• The Symptomatic Goal of Care is normalisation (pain is back to normal or better than normal).
• The Biomechanical Goal of Care is to change the usual pattern back to normal (1).

• No patients were imaged
• No serious spinal pathology was suspected.
• 25% of people presented with more than one painful MSK concern

An ‘early recovery’ was seen in any MSK concern with Fascia First Chiropractic in comparison with a Placebo measure for acute low back pain (Probability of Recovery Curve) (2).

Historical Recovery Times of Low Back Pain (3)

1. Chiropractors in 1972 took 12.8 visits to resolve 80% of MSK pain cases
2. Medical Doctors in 1972 took 7.3 visits to resolve 70% of MSK pain cases

References:

1. Radebold A, Cholewicki J, Panjabi MM and Patel TCh (2000) Muscle Response Pattern to Sudden Trunk Loading in Healthy Individuals and in Chronic Low Back Pain. Spine (25) 8 947-954
2. Probability of Recovery Curve (2008) British Medical Journal 337 a171
3. The Lancet 1972