Posted on 05/30/2003 7:33:55 AM PDT by Jimmyclyde
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:09:57 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
It is the medical world's equivalent of the Hatfields and McCoys: Neurologists vs. chiropractors, conventional vs. alternative medicine.
And the feud just got a little nastier this month, with the brain specialists using a freshly minted study by university researchers to load their slingshots with new ammunition aimed at chiropractors. That research links strokes in younger patients to chiropractic neck manipulations.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
There are so many anecdotal claims of relief from pain from chiros, that's it's a least worth a look to see how valid they are.
You may have used many a DO who you thought was an MD, snot included. After a year or two in practice, it is very hard to tell them apart. Snotty is as snotty does.
I'm married to a DO, I know the difference.
Bedside manner is often influenced by the patient's behavior. Patients with snotty attitudes that are not adjusted after an example of a friendly, upbeat physician's bedside manner is returned, will more than likely be diagnosed with rectal optosis, for which there is no cure.
The physician will waste no more energy trying to help the patient with the RO problem, and will stick strictly to the business at hand, which is to address whatever the patient is seeking treatment for.
Nor is there any scientiific evidence for the phenomona that it claims are responsible for the maladies it "treats."
In short, the entire underlying foundation of Chiropathy has no demonstrable existence in fact. What's worse; a large segment of the folks "practicing" this witchcraft don't seem to be bothered by this in the least.
And that's not all. Those who are not cured by the promotional genius of conventional medicine but who do obtain great relief from Chiropractic aren't bothered by it either. Sometimes the "smart" folks aren't so smart after all.
Of course I'm not saying that, nor did I indicate that in my post. I only asked you to be more specific as to your claims of "risks" in physical therapy. Your only risk in physical therapy is that you better be working with a PT who knows what they are doing, and not there to "skim off the top" like some other health care professionals do.
Yes, PT's work closely with MD's, usually as their "liason" between them and their patients, as to how one is progressing in rehab.
After surgeries, PT's work closely with the surgeon, and usually there are "risks," guidelines, what have you, established per the proceedure, to help direct the level and appropriateness of care. A competent PT has no difficulty with that. Any "risk" involved is usually due to the part of a reckless PT.
There are so many anecdotal claims of relief from pain from chiros, that's it's a least worth a look to see how valid they are.
I agree. They have a great deal to offer in the health care industry, and not all of them should be completely written off as "quacks." As long as they have had the valid, scientific studies to prove what they do is beneficial, (and not harmful) I have no problem with it.
No. What I was doing was giving you credit for being able to infer from clear, somewhat esoteric examples. But as par for the course with memebers of your profession (pun intended), you expect me to drag it out of you, kicking and screaming...as proven by your following sentence:
You are saying, because it took hundreds of years to develop the germ theory, or the pharmacology of certain drugs, we should excuse chiropractic.
See, you didn't have near the trouble you feigned.
Well, my initial point still stands.
Gee! For some reason, I didn't see that one coming.
Traditional medicine has evolved over the years as people studied and experimented and changed minds.
Yes it did, but it didn't have a powerful interest group doing it's level best to cripple it while it was developing. It also didn't have to rely on a system of remuneration designed for, and heavily influenced by, another branch of healthcare while it was developing. The biggest difference between you and them is time.
In chiropractic we have just the opposite, the basic philosophy behind it hasn't changed at all since its "discovery".
What is the error in that philosopy?
Knotheads give me a pain in the arse, do I need a chiropractor?
Alternatively, post a typical C.V.
Where do you stand in the SARS arena? On the Corona virus side, or in the idiopathic jungle?
Since you asked, I think you'd be better served by a few fingers of Kentucky sour mash whiskey.
Sounds like you suffer from "Spasmodic Torticollis."
On the RIGHT side of the Pacific Ocean.
;-)
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