A recent retrospective study of 2,818 patients in the United States and Worldwide demonstrated that Network Care is associated with statistically significant, profound and consistent improvement in self-reported health and wellness issues, including the following:

Improved Physical Well-Being

  • improved flexibility of the spine
  • more energy, less fatigue
  • fewer colds or flu
  • fewer headaches
  • reduced pain

Stress Less

  • emotional well-being
  • health
  • general well-being
  • coping with daily problems
  • family
  • significant relationship
  • work

Increased Emotional & Psychological Well-Being

  • positive feelings about self
  • decreased moodiness, temper, and angry outbursts
  • less depression, more interest in life
  • fewer concerns about small things
  • improved ability to think and concentrate
  • less anxiety and concern over vague fears
  • improved ability to stay on task
  • less distress about physical pain

Self-Motivated Lifestyle Changes

Increases reported in:

  • regular exercise - Tai Chi / Yoga
  • meditation / prayer
  • relaxation / self-hypnosis
  • health foods / vitamins
  • vegetarian / partial vegetarian
  • less use of prescription medications

More Life Enjoyment

  • openness to guidance by inner feelings
  • experience of relaxation and well-being
  • positive feelings about self
  • interest in maintaining a healthy lifestyle
  • feeling open when listening to others
  • confidence in dealing with adversity
  • compassion for other

Improved Overall Quality of Life

  • personal life
  • oneself
  • extent one adapts to change
  • handling of problems in life
  • actual life accomplishments
  • life as a whole
  • overall contentment with life
  • significant other
  • job
  • life being what one wants it to be
  • romantic life
  • actual work done
  • physical appearance

The above research was conducted within the:
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology,
College of Medicine,
University of California, Irvine, California
92697-1275

A Retrospective Assessment of Network Care Using a Survey of Self-Rated Health, Wellness and Quality of Life

Robert H Banks, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiolgy
Tonya L Schuster, Ph. D., Dept of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Marnie Dobson, M.A. Department of Sociology

Universityof California
Journal for Vertebral Subluxation Research
Volume 1, Number 4, 1997