DrewP Of course there are going to be bad chiropractors that mess you up (like bad doctors in a hospital/clinic). But I can attest to the fact that chiropractic treatment completely healed my back problems in high school from sports ROCKETMAN95- props for mentioning Health Camp. LOVE that place
Never been to Health Camp but I gotta check it out before I move back to Houston very soon. I referred a friend to Patterson and he will most likely visit with him. On a side note, Waco is good for lack of traffic and drinking specials (kinda like Austin). There is a place called Treff's that has $2 you call its all month. Crown and Coke for $2 cant beat that
From what I understand, he only works in Waco 3 days each week - Tue-Thur. He goes out of town a lot to work on clients. The type of bodywork he does is unique. Someone emailed me recently who trained under him and does it in Dallas. It's specialized like accupuncture. It's likely there is no one here that does it because it is such a specialized form of bodywork.
Those deaths were just two small examples of chiropractic "medicine" and what it can do. Plus, if you would go to the major source listed at the end of my post, you would know that the series of questions my post opens with is used to examine each issue on the page. You have not read the links. If you have, you will see that the whole field laughs in the face of science. This is not an argument between you and I. This is an argument between you and science. Please read here . I don't really have any other point because I simply side with science. In summation: The entire field of Chiropractic medicine is based on the untrue notion that subluxations, which are "misalignments of the spine", allegedly interfere with nerve signals to the brain. This is false. Go get a massage.
I have read the links, you've posted the exact same thing in an earlier thread. As I said, chiropractic definitely has some oddities, but it undeniably works (as myself and others on this board have testified to). And I've tried massage, but have seen much better results going to my chiropractor. That's all I'm going to say about this. Let's try to keep the thread about Patterson and people who have actually received treatment from him.
I'm currently in chiropractic school so I'm sure I know more about chiropractic than what you simply read on ridiculously biased websites like quackwatch. I can tell you for sure that the sublaxation theory is something that most chiropracters no longer believe in, it was prominent up until the 70's and sure there are a few older chiro's around that still talk about it but for the most part its outdated. Since the 70's, chiropractic has tried to become more research and science-based and sublaxation theory is no longer the prominent thinking behind how chiropractic works. Of course like any other field, there are good chiros and bad,crazy ones. If anyone is in the austin area I can recommend a great one.
So chiropractors no longer believe in sublaxation, the foundation of their science? Well then, what the hell is their science now based on? Theres nothing to cracking backs and pretending to realign a back. What scientific work are they doing? Also, LOL at your calling quackwatch biased. The only thing quackwatch is biased against is fraudulent sciences passed off as medicine. LOL To rocketfan etc: I am just trying to help you. Whatever you think is helping your back is merely a placebo effect or the natural declination from the apex point of pain. I just want people to be well informed. If you guys want to take a big bite of bs science, thats your deal. I hope you feel better.
Like most medicine, certain treatments will work on some people but not on others. Count me as one that has definitely benefited from chiropractic treatment. The stupid Taz ride at Astroworld ( ) screwed up my back pretty bad years back...but after about 6 months of treatment the pain had gone and my back has been healthy since.
well they obviously replaced chiropractic theory with something else. The prevailing thought is that the each verterbrae and accompanying spinal nerve makes up a motion segment, manipulations mobilize fixated segments which restores motion and blood supply. But think about it a different way, manipulations aren't exclusive to chiros. Osteopaths, physical therapists and some MDs manipulate as well. Whatever theory behind why manipulations work may not be agreed upon by everyone but its not only the chiro's that use it.
man that sounds terrible, there are certainly bad chiro's out there just like any other field, i don't deny that. Can u tell us any specifics?
Well, Tracy had his best year in years injury-wise. Pretty much everything the "quack" told him came true. If the stories in this article are true, they are tremendous testimonials. John Smoltz and Mutombo are not really expected to be playing at the level they do at their respective ages. But for me, it mostly rests on McGrady and that the concept makes sense. Modern medicine does focus very intensely on the problematic location and not on what may have caused that problem. You might be interested in knowing that the Anasazi Indians had bone-jerkers as well. Chiro isn't something that just one man came up with in an isolated incident.
Yep. The Mayans, Greeks and ancient Chinese all practiced manipulation as well. It's been around for thousands of years.
Of course it works, for some people. Obviously if you have a serious problem that manipulation can't resolve it won't help you, but there are problems our bodies can have that do not have a medically diagnosable source. Manipulation techniques can work wonders.
"Manipulation technique" like... i dont know... a massage? There is no scientific proof that what chiropractors do is any more effective than a massage. Once again, the argument is between you and science.
