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The GCC vision for chiropractic

December 1, 2004
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Over a hundred years ago DD Palmer the founder of Chiropractic presented his hypothesis, that there was a relationship between the function of the nervous system and wellbeing, while we now know his "bone out of place" theory was wrong, the hypothesis is as relevant as ever, and is well articulated in the Vertebral...

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Margaret Coats could care less about the chiropractic profession

November 2, 2004
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Margaret Coats could care less about the chiropractic profession

Published with the permission of Hagan McQuaid former President of the Chiropractic Association of Ireland. His letter is from 2004. This letter should bring comfort to Chiropractic sceptics who are hoping to put BCA professional indemnity insurance through the roof.   November 15, 2004 Mrs. Margaret Coats GCC Chief Executive and Registrar Dear Mrs....

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How much is the body politic going to cost us all

January 7, 2003
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How much is the body politic going to cost us all

How Much is the Body Politic Going to Cost us all? By Richard Lanigan DC THE BCAs “PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT” FURTHER DIVIDES THE PROFESSION These should be great times for the chiropractic profession, but we continue to waste energy and resources fighting among ourselves. The fact the BCA was unable to endorse the international consensus...

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GCC and BCA member David Byfield does not like people having free speech.

October 1, 2002
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The BCA council likes disciplinary hearings because it is an easy way to intimidate and silence dissenters. BCA disciplinary hearings are always held behind closed doors, the defendant is not allowed to be present or have representation. Sometimes you are not aware of the evidence being presented against you. So if the evidence was...

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David Byfield is either biased or incompetent?

September 10, 2002
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2001 was when I really got involved in the politics of the General Chiropractic Council (GCC), was asked to be the expert witness for Jesper Jensen who had written stuff on his website that the GCC did not like. I earned £27,000 for my "Expert Work" on this case which I thought was outrageous...

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Original Report; Jensen V GCC, scope of chiropractic practice.

May 1, 2002
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This is the initial report I prepared in relation to the initial 65 pages of GCC charges against Jesper Jenson which were written by GCC “expert” Dafid Byfield in an effeort to define GCC scope of practice. Having read my report the GCC decided to change the charges against Jensen and focus on 21...

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Before blind ambition messed up his brain GCC chairman Peter Dixon sounded like a reasonable chiropractor

April 2, 2001
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Peter Dixon  can sound very reasonable. He will look you in the eye tell you exactly what you want to hear and go and tell someone else what they want to hear, the fact that this may  be the completely different from what he told you does not seem to bother him like a...

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Richard Rummary resigns from Council

July 1, 2000
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One of the original members of the GCC, BCA member Richard Rumary resigned from the GCC on 18 June 2000. Richard was a solicitor before he trained as a chiropractor. His decision was brought to a head by the investigating committee’s decision to pursue chiropractors for advising people to stop taking NSAIDs, saying it...

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My Tweets

  • @Blue_Wode I see you have been busy last few days,Guardian, Telegraph, I make a living from chiropractic & dont spend as much time on it asU Time ago 3 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode movement is vital for wellbeing how people get their bodies moving is up to them.Some people dont like exercise,its not risk free Time ago 3 Days via Twitter
  • RT @DrEvanHarris: @bengoldacre after all if we criticise a cleric/journalist 4 their views - & we do - we wld reject complnts of bei ... Time ago 5 Days via Twitter
  • Isabelle plantation Richmond park one of most beautiful places in May t.co/5QXVXBYv Time ago 5 Days via Photos on iOS
  • @bengoldacre RCTs suggest that an average person should respond in an average way to an intervention. Tail of bell curve for clinicians Time ago 6 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode @Oscap_ @youtube Thats photoshop Time ago 6 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode some do (catholics) and you believe chiropractors use a form of faith healing, some do, majority dont, we use anatomy &physiology Time ago 7 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode fair enough, lots of christian MDs,surely believing, loving god will get you into heaven, is more odd than anything I believe in Time ago 7 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode thats like me making judgement about you because "skepticalhealh" made idiotic comments to me. Time ago 8 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode I focus on correcting spinal dysfunction and if they have medical conditions, I send them to their GPs for medical treatment Time ago 8 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode well taught at AECC, would love to compare my knowledge of differential diagnosis for spinal conditions with any medical doc Time ago 8 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode This is the point I am making to you, pathology and differential diagnosis are for the practice of medicine not chiropractic Time ago 8 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode the S word is not used at AECC, a very medicalised education,which I strongly opposed,however compares favourably with med school Time ago 8 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode something for your website my tutors in these subjects all had medical backgrounds t.co/sw5Tgsh4 Time ago 8 Days via Twitter
  • @bengoldacre @SLSingh shows how little you know about chiropractic profession& politics in general if you think Joe Blogs hs much influence Time ago 8 Days via Twitter

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