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dv82matt
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Posted - 04/10/2006 :  07:36:17   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send dv82matt a Private Message
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Originally posted by beskeptigal

I saw one of those quadriplegics in the ICU if you want to exchange anecdotes. He fell off a roof and instead of going to the doctor he went to a chiropractor. Five days later he was paralyzed and in the ED. The ruptured artery deprived his spinal cord of blood. The tissue died.
Of course this anecdote is equally mute about the validity of chiropractic medicine as the positive anecdotes are.

Hmmm, I'm not sure where I stand on this. I mean the theory behind the practice is hooey, but could there be some validity to the practice itself? Have there been any actual scientific studies done on whether there are tangible benefits to it beyond what you'd get from a good massage? A 'science of chiropracty' seems possible to me, at least in theory.
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Gorgo
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Posted - 04/10/2006 :  09:16:12   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Gorgo a Private Message
Be sure to look up the chirobase web site. I think there are some studies that show that chiro is beneficial to low back pain sufferers, but not sure how that compares to massage or what M.D.'s would prescribe.
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beskeptigal
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Posted - 04/10/2006 :  13:44:00   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send beskeptigal a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by dv82matt

quote:
Originally posted by beskeptigal

I saw one of those quadriplegics in the ICU if you want to exchange anecdotes. He fell off a roof and instead of going to the doctor he went to a chiropractor. Five days later he was paralyzed and in the ED. The ruptured artery deprived his spinal cord of blood. The tissue died.
Of course this anecdote is equally mute about the validity of chiropractic medicine as the positive anecdotes are....
That was my point.
Edited by - beskeptigal on 04/10/2006 13:44:36
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dv82matt
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Posted - 04/10/2006 :  13:55:11   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send dv82matt a Private Message
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Originally posted by beskeptigal
That was my point.
Ah of course, I see I misread you.
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