Good News For Back Pain in Richmond: Chiropractic and Older Adults Are A Great Match.
If back or neck pain has you searching for answers — and you're wondering whether chiropractic care is a wise choice at your age — a new study just made that decision a whole lot easier. Researchers publishing in Chiropractic & Manual Therapies in 2026 (1) set out to answer an important question: how safe is chiropractic care for older adults? Their findings speak for themselves.
THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE
Researchers combed through thousands of studies, finally analyzing 25 articles involving real patients who underwent chiropractic spinal manipulation and related treatments. Out of 412 recorded treatment-related events, the overwhelming majority were mild to moderate — things like short-lived muscle soreness, some stiffness, or occasional lightheadedness. So what did they find? Zero catastrophic adverse events. Not one. That's a result worth celebrating.
GOOD NEWS FOR CAUTIOUS PATIENTS
Many older adults and their families imagine chiropractic care is too aggressive or risky as we age. The research just doesn't back that up. This is a body of evidence spanning thousands of treatments in an older adult population that often arrives in the chiropractor’s office like ours at Johnson Chiropractic already suffering with bak and neck pain, arthritis, and multifaceted health histories. It highlighted that chiropractic care is never one-size-fits-all — especially for older patients, where gentler, customized approaches - like ours here at Johnson Chiropractic that includes Cox® Technic - are the standard of care. You can be rest assured that your chiropractor in Richmond at Johnson Chiropractic is most experienced and well trained in the gentlest ways to treat back pain in aging and all other spines!
GETTING TO THE RIGHT PROVIDER MATTERS.
Listen to this Podcast with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the innovative new method designed to help back pain patients connect with the right provider via a "primary spine care specialist" program. The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management would fit that program quite well with its gentle delivery of treatment — and it just might be the thing your spine has been waiting for.
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