Following on from our last post on ageing and the theme that CHIROPRACTIC ADDS LIFE TO YEARS AND YEARS TO LIFE! A recent study evaluated the health status of 414 elderly individuals (average age of 80 years) and compared those individuals under chiropractic care with those not under chiropractic care. The researchers found a number of significant findings which included:
- 87% of those who used chiropractic care rated their health as good or excellent compared with only 68% in the nonchiropractic group
- 13% of those who used chiropractic care rated their health as fair or poor compared with 32% in the nonchiropractic group
- 44% of those who used chiropractic care reported having arthritis compared with 66% in the nonchiropractic care group
- those who used chiropractic care were more likely to do strenuous levels of exercise
- at 3 years follow-up, less than 5% of those who used chiropractic care used a nursing home while a staggering 48% of those who did not use chiropractic care did use a nursing home
- at 3 years follow-up, only 26% of those who used chiropractic care were hospitalized compared with 48% of those in the nonchiropractic group
1. Coulter, PhD et al. Chiropractic and Care for the Elderly. Top Clin Chiro 1996;3(2):46-55.
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