Most medical doctors don't refer to chiropractors for various reasons, but mainly because they simply do not know much about the benefits of chiropractic care. Fortunately, this is changing as more research is validating chiropractic care, while more medical doctors are realizing the limitations of conventional medicine. Dr. Andrew Weil is one the pioneers of Integrative Medicine, which goes beyond conventional medicine's approach of managing diseases by merely alleviating symptoms. While he says that in his experience he has only seen benefits under chiropractic care for acute pain, we regularly see patients improve even with long-standing, chronic conditions. In this response to a reader's question in Prevention Magazine, he also recommends Activator Methods.
