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Another reason to seek chiropractic care? Chiropractic is good for your brain. In fact, since chiropractic’s discovery the psychotherapeutic (mental health) benefits of chiropractic are well documented. For many years Doctors of Chiropractic founded and operated mental institutions and sanitaria where chiropractic care and natural healing were practiced. A higher cure rate was reported in the chiropractic institutions than that of the state mental hospitals (that used drugs, electric shock therapy and insulin shock therapy). (1)
For years patients have told their chiropractors that they felt “clearer” and more focused when they received chiropractic adjustments. There are clinical studies that have revealed that children concentrate better, have IQ improvement and have better behavior under chiropractic care. (2-3)
A relatively new clinical study has recently been published in the Chiropractic Journal of Australia.
In this study ten subjects between 10 and 62 years of age were adjusted for subluxations. They were tested before and after their adjustments. The majority of the subjects were found to have enhanced scores on the post-test showing a short-term improvement in creativity. It is not known if the improvements were due to less stress, increased blood to the brain or some other mechanism. (4)
References:
1. Schwartz HS. Mental Health and Chiropractic – a multidisciplinary approach. New Hyde Park, NY: Sessions Publishers,1973.
2. Walton EV. Chiropractic effectiveness with emotional, learning and behavioral impairments. International Review of Chiropractic. 1975;29:2-5;21-22.
3. Giesen JM, Center DB, Leach RA. An evaluation of chiropractic manipulation as a treatment of hyperactivity in children. JMPT. 1989;12:353-363.
4. Masarsky CS, Todres-Masarsky M. Effects of a single chiropractic adjustment on divergent thinking and creative output: a pilot study. Part 1. Chiropractic J of Australia. 2010;40:57-62.
