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Spinal Hygiene Shown to
Improve Quality of Life
The Chiropractic profession has long stressed the
importance of a healthy spine for overall health and
wellness. Now a study published in the August 16, 2004
issue of the scientific periodical, The Journal of
Vertebral Subluxation Research, (JVSR) has shown that
spinal hygiene actually does improve the measurement of
quality of life.
According to the published study, "Spinal hygiene is
defined as patient-active principles and/or practices
conducive to producing a healthy spinal column and
nervous system and preventing vertebral subluxations.
This includes: improving posture, promoting proper
exercise, making healthy nutritional choices, guidance
in stress reduction, ergonomics, emphasis upon the
patient’s self-responsibility and appropriate
professional spinal evaluation and care."
In the study a group of volunteer chiropractic students
took a spinal hygiene class. These students were then
compared to a group who did not take such a class. The
results were then measured using two predetermined
scientific formats for measuring quality of life known
as the "Rand SF-36 Health Survey and the Global
Well-Being Scale".
The results showed that the students who participated in
the spinal hygiene class showed significant improvement
in a wide area of quality of life parameters. This was
noted both in comparison against their scores before
they took the spinal hygiene class as well as in
comparison with the group that did not take the class.
The researchers summed up their study by concluding,
"The practice of spinal hygiene procedures shows great
promise in the vital area of improvement of quality of
life. In a society where obesity and sedentary living
are pandemic and spinal health is deteriorating, it is
hoped that as health care practitioners these students
will share and model positive spinal and neurological
health behaviors to their patients and communities."
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