Regular Maintenance Extends Life

    No one likes paying for oil changes on their car, but they do because it saves money in the long run.  It shouldn't surprise you that the same logic applies to your health.  

    Chiropractic wellness coaching and spinal adjustments help you stay healthier, and as you'd expect, that saves money too. 

    One recent study of an insurance company database compared people that included chiropractic in their health care with people in the same age group that didn't include chiropractic care. 

   The chiropractic patients reported better overall health, used fewer prescription drugs, and spent 21% less time in hospitals.  Considering that the average day in a hospital is more than $7,000, that's a big savings.₁

    Another study followed 311 seniors who had received regular chiropractic adjustments for five years or longer.  Over that five years, these seniors spent only 31% of what the average senior spent for health care.  They also recorded only half as many medical visits as the average US senior.₂

    A third study reviewed 70,274 "member months" (one person for one month) in a 7 year period in an insurance group whose primary providers were all chiropractors, and compared them to medical care. 

   They found that the chiropractic patients had 60.2% fewer hospital admissions, 59% fewer days spent in the hospital, 62% fewer outpatient surgeries and procedures, and an amazing 83% reduction in drug costs.₃

    Not only does chiropractic save money, it does so by improving your health.  Furthermore, while the risks of medical care are making headlines, chiropractic care is extremely safe.

1. Coulter ID, Hurwitz EL, Aronow HU, et al: Chiropractic patients in a comprehensive home-based geriatric assessment, follow-up and health promotion program. Topics in Clinical Chiropractic 1996;3(2):46.

2. Rupert RL, Manello D, Sandefur R: Maintenance care: health promotion services administered to US chiropractic patients aged 65 or older, Part II. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2000;23(1):10.

3. Clinical Utilization and Cost Outcomes from an Integrative Medicine Independent Physician Association: An Additional 3-year Update  J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2007 (May);   30 (4):   263–269