Dynamic Chiropractic - October 21, 1996, Volume 14, Issue 22

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Chiropractic Recommendations


What recommendations do you make to your patients? This bar graph reveals the percentage of chiropractic patients who remembered receiving the following recommendations from their DCs:

HORIZONTAL BAR GRAPH

Keeping Appointments -- 82%
Stretching -- 81%
Apply Heat or Ice -- 74%
Exercise -- 68%
Alter Physical Activity -- 67%
Improve Posture -- 58%
Nutritional Diet -- 58%
Reduce Stress -- 56%
Relaxation Techniques -- 49%
Supportive Devices -- 43%
Change Home Environment -- 33%
Vitamins -- 32%
Bed Rest -- 32%
Low--Fat Diet -- 26%
Over--the--counter Medication -- 24%
Stop Smoking -- 18%
Change Work Environment -- 15%
Low Salt Diet -- 14%
Reduce Alcohol -- 12%

---------------------------------- SOURCE: Coulter ID, Hays RD, Danielson CD. The role of the chiropractor in the changing health care system. Sociology of Health Care (1996); Volume 13A:95-117.

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