The Truth About Chiropractic, And How it is Widely Misunderstood

re: The Truth About Chiropractic, And How it is Widely Misunderstood

caring1 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:31:59 GMT

jaydee3 and alphafem2002: I was a MD first and I can tell you that I have seen sick people get 10x sicker under medical care and many medical doctors prescribing meds don't have a clue what they are doing. Their pharmacuetical training is next to nil. After 10 years in practice as a MD i thought there has to be a better way and that is when I found chiropractic. Sure, there are some quack chiros out there that should not be out there but there that many more MDs that are quacks. I am now a chiropractor also. To my surprise, chiropractors had more medical training than medical doctors in many subjects. They had no surgery or pharmacuetical training. Now I practice as a MD and a chiropractor and my success cases are under chiropractic care. The body has an innate ability to heal itself by removing interference to the nervous system. I find those who come to me as a MD want a quick fix drug and don't want to spend time getting healty. Their diet is trash, they do not work out, they are stressed out and usually unhappy. Those under chiropractic care are fed up with drugs and surgery and want a chance to regain their health. Medical care is expensive and damaging. You have no clue what you are talking about. To get well takes a commitment from the patient and lifestyle changes, it does not come in a pill or from a surgical tool.

As for physical therapy, in most states is is ILLEGAL for you to adjust people. I cannot tell you how many patients walk through my door telling me they went to a physical therapist who hurt them and they can barely move and are in extreme pain because the PT adjusted them! PT is excellent once the spine is aligned. Do what you are supposed to do--restore ligaments and muscles and strenghten those areas--don't try to restore the spine as you have no clue what you are doing. If the spine is not aligned, then you only make things worse with PT- I send a lot of patient to PT once their spine is aligned and holding.

re: The Truth About Chiropractic, And How it is Widely Misunderstood

jaydee3 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:24:46 GMT

It is beyond belief, comprehension and any sense of logical thinking that we can pretend to call chiropractors, "doctors". This is totally insane. They should be categorized under, "massage therapists", "reiki", etc, etc. Chiropractors are no more "doctors" than manicurists who if you think about it, deal with an actual important part of our bodies, and make us feel good. What in the world makes us think that cracking our backs or necks would "free" something stuck in our nervous systems? Chirporactors pretend to "cure" everything under the sun. They should look in the mirror and deep inside their hearts and be true to themselves and their fellow humans and stop this fraud invented by someone who had absolutely no medical training. Even if I suspend all logical thinking for a moment, how is this different than cracking your knuckles? I've been doing it all my life and while it feels ok for a second to do it, it doesn't "cure" anything and I would not allow anyone to call me "doctor" for doing it. Dr. Mercola, you are probably a decent fellow,

re: The Truth About Chiropractic, And How it is Widely Misunderstood

alphafem2002 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:35:25 GMT

Physiotherapists and osteopaths are also highly trained in the subluxation process and the best ones also understand the relationship to total health through the nervous system and even the acupuncture system. Nice article until that bit of prejudice.