

Additional complaints included some vague right eye blurring of vision and a mild speech disturbance. This recent paper raises doubts on this hypothesis.Ī neurosurgeon from Florida published the case-report of a 75-year-old active woman who presented to a local hospital emergency room with a 3-day history of the acute onset of severe left temporal headache, initially self-treated with non-steroidals, to which they were resistant.


Some chiropractors seem to believe that using a hand-held manipulator, called ‘activator’, better controls the forces used on the spine and therefore is safer. We have repeatedly discussed the risks of chiropractic spinal manipulation (see, for instance here, here and here).
