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Darn, just realized I never blogged this (I had a link sitting on my desktop). WebMD: Chiropractic Neck Treatments Increase Risk of Stroke.

What Rothwell and colleagues actually found, says Powers, "is over a period of six years -- in all of Ontario -- six patients under age 45 who had chiropractic manipulation within one week of stroke. So this is very, very rare; it causes very few strokes. If you get your neck manipulated, your chances are very, very low of getting it ... but still, about five times higher than if you didn't."

Powers says that for years he has advised against chiropractic manipulation. "When people ask me, I specifically say that it's OK to get your lower back manipulated, but don't let them mess with your neck," she tells WebMD.

I have to ask my chiropractor about this.

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