No they can’t “fuck you up permanently” that is just conspiracy nonsense. Their malpractice is the lowest of any that practice medicine. Why? Because it’s minimally invasive and nowhere near as dangerous as a medical doctor incorrectly prescribing the wrong medication. Many countries also require lengthy degrees for Chiropractic of 5yrs, which includes some similar studies of a regular medical doctor (so that they know what not to try to handle and refer out). And a lot of the spinal manipulation techniques are being adopted today by physical therapists because they see the scientifically based advantages. Stop spreading disinformation.
Not going to spend much time on this, but this will be good enough I think. To say this is a conspiracy without evidence seems to be verifiable disinformation.
Objective
To identify adverse effects of spinal manipulation.
Design
Systematic review of papers published since 2001.
Setting
Six electronic databases.
Main outcome measures
Reports of adverse effects published between January 2001 and June 2006. There were no restrictions according to language of publication or research design of the reports.
Results
The searches identified 32 case reports, four case series, two prospective series, three case-control studies and three surveys. In case reports or case series, more than 200 patients were suspected to have been seriously harmed. The most common serious adverse effects were due to vertebral artery dissections. The two prospective reports suggested that relatively mild adverse effects occur in 30% to 61% of all patients. The case-control studies suggested a causal relationship between spinal manipulation and the adverse effect. The survey data indicated that even serious adverse effects are rarely reported in the medical literature.
Conclusions
Spinal manipulation, particularly when performed on the upper spine, is frequently associated with mild to moderate adverse effects. It can also result in serious complications such as vertebral artery dissection followed by stroke. Currently, the incidence of such events is not known. In the interest of patient safety we should reconsider our policy towards the routine use of spinal manipulation.
It’s alternative medicine (ie not medicine) and pseudoscience (ie not science). Chiropractic injury rate may seem lower in some cases for two reasons: significantly more people without injuries visit chiropractors and some forms of real medicine do carry real risks, eg real surgery carries obvious risks.
Your primary argument for chiropractors is that some real therapists use some of the same techniques, so why not go for real medicine instead?
I told this to a friend of mine who swear his quackosnapper is the best of all quackosnappers, and he says “ya well doctors kill people too!” And Im like, yeah but Id rather die for a treatment I needed to save my life than to die for a completely unnecessary “treatment” which wouldn’t have done anything.
People tend to return to Chiropractors each month for “adjustments”, where as because physios are science based they tend to actually solve issues and remove the need to return.
Glad it sounds like you helped your friend escape.
No they can’t “fuck you up permanently” that is just conspiracy nonsense. Their malpractice is the lowest of any that practice medicine. Why? Because it’s minimally invasive and nowhere near as dangerous as a medical doctor incorrectly prescribing the wrong medication. Many countries also require lengthy degrees for Chiropractic of 5yrs, which includes some similar studies of a regular medical doctor (so that they know what not to try to handle and refer out). And a lot of the spinal manipulation techniques are being adopted today by physical therapists because they see the scientifically based advantages. Stop spreading disinformation.
Not going to spend much time on this, but this will be good enough I think. To say this is a conspiracy without evidence seems to be verifiable disinformation.
Adverse effects of spinal manipulation: a systematic review Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Doesn’t seem safe to me
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/adverse-effects-of-chiropractic/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/chiropractic-injuries
It’s alternative medicine (ie not medicine) and pseudoscience (ie not science). Chiropractic injury rate may seem lower in some cases for two reasons: significantly more people without injuries visit chiropractors and some forms of real medicine do carry real risks, eg real surgery carries obvious risks.
Your primary argument for chiropractors is that some real therapists use some of the same techniques, so why not go for real medicine instead?
Futurama: “You’ve got a degree in baloney!”
http://whatstheharm.net/chiropractic.html
They regularly kill and paralyze patients… Look it up.
I told this to a friend of mine who swear his quackosnapper is the best of all quackosnappers, and he says “ya well doctors kill people too!” And Im like, yeah but Id rather die for a treatment I needed to save my life than to die for a completely unnecessary “treatment” which wouldn’t have done anything.
He went pretty quiet after that.
People tend to return to Chiropractors each month for “adjustments”, where as because physios are science based they tend to actually solve issues and remove the need to return.
Glad it sounds like you helped your friend escape.