[Shisan]

Happy New Year Doc.
Have you ever read (it's in the books and elsewhere) of vertebral artery tear secondary to chiropractic manipulation of the cervical spine? Get out your old Gray;s and review.

[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

[Pharmboy]

Yep--I'm sure there can be problems. I'm in the pharma industry and--as you may know--they can have problems too. Surgery can have problems. You must see a reputable DC or MD.