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More Children Going to
Chiropractors
As more people are going to chiropractors studies in
well-respected journals such as the New England Journal
of Medicine, as well as the popular press is beginning
to pick up and report on this trend. Several NBC
affiliate stations recently ran a segment on the
importance of chiropractic adjustments for children in
their show, "The Healthline Report". In the first of the
two segments, Heather King, the reporter noted, "More
and more kids, some as young as a few days old, are
going to the chiropractor." She concluded that. "Going
to a chiropractor isn’t just for grownups anymore."
Along a similar line was an article in the November 11,
1998 issue of the daily paper Newsday. This article
reported that four out of ten Americans are using what
they called "alternative therapies." Most of this care
is paid for out of pocket by the public themselves.
Newsday reported on a study by Dr. David Eisenberg of
Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center in Boston. In this
study of 2055 adults it was found that more visits were
made to alternative care providers than to medical
physicians. While all segments of the population used
alternatives, it most prevalent in baby boomers ages 35
to 49 with college education and income over $50,000 per
year.
This trend is expected to grow and is reflected in a
study supported by the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research. They estimate that 75% of the 68.8 million
Americans insured through work had chiropractic benefits
in 1993. This trend may be only to give the public what
they want, as much of chiropractic care is paid for by
the patients themselves. In certain areas in the US,
insurance companies have even started advertising that
they include chiropractic in their plan.
From a chiropractic standpoint we can only ask one
remaining question. With so many people using
chiropractic and other "alternatives", who is really the
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