Alleviation of shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) pain and disability following COVID-19 vaccine with chiropractic biophysics® (CBP®) methods: a case report and long-term follow-up with global implications.
Jason W Haas, Paul A Oakley, Deed E Harrison
PMID 38075507WHAT IT FOUND
One man with severe shoulder pain after a COVID vaccine reported zero pain and better posture after chiropractic stretches and spinal traction.
Because he received several treatments at once, it is impossible to tell which one caused the improvement.
Key findings
01The patient reported a pain score of 0/10 and a neck disability index of 10% after 42 treatments, with no pain reported at 22-month follow-up.
02Radiographic measurements showed a 34.3 mm reduction in forward head posture and a 13.1 degree reduction in thoracic kyphosis after treatment.
03The authors state that due to the multimodal treatment approach, it is not known what precise treatment modality led to either the posture correction or the shoulder pain relief.
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What it does not show
This is a single case report, which cannot establish cause and effect. The treatment was multimodal (stretches, manipulation, traction, exercises), making it impossible to determine which component led to the improvement. The authors have significant financial conflicts of interest with the Chiropractic BioPhysics organization. There was no control group or comparison to standard care.
Declared interests
The authors have direct financial ties to the Chiropractic BioPhysics (CBP) organization. One author is an instructor for CBP Seminars, another is a compensated consultant for CBP NonProfit, and the third is the CEO of CBP and president of CBP NonProfit.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that spinal traction or chiropractic manipulation specifically treated the vaccine injury. The patient received multiple interventions at once, so the contribution of any single treatment cannot be separated.