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Despite the recent surge in interest in the medical community over Manipulation Under Anesthesia, the practice known as MUA has been used in manual medicine for over 70 years!!!

Chiropractic care has a history almost as rich and longstanding as medicine itself. Its origins can be dated back thousands of years ago.  Ancient Chinese civilizations used manual medicine of the spinal region as therapy and treatment of various spinal conditions in an attempt to improve range of motions, posture and pain/discomfort.  Throughout the ages, manual medicine continued to evolve via efforts of Hippocrates and Greek civilization all the way up to the founding father of Chiropractic care, Daniel David Palmer.  Through advancements of technology, science and medicine, chiropractic care for patients has never been better.  The refinement of Manipulation Under Anesthesia, or MUA, gives patients a highly successful and cost effective alternative to painful invasive surgeries with long rehabilitation times.

The manipulative technique known as MUA was developed in the early 20^thcentury, but only gained recognition by professional medical and chiropractic organizations during the 1980′s.   This increasing interest throughout mainstream medicine has aided in the creation of professional organizations/associations with the common goal of providing scientific data to establish the clinical validity of manual medicine.  The benefits of these organizational bodies is the development of accepted practices and standards in providing benchmarks and common procedures for MUA, so that they can be practiced throughout the nation in surgery centers/hospitals by nationally certified experts.  As nationally certified programs are made more accessible in teaching proper MUA techniques to practitioners, the patient can now be confident and reassured in this safe and effective alternative to invasive surgical procedures.

As MUA garners more and more of a spotlight as a non-invasive alternative to surgery, an increase in working relations has occurred between mainstream medical and chiropractic practitioners.  Within the last decade, an increasing amount of data and case studies have been collected to support and validate the practice of MUA as an effective healing technique.  This has afforded chiropractors new opportunities to essentially work alongside medical physicians in providing patient care, even though chiropractors remain the most active group of medical professionals which practice MUA.

While data is constantly being updated through ongoing case studies and trials regarding the effectiveness of MUA, it is crucial to note that no clinical trial has shown MUA to be ineffective to date in appropriately screened patients.  When due diligence of properly screened and selected patients has been addressed, all clinical outcomes have concluded with positive results.

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