Chiropractic school angers FSU professors

St. Petersburg Times ^ | December 29, 2004 | By RON MATUS, Times Staff Writer

[Steve Eisenberg]

Thank for a long but good quotation.

The National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF) finds it remarkable that the chiropractic profession has existed for a century without having made a single notable contribution to the world's body of knowledge in the health sciences.

If the NCAHF believes this, they don't know medical history. It isn't remarkable at all, but just the normal human experience. Docs used bloodletting and purging from ancient times until early modern times with making any notable advances. It is in the nature of humanity as to easily deceive yourself into thinking you know a lot more about medicine than you do. The surprising thing is that there are any scientific advances in medicine. There was a tremendous period of medical advance, starting with the germ theory and mostly ending about 35 years ago. Right now we have a US government that funds unproven chiropractic treatment for our veterans while having an army of FDA bureaucrats whose job it is to stop new treatments from getting into the marketplace. (I don't believe there is much good science in the phase III drug testing, it is more a matter of gaming the government system, but that is for another thread.)

[SupplySider]

Oops, meant to say "orthopedic surgeons" in my previous post, not "osteopathic surgeons".

[SaltyJoe]

It's all interesting and I'll wager one US dollar that conspiracies go beyond just the theory stage when it comes to medicine. I'll continue to stick to Faith because God hasn't let me down and we weren't promised a garden of roses as the method to eventually meet Him (we'll still have to suffer death).

What I find fascinating still is that accupuncture and chiropractics do have successes as well as the more accepted Western medical practices. Mankind just doesn't know enough to be an authority. The humor is that many medical backgrounds pretend to be that authority to deride their competitors. The patient is the one that continues to suffer for their pride.

[FormerACLUmember]

One of the basic problem the hundreds of outraged protesting professors at FSU have with this nightmare is that chiropractic training does not rely on the scierntific method.

[FormerACLUmember]

scierntific = scientific

[Veto!]

the matter of prophylactic spinal manipulation for children. That is simply dangerous.

Absolutely.

My daughter had a 27-degree scoliosis that came on rapidly. While the surgeon hovered, I took her to a highly recommended chiropractor, but neither she nor I could tolerate having her spine jerked around. Then I took her to a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique three times a week for lessons. In three months, her spine went from a 27- to an 8-degree curve, out of the danger zone. It's stayed that straight for decades now.

Back in 1926, 19 physicians including the president of the British Medical Association petitioned to include the Alexander Technique as part of med school curriculum in England. Sadly it came to naught. Alexander lessons involve zero manipulation, no massage or hypnoisis or anything else. They are lessons in how to use yourself well.

[television is just wrong]

My father was a chiropractor. The Medical profession doesn't like it, cause it cuts in on their $$$$$$$'s

[mupcat]

Boy, they certainly have worked for me over the years! Maybe not in all instances, but when you have your neck or back "out" there's nothing like them for a quick fix. Also I've found, at least the ones I've been to, that if it's something they feel may be out of their purview they'll recommend other medical alternatives. It never seems to be the Chiropractors vs the MD's, but rather the other way around.

[cyborg]

bump

[cyborg]

Alexander Technique is EXCELLENT and can be applied to a lot of movement situations in life.

[Veto!]

You must thus think that some chiropractic schools teach correctly and some don't.

No. Some schools are probably better than others. But basically, my idea of a good chiropractor is one who has a subtle and sophisticated sense of the body and knows how primitive basic chiropractic is, knows his limits, knows when to stop before damaging patients. Most are not smart about these things, IMO

[Tijeras_Slim]

Hmmmmmmmm......

[Maria S]

Best post of the whole bunch! And you basically told a tale similar to mine...thank goodness for my chiropracter. Otherwise, it would have been back surgery to the tune of probably $15K...then probably ANOTHER surgery a few years later (back surgeries seem to NEVER end).

Also, doubters ought to check out the number of people who get sicker or die while in a hospital; not to mention the dependence on prescription drugs.

There ARE good chiropracters and not so good ones...luckily, I found a great one.

[cyborg]

hehehehehehe

[FormerACLUmember]

Alexander Technique is EXCELLENT and can be applied to a lot of movement situations in life.

This is, I must remind you, a family website.

[Veto!]

You know the Alexander Technique? I'm delighted! You've had lessons? You know teachers?

I went to Alexander teacher's school in San Francisco for three years and am certified to teach. I'd like to move to FL to teach, but ironically, FL hassles Alexander teachers to a certain extent. This could work to the advantage of certified teachers, as there are plenty of people claiming to teach who don't have a clue.

[cyborg]

LOL!!!!

[cyborg]

I've read books but never had the official instruction. It did wonders for my golf class.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

You don't know of what you speak. What do YOU think is the essential principle or precept of homeopathy? Now connect that principle with any reality...

See my dot.sig.

[nickcarraway]

ping