Chiropractors – Where’s The Evidence?
Don’t buy into the woo! Chiropractic care goes supported by many health plans, but it has no basis of real world evidence on which to base its many claims other than temporary alleviation of lower-back pain. The stronger the studies’ controls, the less effective chiropractic care became relative to similar physio-therapies. PubMed www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Articles Referenced: “Chiropractic claims in the English-speaking world” Ernst E, Gilbey A. NZ Med J. 2010 Apr 9;123(1312):36-44. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov “Combined chiropractic interventions for low-back pain.” Walker BF, French SD, Grant W, Green S. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Apr 14;4:CD005427. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov “A systematic review of chiropractic management of adults with Whiplash-Associated Disorders: recommendations for advancing evidence-based practice and research.” Shaw L, Descarreaux M, Bryans R, Duranleau M, Marcoux H, Potter B, Ruegg R, Watkin R, White E. Work. 2010;35(3):369-94. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2010 Mar;54(1):24-32. “Chiropractic care for patients with asthma: A systematic review of the literature.” Kaminskyj A, Frazier M, Johnstone K, Gleberzon BJ.
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@chiropractic47 I have asked for evidence that what I say is incorrect; you are happy to insult me and say ‘Google it’ without actually engaging me at all. You were warned, now you are blocked.
@JPO1618 “interested in dialogue”? You response to every post, wether mine or any pro-chiropractic, was with contempt, borderlining in censure, which you now threaten of me. Go ahead and block me. Chiropractic for all!
@chiropractic47 Just fair warning to you, if you continue to write “Chiropractic for all!” you will be blocked – you clearly are not interested in a dialogue.
@JPO1618 And I guess it’s safe to say you bestow all faith in “Medi-Pharma Junk Science”…you know, the rampant type of which medical and pharmaceutical entities purposely skew the results of studies so thay fit the drup development pipeline? The people want chiropractic…the fastest growing primary health care in the world. Chiropractic for all!
@chiropractic47 Yeah…because TV news is the place to go for accurate science!
The vids host obviously is a dick. Please disregard this sucky vid. It’s a waste of your time. Instead, watch the thousands of beautiful chiropractic videos, including the news station videos of chiropractic miracles: “Man blind in one eye can now see after a chiropractic adjustment”. “Chiropractic helps with ADD”, “Chiropractic helps woman become pregnant”, “Chiropractic helps with childrens ear infections”, etc. Happy watching chiropractic miracles!
@JPO1618 Whoa dude…chill it. Aren’t ya kinda of freaking here? I thought I provided an awesome response. Calm down, relax. Here, put your feet up on this here ottoman. I’ll get you a glass of wine. (Dude needs a “Chill Pill”).
@chiropractic47 That’s it? That’s your whole response? I am honestly looking for the truth, you claim to have it be insist on acting like a dick about it. Quote me where I have attacked someone; give me actual info, or just go away and stop bothering me like a child.
@JPO1618 Oh, I’m sorry. Did I write that nerve impulses are electrical impulses? Let’s see…hmmm, they are. Not “woo-woo-y. The nervous sytem impulses that send signals to all cells is indeed an electrical impulse. In fact, it has been determined that the sum total of the bodies electrical energy can power the bulb of a small flashlight. Come on…Google it.
@JPO1618 Go back over your posts and the truth will be revealed.
@chiropractic47 “which can cause impedence of electrical energy”? Really? Maybe it’s me, but that doesn’t sound all that medical and a little woo-woo-y.
@chiropractic47 Are you seriously like 14 years old? I started it? With whom, the chiropractic-fanatic community? I have made NO personal attacks. I try to deal in facts, not insults. I will ask again where you find this statistic. I have no problem debating issues if the other people are fair and polite. Perhaps I am wrong, but unless you provide links like I have, I don’t know what other course of action I should take. I am happen to be shown to be wrong, but not called a loser
@JPO1618 Of course you deserve a personal attack, you started it. A challenge for you to do some research….Google it! Only 15% of that medicine makes claim is set in hard core science.
@JPO1618 Chiropractic makes claim to the detection then correction of vertebral subluxation which can cause impedence of electrical energy of the adjacent neural tissues. Can these nervous system irritations cause visceral, dermal, musculoskeletal, etc. abberations? ABSOLUTELY! And this is substantiated in many peer review studies. Take a headache for example…a situation that majority of the time involves subluxations of the cervical spine region.
@chiropractic47 Who cares what I say!? I don’t. But are the majority of chiropractic claims backed by good evidence? No.
@chiropractic47 Why do you feel that personal attacks are the most convincing and effective route to take? Or are you simply anti-chiro-trolling?
And where do you get your stats? What is this 15% of medicine? Where have you read this?
Only 15% of medicine is upheld by science. The vids host is a loser due to his refusal to change his lifestyle and recieve chiropractic rehabilitation for his spine and nervous system. He expected pain relief from his first chiropractic visit. I didn’t expect a resolution to gum disease on the first dental visit. So what’s his subliminual agenda? Bash chiropractic because it requires him to participate in his recovery….too much for him to handle, so he vents….What a loser.
@JPO1618 Shmuck, chiropractic makes no claim to treat anything i.e. condition nor disease. Chiropractic simply detects then corrects vertebral subluxations which may interfere with nerve flow to the tissues of the body and advize on a healthful lifestyle. The vids host complains he felt no difference folowing the chiropractic visit. A prime example that he awaits the effect afforded a pain killer, instead of retraining the spine to hold proper adjustment leading to less pain.
@chiropractic47 You sound, and are appearing more and more to be brainwashed with your “Chiropractic for all!” tagline. This is in a Chiro publication, just google the title.
Why is it that chiropractors themselves cannot decide on what conditions they feel are effectively and ineffectively treated by chiropractic care?