Posted On: October 19, 2009
Stroke After Chiropractic Treament: Kentucky Chiropractic Patients Need to Beware
We are starting to see a very disturbing trend of individuals who are having strokes after visiting the chiropractor. This happens after the chiropractor engages in cervical manipulations and severs the vertebral artery. Sometimes the patients have the stroke right there on the table but many times it takes days or even weeks for the stroke to occur.
Numerous medical doctors have said that chiropractors should not be engaging in cervical manipulations because of the risk of severing the artery. There is even a web site that attempts to make chiropractic stroke victims aware of this risk. For some reason, this particular maneuver tends to effect younger women more often than other groups.
