PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome)
The efficacy of chiropractic therapy on premenstrual
syndrome: a case series study. Walsh, MJ, Chandaraj S, Pulos
BI Chiropractic Journal of Australia 24:122-6.
This study demonstrated
significant improvement of symptoms in women suffering from
pre-menstrual syndrome. A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical
trial on the efficacy of chiropractic therapy on premenstrual
syndrome.
Walsh MJ, Polus BI Journal of Manipulative and Physiological
Therapeutics 1999;22(9):582-585
This is a study of 25 subjects
suffering from PMS. Sixteen of the patients received chiropractic
care and nine received ‘placebo
treatment.’
A little over half the women in the study reported “significant” improvement
in symptom levels after chiropractic care.
The frequency of
positive common spinal clinical examination findings in a sample
of premenstrual syndrome sufferers. Walsh, M, Polus B. Journal
of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics Vol. 22, number
4. May 1999.
This was a study of 54 subjects with diagnosed
premenstrual syndrome (PMS) who were compared with non-PMS
controls carried out at RMIT teaching clinics in Australia.
The
PMS group showed a higher incidence of spinal dysfunction as
compared to the control group. The PMS group had more cervical,
thoracic and low back tenderness, scored higher in Neck Disability
Index, low back testing weakness and low back orthopaedic testing.
Premenstrual
syndrome: a clinical update for the chiropractor. Walsh MJ.
Chiropractic Journal of Australia. June 1993; 23(2): 48-53.
From
the paper:
A wholistic chiropractic management regime offers
the possibility of a safe, effective method of reducing many
of the symptoms of PMS.
Chiropractic approach to premenstrual
syndrome. Wittler NA. Chiropractic: The Journal of Chiropractic
Research and Clinical Investigation. 1992; (8): 22-29.
Eleven
women with histories of PMS symptoms that had occurred regularly
for more than 4 months were given chiropractic spinal adjustments.
The care continued through four menstrual cycles and consisted
of 5-7 spinal adjustments per month.
The subjects were given
questionnaires at the beginning and end of the care. They evaluated
changes in irritability and mood swings, tension, ineffectiveness,
lack of motor coordination, mental/cognitive functioning, eating
habits, variations in sexual drive and activity, overall physical
symptoms, and social impairment.
The subjects reported improvement
in all ten categories with the greatest improvement of symptoms
relating to variations in sexual drive (70.7%), social impairment
(64.5%), and mood swings (60.8%). The overall average improvement
in all symptom categories was 44.2%.
The management of symptoms
associated with premenstrual syndrome. Stude DE. Journal of
Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 1991; 14:209-216.
Management
of a single case of PMS revealed alleviation of low back pain,
abdominal bloating, breast tenderness and cardiac palpitations. “Patient
did report pursuing other medical treatment alternatives in
the past, without subjective improvement.”
Vertebral subluxation
and premenstrual tension syndrome: a case study. Hubbs EC.
Research Forum, 1986; Summer: 100 -102.
This is the case of
a 28 year-old female with a chronic history of low back pain
and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome consisting of intermittent
cramping for 24 hours prior to and during early menstrual flow,
depression, bloating, agitation, and nervous eating.
After chiropractic
spinal adjustments to L1 her premenstrual cramping went from
24 hours to 30 minutes. In addition, her lumbar pain ceased.
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