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CHIROPRACTIC APPROACH TO PMS
(Excerpt from, Chiropractic: The Journal of Chiropractic Research and Clinical Investigation, Vol. 8, No. 2, July 1992)
Abstract: Eleven women with histories of PMS that had occurred regularly for more than four months were evaluated and treated with a conservative full spine technique. Treatment extended through four menstrual cycles. At the beginning and end of the study, the women were given questionnaires and interviewed. The responses from both the observer and individual PMS questionnaires were grouped into ten response categories. When the pre- and post- study evaluations were compared, improvements were found in all ten categories.
The women were from age twenty-three to forty-two. Subluxations were identified and recorded according to the Gonstead listing method. A monthly office visit schedule was established and used for all women.
More visits were scheduled during the weeks in which symptoms were likely to be most severe. Patients were asked to follow this schedule as closely as possible through the four menstrual cycles. Subluxations were most commonly found in the cervical, thoracic and lumbo-pelvic regions.
The following is a listing of the percentages of improvements these women received from their PMS symptoms from the Chiropractic care:
- Irritability/Hostility 38.6%
- Lack of Motor Coordination 36.0%
- Altered Mental/Cognitive Function 6.5%
- Altered Eating Habits 37.2%
- Variation in Sexual Drive/Habits 70.7%
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