Female veterans experience improvement in low back pain with course of chiropractic care

A new study finds that female veterans - one of the fastest growing populations receiving treatment through the Veterans Administration health care system - experience improvement in low back pain with a course of chiropractic care, according to the American Chiropractic Association . Published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, the study's authors note that musculoskeletal conditions such as back pain are the most common ailments among female veterans.

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