Earlier this year, Danielle Belardo, MD, a preventive cardiologist at Precision Preventive Cardiology in Los Angeles, was going about her regular workday when a young stroke patient arrived. Dr.

Medically reviewed by David Kesselman, DC Key Takeaways Cracking your neck too forcefully can lead to injuries like pinched nerves, muscle strains, or even strokes. A chiropractor can safely crack ...

Los Angeles cardiologist Dr. Danielle Belardo’s recent social media post about a young patient’s stroke following chiropractic neck manipulation has ignited renewed discussions about the procedure’s ...

Chiropractic care is one of the most popular yet hotly contested forms of medicine out there. Countless people say the practice, which involves adjusting the spine and neck into various positions, has ...

A new study shows that clinician-supported self-management, but not spinal manipulation, is linked to greater improvement in disability from low back pain than recommended medical care.

The landscape of alternative medical treatments continues to evolve, with chiropractic care standing at the intersection of controversy and potential therapeutic benefit. Neck manipulation, a ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have spondylosis of the cervical spine (neck) and need more information about a procedure to lessen the pain associated with this condition. An orthopedic surgeon suggested (after ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new research review suggests that chiropractic spinal adjustments in children carry a risk of injury, with sometimes severe consequences. Sign up here. Though researchers ...

Spinal manipulation modestly improves pain and function in acute low back pain, a new systematic review and meta-analysis has found. Results were published online April 11 in JAMA. "The principal ...