No, JAMA does not now recommend chiropractic care first for low back pain

Of all the alternative medical systems out there, chiropractic is one of the oddest. Unlike many of the others, it has a modicum of plausibility, at least back problems due to musculoskeletal strains. After all, the science-based specialty of physical therapy uses spinal manipulation to treat back problems. Of course, the big difference between chiropractic…
Source: Respectful Insolence - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery Alex Vidan Chiropractic JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association Source Type: blogs