http://www.jcca-online.org/client/cca/JCCA.nsf/objects/Issue+46_3/$file/Pages134-136.pdf
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-05/aca-ns051203.php
http://www.amerchiro.org/pdf/chiro-risks.pdf
i would wager that most here at FR are frequently "bristled" when constantly bombarded with the nattering slant....republicans are mean-spirited, doncha know
Even the most conservative conventional treatment for neck and back pain - - prescription non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) -- are hundreds of times more likely to cause a serious reaction than the drug-free chiropractic approach to these conditions. Less conservative treatments such as neck surgery are also used for some conditions similar to those chiropractors treat with spinal adjustments. There is a 3 to 4 percent rate of complication for cervical spine surgery, and 4,000-10,000 deaths per million. These risk rates are thousands of times greater than the most extreme estimates of risks from spinal adjustments.
chiros are the conservatives of the health-care field...."quacks" doncha know....(btw, it's the vertebral artery most implicated)