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Here's another link: http://www.webmd.com/stroke/news/201...igger-a-stroke "Getting your neck adjusted by a chiropractor or osteopathic doctor may be associated with an increased risk of stroke, according to a scientific statement released Thursday by the American Heart Association. The energetic thrusts and rotations sometimes used in neck manipulation may cause a small tear in the artery walls in the neck, a condition called cervical artery dissection, the statement noted. A tear in the artery wall can result in a stroke if a blood clot forms at the site and later breaks free to block a blood vessel in the brain..." Of course there's no shortage of people who will say their neck felt better immediately after their chiropractor jerked their head and cracked their neck. I had the same procedure done on me as a teenager. Nowadays I'd personally seek neck pain relief in other ways. |
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