[Uncledave]

Have you ever read (it's in the books and elsewhere) of vertebral artery tear secondary to chiropractic manipulation of the cervical spine?

I've reviewed a lot of literature on the subject and have concluded that the association of cartoid artery dissection (artery in your neck) and chiropractic is unfounded, and perhaps wishful thinking on the MD community. It's interesting how many studies they've done to try to prove this (Google: "Chiropractic Cartoid Artery Dissection"), yet try to find MD's conducting a study with a hypothesis associating chiropractic with theraputic benefits. Here's one study from an MD and DC, published in "The Neurologist", readers are Neurologists who know a thing or two about strokes:

Conclusion: "None of the cases reviewed for the present study suggested a clear causal relationship between chiropractic manipulative therapy and internal carotid artery dissection"

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:NMoqVuTl-EkJ:w3.palmer.edu/michael.haneline/ICAD_Haneline.pdf+chiropractic+dissection+of+carotid+artery&hl=en&start=3 http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:NMoqVuTl-EkJ:w3.palmer.edu/michael.haneline/ICAD_Haneline.pdf+chiropractic+dissection+of+carotid+artery&hl=en&start=3

[Uncledave]

Cartoid = Carotid

[Shisan]

Sorry not to reply sooner. Please note, I said "vertebral
artery". It is a thingee also in the neck but a little further back.

[NonLinear]

ping for a later check of docs