Study – adjustments more effective than injections

Spinal Manipulation (SMT/chiropractic adjustments) showed a 78.3% vs imaging-guided cervical nerve root injection blocks (CRNI)at only 37.5% for sub-acute symptomatic cervical disk herniation

“Sub acute/chronic patients treated with SMT were significantly more likely to report relevant “improvement” compared with CNRI patients. There was no difference in outcomes when comparing acute patients only.”

http://www.jmptonline.org/article/S0161-4754(16)00051-8/abstract

Symptomatic, Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Confirmed Cervical Disk Herniation Patients: A Comparative-Effectiveness Prospective Observational Study of 2 Age- and Sex-Matched Cohorts Treated With Either Imaging-Guided Indirect Cervical Nerve Root Injections or Spinal Manipulative Therapy
 Peterson, Cynthia K. et al.
 Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics , Volume 0 , Issue 0 ,