Objective: To present the successful conception in a 30-year old shortly after starting chiropractic care utilizing Chiropractic BioPhysics® (CBP®) technique.
Clinical Features: The chief complaint was infertility but the patient also reported headaches, low back pain and middle back pain. The patient also demonstrated vertebral subluxations, a loss of all sagittal spinal curves and leg length inequality.
Intervention and Outcome: The patient was managed by CBP technique incorporating mirror image neck extension exercises, chiropractic adjustments, and traction aimed at restoring the sagittal curves of the spine. After 30 visits the patient report having conceived and care was reduced to a maintenance schedule of two times a month. The patient also reported decreases in all pain areas and an improvement in quality of life as noted on several indices of the SF-36.
Conclusion: Chiropractic care in the form of CBP led to the successful improvement in health and to conception in a patient suffering from infertility.
Author keywords: Infertility, CBP, chiropractic, adjustment, vertebral subluxation, posture, cervical spine, lumbar spine, thoracic spine, rehabilitation
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