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Reaction Time and
Chiropractic Adjustments
From the New Zealand School of Chiropractic, New
Zealand, comes an interesting study about reaction times
and the effects chiropractic adjustments have on them.
In this study two groups were used to check reaction
times. One group received upper cervical (neck) toggle
adjustments, while the other group was a control group
for comparison and only received a short period of rest.
The results showed a marked improvement for the group
that received an adjustment over the group that got
nothing but rest. The group that got only rest did show
an average decrease in reaction time of 58 milli-seconds
which represented an 8 percent quicker reaction time.
The group that received the chiropractic adjustment
showed a decrease in reaction time of 97 milli-seconds
representing a 14.8 percent quicker reaction time.
The implications are far reaching. Imagine the benefits
of being able to react quicker to traffic situations or
any other crisis life might throw at you. Imagine also
the benefit to the athlete who depends on reaction times
in order to perform at a competitive level. Today many
top name athletes are regular chiropractic patients. In
addition to recovery from injury most report the ability
to perform better with chiropractic care. Now, thanks to
the study from New Zealand, there is scientific proof of
what the athletes have reported.
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