Would you consider chiropractic care to be an expense or an investment?
Most people will automatically say an expense but when they really think about it they realise that it is an investment too. They realise that they are investing in their future (and present) body, their future health and indeed their future life. As the old saying goes, chiropractic helps people add life to their years. What people often don't realise is that chiropractic is a sound financial investment too.In fact a study in the Journal of Occupational Medicine in 1991 showed that those who received chiropractic care had a 46% reduction in payments for all medical services. Sounds like a pretty significant saving, doesn't it?
Another study conducted by American Specialty Health Plans Inc, a US private health insurer, showed that those seeking chiropractic care for back pain had a 28% reduction in back pain costs, a 41% reduction in hospitalisations, a 32% reduction in back surgeries and a 37% reduction in medical imaging costs.
Yet another study in The Journal of Manipulative Physical Therapy in 2000 showed that seniors under chiropractic care spent only 31% of the national average for health care services, had a 50% reduction in medical provider visits and used less non-prescription drugs. It is hardly surprising then that a whopping 95.8% of them felt that their care was either considerably or extremely valuable.
So when you are weighing up whether you would benefit from chiropractic care, remember that the short-terms costs and benefits may pale into insignificance when compared to the long-term savings and benefits that regular chiropractic care can achieve.
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