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Monday 8a-6p
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 8a-6p
Thursday 8a-6p
Friday 7:30a-2:30p |
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Seniors and Chiropractic
The general population is going to chiropractors in
record numbers. Seniors, the fastest segment of the
population is no exception. According to a recent August
24th 1999 article in USA Today, more than 80% of seniors
age 65 or greater are aware of what the article termed
alternative medicine. This awareness has lead to a
fairly fast growing utilization of these services. The
breakdown for usage of chiropractic and other
non-medical health care is as follows:
Chiropractic lead the way with a utilization of 32%,
second was massage therapy at 16%, followed by
acupuncture 9%, homeopathy at 4%, naturopathy 3% and
Chinese medicine 3%.
A recent study published in Topics in Clinical
Chiropractic of a randomized clinical trial showed data
that found chiropractic geriatric patients were "less
likely to have been hospitalized, less likely to have
used a nursing home, more likely to report a better
health status, more likely to exercise vigorously, and
more likely to be mobile in the community."
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