There are a lot of concerns drifting around about the possibility of chiropractors causing their patients to have strokes when doing an adjustment. Although there have been a few cases of patients going to their chiropractors and shortly afterwards suffering from a stroke, there isn’t a lot of evidence to connect the two. This has become a rising issue in the chiropractic world and many people have been demanding an answer. A popular journal, “Spine”, which focuses on the study of the spine, has completed an experiment on this issue to clear things up once and for all.

 The experiment was to investigate the association between chiropractic and VBA (or Vertebrobasilar Artery Stroke). The results were that there is no association between chiropractic and stroke and that in no way does chiropractic cause stroke in any patients. The only association that was found was that patients suffering from beginning symptoms of stroke may have gone to their chiropractor for relief right before their stroke. This study shows that there is no risk for stroke when going into a chiropractor’s office for treatment and that you shouldn’t be worried about a chiropractor inadvertently causing you to have a stroke after treatment.

  If you are suffering from symptoms of a stroke; namely any of these symptoms below then you should seek immediate medical care:

                      - Sudden difficulty speaking (slurred speech) understanding what people are saying
                      - Sudden onset of confusion or altered mental status, such as loss of consciousness, or recognizing people who should be familiar
                      - Sudden numbness or tingling on one side the face or body, or both
                      - Sudden onset of dizziness or unsteadiness, loss of balance or coordination, or both
                      - Sudden difficulty walking or standing upright
                      - Sudden severe headache
                      - Sudden severe unexplained upper-neck pain
                      - Sudden trouble with vision or sight

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