Sprout Chiropractic & Wellness Blog; Roseville, MN

To Your Health November, 2015 (Vol. 09, Issue 11) Three Reasons to Choose Chiropractic By Editorial Staff When you're suffering low back pain, shoulder pain or any number of similar  musculoskeletal  conditions, who gets the call: your medical doctor or your doctor of chiropractic? Your choice of health care provider in those situations could make a big difference, and research is continuing to prove it. According to the latest study, chiropractic care is at least as effective as medical care for certain musculoskeletal conditions, while reducing health care costs and leaving patients more satisfied with the results. The authors of the study, published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics  ( JMPT ), went so far as to state that for certain musculoskeletal conditions, visiting an MD first instead of a DC may actually be a mistake: "The findings of this study support first-contact care provided by DCs as an alternative to first-contact