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These patients tended to report fewer emotional 22 problems and express less confidence in their medical health-care plan buy exelon 3mg low cost. Despite the movement towards acceptance of a role in treatment of musculoskeletal conditions 4,5mg exelon overnight delivery, there remains substantial controversy regarding the treatment of other conditions. There are chiropractors who continue to treat patients with a variety of non- musculoskeletal complaints and advertise themselves as providing such services to the general public. This has been a major barrier to integration between chiropractic and main-line health care and has kept it in the realm of alternative medicine, despite the fact that only a small number of chiropractic office visits are for non-musculoskeletal conditions. At the present time, there are chiropractors practicing in all three capacities—as limited musculoskeletal specialists, as primary providers with musculoskeletal emphasis and as primary alternative health-care providers. In the treatment of spinal disorders and when functioning in inter-professional clinics, chiropractors practice as part of the mainstream healthcare system. Frequently, chiropractors provide treatments that are Chiropractic 39 complementary to standard health care, sometimes in co-operation with neurologists and other specialists. However, in the treatment of patients with non-muscular conditions for which there is minimal research support, they are best described as practicing alternative health care. In a retrospective review of office records of 1310 patients who sought 23 chiropractic care for low back pain, 1088 (83%) received spinal manipulation. Most of these procedures are properly described as manipulation rather than mobilization. Mobilization employs the passive introduction of forces within the normal passive range of motion of the joint (Figure 1). This is defined as beyond the passive range of motion but less than would be necessary to disrupt spinal integrity.

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