For years, we have long suggested that chiropractic care is most effective if you utilize it in a preventative way. I have often told patients that we are a lot like dentists, where most patients initially come in with a problem that we need to fix (which I use cavities as a metaphor). Once it is fixed, we ask patients to come in periodically for maintenance care, which is a lot like teeth cleanings for dentists. There is now strong evidence for positive effects of chiropractic maintenance care: The following points are from a systematic review of 14 studies,  including the…

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