Chiropractic Promotion

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.

Chiropractic sceptic Andy Lewis wants “TRUTH”; Even a crap chiropractor must be better than Co-proxamol as a treatment for arthritis and safer to boot.

October 1, 2009
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Chiropractic sceptic Andy Lewis wants “TRUTH”; Even a crap chiropractor must be better than Co-proxamol as a treatment for arthritis and safer to boot.

I see loads of patients with arthritis. Before Andy (the author of Quakometer reports me to the Advertising Standards Authority) let me say there is no cure for osteoarthritis, however chiropractic, osteopathy and physiotherapy can help people cope better with it. Osteoarthritis was once a small ache, became chronic, and over time the joints...

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Can providers of health care reduce costs, using chiropractic or physical therapy?

July 31, 2009
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Before sceptics get too excited and loose their weekend analysing the data, Wellmark are insurers who pay health benefit claims for more than two million members in Iowa and South Dakota. Wellmark Inc. is a mutual insurance company owned by its policyholders. Presumably this is study is examining ways of reducing their financial exposure....

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Sedentary posture and back pain

July 1, 2009
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Sedentary posture and back pain

NATION IS BENDING OVER BACKWARDS AT WORK The British Chiropractic Association (BCA) reveals the top five back breaking professions October 16th is World Spine Day Forget manual labour, office work has been named the top back breaking profession by the BCA. Research conducted amongst BCA Chiropractors overwhelmingly found that sedentary PC posture is likely...

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Chiropractor Jonathan Clarke has the courage of his convictions and evidence supporting chiropractic.

June 10, 2009
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In recent weeks it has been much easier explaining to patients why I no longer call myself a chiropractor. The incompetent regulator, associations making claims about chiropractic which they have removed from their websites under challenge from chiropractic sceptics. I was so proud when I graduated as a chiropractor and still feel proud to...

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A Belgian chiropractor is in charge of the AC Milan sports medicine department

June 9, 2009
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A Belgian chiropractor is in charge of the AC Milan sports medicine department

David Beckham can thank Milanello training regime for return to fold As David Beckham emerged after a massage and an hour of Pilates on his last day at the renowned Milanello ‘laboratory’, he looked like a man who had just spent five months on a health farm rather than undergoing the most thorough training...

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Vertebral Subluxation Theory

November 1, 2006
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This was posted by Former UCA President Frank McBride who like myself resigned from the General Chiropractic Council register because of their efforts to covertly medicalise chiropractic There is a view within the profession that sees chiropractic as a therapy for pain relief, and that once relief of pain has been achieved, patient care...

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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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