The chiropractic profession is a very diverse group, making it extremely difficult to present a consensus view of chiropractic and its benefits. I believe the pole the chiropractic profession should attach its flag to was defined by The World Federation of Chiropractic in 2005. Chiropractic is separate and distinct from medicine. Chiropractors are specialists in spinal health care, they do not suppress symptoms with drugs and they focus on the relationship of spinal joint function to the nervous system and its effect on wellbeing.n chiropractic and its benefits.
MEDICAL experts have called on Canberra to shut down a university chiropractic clinic aimed at children amid claims the theories behind the practice are "no better than witchcraft" and using it on children is akin to child abuse. More than half a dozen experts, many of them professors with international reputations, have written to...
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BMJ 2011; 342:d948 doi: 10.1136/bmj.d948 (Published 16 February 2011) Cite this as: BMJ 2011; 342:d948 The other Twitter revolution: how social media are helping to monitor the NHS reforms Martin McKee, professor of European public health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Katie Cole, public health specialty registrar, London School of Hygiene and...
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Its generally accepted that chiropractic helps back pain, researchers have methods to measure pain and observe changes during a course of treatment. Measuring performance is much more subjective and as researchers try to avoid too many variables they tend to avoid sports performance. In the 80s I spent time observing pre season at the...
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I don’t normally use research studies to make a point, but as skeptics are very fond of them and have been ignoring this one, I thought I would give it a mention. Skeptics like Edzard |Ernst were widely quoted in the media in 2007 when a study showed spinal manipulation performed by unskilled practitioners...
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Blue Wode tells me he is not always anti chiropractic, he has praised the AECCs stance on Vaccination. Ten years ago the AECC was promoting meningitis vaccines for their students so they fact they endorse vaccination is hardly a revelation. However what does shock me is that AECC have seen the need to put...
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Research in rats suggests that stimulating the vagus nerve could help stop persistent ringing in the ears. Question for lover of science is would the stimulation of mechano receptors in the spinal joints of the cervical spine or pelvis have an affect on afferent impulses of the Vagus nerve. This is in todays...
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The advert below and other versions of it were published in the magazine “Popular Science” and the Journal of the American Medical Association throughout the 50s. Then you had all the TV ads. Camel contributed millions of dollars to the AMAs efforts to destroy chiropractic in the 70 because it was not based on...
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How do people with little wisdom end up in positions where they are supposed to help improve the quality of peoples lives?? Two years ago we had snow, having lived in Copenhagen for 12 years it was hard to believe how a few inches of snow could bring the country to a halt. I...
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Before “bigots” get too excited and start Blah, Blah, Blah “no proof”, quack, Blah, quack, Blah, quack, Blah. Let me explain; no one is saying this is proof of anything. This article in Dynamic Chiropractic is just another piece, adding to a “growing body of evidence” supporting the theory of the Vertebral Subluxation Complex....
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I was saddened to hear one of the five plaintiffs from the Wilk case Michael Pedigo passed away on the 10/10/2010. The Wilk case should have been a watershed for the chiropractic profession. The book is a must read for chiropractors who care about their profession and where its headed unless they can put...
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