropractic Adjustment or Manipulation: The Therapeutic Intervention
• Chapter 5 Other Chiropractic Services
• Chapter 6 Safety of Chiropractic Practice
• Chapter 7 The Chiropractic Approach to Low Back Pain
• Chapter 8 The Chiropractic Approach to Neck Conditions, Headaches, and Temporomandibular Joint Conditions
• Chapter 9 The Chiropractic Approach to the Extremities
• Chapter 10 The Chiropractic Approach to Other Musculoskeletal Conditions
• Chapter 11 The Chiropractic Approach to Nonmusculoskeletal Conditions
• Chapter 12 Health Promotion and Wellness
• Chapter 13 Chiropractic Care for Special Populations: Pregnant Women, Children, and Older Adults
• Chapter 14 Sports Chiropractic
• Index
• About the Editor and Contributors