Types of lower back issues described by patients when consulting our office were: Ache, Burn, Tightness, Noise, Tingling, Numbness, Tenderness, Weakness, Sharp, and/or Stabbing. Between February 2002 and August 2004, 201 people who suffer from the above kinds of lower back issues completed the initial 6-8 week period of care in our office. Of these 201 people, 101 (50%) of them reported a 70 – 100% improvement and 21 (10%) reported no change in their complaint within 8 weeks of their first upper cervical adjustment (31 people (15%) had a 10-40% improvement and 24 (24%) had a 40-70% improvement).