[TomB]

What is the error in that philosopy?

Well, to start with, that somehow a pinched or irritated spinal nerve will somehow affect the function of the body's organs.

. 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.

So "big medicine" is preventing Chiropractic researchers from conducting research into the effectiveness of Chiro? Sounds like a cop out to me.

[Woahhs]

Well, to start with, that somehow a pinched or irritated spinal nerve will somehow affect the function of the body's organs.

Okay. So we're talking physiology, not philosophy. Simple enough mistake. Do you have a problem with the concept of "refered pain" What is the substantive conceptual difference. If medical science had mapped the nervous system to the extent that it could invalidate the Chiropractic claims I feel fairly secure that it would have done so by now.

In light of that inability to disprove, along with the empirical evidence for its efficacy, all the poo-pooing rings pretty hollow.

So "big medicine" is preventing Chiropractic researchers from conducting research into the effectiveness of Chiro? Sounds like a cop out to me.

So who funds and does the research for "big medicine" as you put it? General Practitioners?

Sounds like prevarication to me.

[chiromommy]

You keep harping on research. I will give you that Chiropractic as a profession is at least 50 years behind in our research. However to say that there is no scientific basis for what we do and no research to support it is sheer ignorance. Do a Medline search for "Chiropractic and efficacy" and see what you get. Some of it is about the profession and education, etc., but there is a great deal of research on chiropractic effectiveness and methodology. We have peer-reviewed, indexed journals, just like the mighty allopathic community. We are behind, yes, but we are working on it. The early chiros went on blind faith and the success of their own patient care. They didn't have time for research, they were fighting for our survival as a profession. It's pretty hard to perform research when you keep getting thrown in jail by the local MDs for "practicing medicine without a license"! All of that is over now, at least in physical practice, though obviously not in spirit. Thanks to them, modern chiropractors can pursue the research that should've been done long ago. We're playing catch-up, but don't dare say we're not doing the work at all!