The research shows that chiropractic care has an enviable safety record compared to most other healthcare (1-3).
All healthcare interventions are associated with some risk (4). Most chiropractic patient will feel a bit stiff and sore after they have been adjusted but this usually settles quickly by itself.
Scientific evidence shows that serious injuries from chiropractic are extremely rare (5-7). In fact, you are about 10 times more likely to be seriously injured driving to or from your appointment than whilst being treated by your Chiropractor (8).
Estimates by researchers puts the risk of serious adverse events from Chiropractic care as somewhere between 1 in 20 thousand to 1 in several million treatment visits (5).
Thus, you can feel confident that with your chiropractor “you’re in safe hands”.
References:
- Rafter et al. QJM QJM. 2015 Apr:108(4):273-7
- Rubinstein. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2008:31(6):461-4
- Carnes et al.Man Ther. 2010;15(4):355-63
- Jevne et al. Chiropr Man Therap. 2014;22(1):37
- Gouveia et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009;34(11):E405-13
- Herbert et al.J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2015;38(9);677-91
- Walker et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013;38(20):1723-9;
- NHTS Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2012. Washington, DC.