Creative Thinking following Chiropractic Adjustment

Chiropractic Journal of Australia

Issue 40

This study asked 10 subjects to write down as many uses for an object as possible during a ten minute period (Alternative Uses Test)

Then each subject was examined by a Chiropractor to see if there was a subluxation. A subluxation is a complex of functional and/or structural and/or pathological articular changes that compromises neural integrity that may influence organ system function and health. They were then given an adjustment.  

Between 2-8 days later, the subjects were given another version of the Alternative Uses Test again.

The results showed that 6 out of 10 subjects experienced a post-adjustment improvement in their performance

7 of the subjects showed new directions in real-world creative tasks.  

6 of the subjects showed renewed energy towards a creative project already planned

Dr. Loiuse Hockley.,BSc, a Wellington-Based Chiropractor, stated that these preliminary results need further verification by future studies (due to small sample size)