How can anyone be eaily fooled enough to get mixed up with Chiropractic adjustments?

Those doctors have been successful in eliminating GI problems in children and even eliminating pancreatic cancer in some older folks.

buying it wrote:

Those doctors have been successful in eliminating GI problems in children and even eliminating pancreatic cancer in some older folks.

They've also cured footlessness;using their gels, they've been able to regrow feet!

Let's assume it's a placebo...

Placebos have been proven to be effective in some cases. With an elective treatment like Chiropractic or Acupuncture, the only people who receive the treatment are likely those who in which the placebo is effective.

Unlike many other treatments, the beauty of placebo is that there are now a whole lot of side-effects (granted chiro can lead to some nasty stuff), but if it provides relief for some, why not let them use it?

Prayer has been proven to cure diseases as well.

You are dumb. Adjustments are more about improving joint motion than correcting the position of any individual bone. Google "physiological benefits of spinal manipulation".

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14589467

have you never had a joint 'pop' and felt an ease of tension, or restored mobility around the affected area?

Joints shift, and sometimes become immobilized, thus causing a 'tightening' or 'tension' to a surrounding musculature. 'Adjusting' the joint back to fully functional positions relieves this tension, and therefore restores full mobility of the joint, and functioning of the muscle.

This is not BS. It is a fact, whether you like it, or not.

As for cancer cures, and whatnot... that is your typical blown out of proportion BS.

buying it wrote:

Those doctors have been successful in eliminating GI problems in children and even eliminating pancreatic cancer in some older folks.

Link?

Particularly on the cancer one.

Just look on D.C.'s websites. It's all right there.

Chiros would be better off if they stopped over-hyping their service. There is a concept in sales called "talking yourself out of a sale." This occurs when you have talked someone into signing on the dotted line, but instead of closing the deal at the first chance, you keep yammering until you've said something to make the customer rethink their choice and walk away. This is exactly what chiros do.

I find it to be a pretty reasonable idea that low back pain might be caused by misalignment of the spine, and that symptoms could possibly be alleviated through manual manipulation. Tell me that, and I might give it a try. But then you start telling me that a) infants should have a chiro adjustment immediately after birth b) chiro adjusments can cure everything from allergies to cancer, and c) everyone--including asymptomatic individuals--needs chiro treatment. By the end of the spiel, I'll be ready to walk out the door.

Stop calling yourselves doctors (in the medical world, that term refers specifically to physicians). Stop claiming that you can accomplish miracles by cracking my back. Stop telling me that I need your service whether I have symptoms or not. Just tell me what you can actually reasonably do for me. Maybe once you've told me "we can't cure cancer, but we might be able to help with your back pain by getting some things realigned" I might be willing to give it a try.

you are dumb wrote:

You are dumb. Adjustments are more about improving joint motion than correcting the position of any individual bone. Google "physiological benefits of spinal manipulation".

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14589467

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Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, 1000 Brady Street, Davenport, IA 52803, USA.

heard that spiel wrote:

Chiros would be better off if they stopped over-hyping their service. There is a concept in sales called "talking yourself out of a sale." This occurs when you have talked someone into signing on the dotted line, but instead of closing the deal at the first chance, you keep yammering until you've said something to make the customer rethink their choice and walk away. This is exactly what chiros do.

What are you babbling about? What chiropractor has ever done that?

I'm pretty sure that if my back is out of alignment, it's due to a muscle imbalance.

You should try to improve your command of English before delving into matters of chiropractic efficacy.

People might get roped in by reading the AMA's statement about chiropractic's efficacy in some situations.

Where it comes from does not matter. The information is there. If you would actually knew anything about mechanoreceptors and joint kinematics you would understand.

Reliable Authors wrote:

you are dumb wrote:

You are dumb. Adjustments are more about improving joint motion than correcting the position of any individual bone. Google "physiological benefits of spinal manipulation".

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14589467

Author information

Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, 1000 Brady Street, Davenport, IA 52803, USA.

pickar_j@palmer.edu

I'm pretty sure that you're an incredibly narrow minded thinker. Just because "muscles move bones", does not mean that dis-function in a joint is caused by a muscle imbalance... it is actually EXACTLY the opposite.

And, there is plenty of EMG study results to prove that once a joint is again fully functional, rate of muscle contraction, and muscle contractile strengths are improved.

check out quackwatch and chirobase. Huge amounts of information about the quackery that is chiropractic.

http://www.chirobase.org/

http://www.quackwatch.com

You are dumb wrote:

Where it comes from does not matter. The information is there. If you would actually knew anything about mechanoreceptors and joint kinematics you would understand.

Reliable Authors wrote:

Author information

Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, 1000 Brady Street, Davenport, IA 52803, USA.

pickar_j@palmer.edu

Where it comes from does matter. If you can post a study from someone without a financial stake in chiropracty, that might be worthwhile.

Sincerely,

Am Not Dumb

Worked for me. I don't have to wake up in pain every day like I used to. He's also kept me running, fixing injuries in a couple of treatments and encouraging me to run through them, whereas previously I would have taken a break while they healed. I thank him for helping me to run without injury for 4 solid years.