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title: Does spinal manipulation help menstrual cramps? | Niyora
description: In one woman's experience, spinal manipulation and soft tissue therapy reduced her pain episodes and pain levels during menstruation.
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Case report, 1990

# Does spinal manipulation help menstrual cramps?

In one woman's experience, spinal manipulation and soft tissue therapy reduced her pain episodes and pain levels during menstruation.

 Early or limited evidence

One woman with menstrual cramps

## What they did

One woman with menstrual cramps recorded her pain levels in a diary for 4 months before treatment and 3 months during treatment. During treatment, she received spinal manipulations and soft tissue therapy from a chiropractor.

## What they found

She had fewer painful episodes and lower pain ratings while being treated. The duration of her menstrual flow did not change.

## What it means for you

This is based on one person's experience over several months. We cannot know if the benefit came from the treatment or other factors. The main limit is only one patient was studied.

4

months in baseline phase

3

months in treatment phase

## About the study

Original title A chiropractic approach to the treatment of dysmenorrhea Authors Liebl NA, Butler LM Journal Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics Year 1990 Study design Case report What was tested Spinal manipulations and soft tissue therapy Read the paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2137850/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2137850/)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Dysmenorrhea and period pain](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-dysmenorrhea/)[Pain and headache](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-pain/)

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