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In reply to the discussion: I had a strange and upsetting experience yesterday [View all]EYESORE 9001
(29,709 posts)93. I will concede that temporary relief from back pain
can result from spinal manipulation, but thats the extent of it - and even the premise behind subluxation is frought with woo. Let me remind you that the subject of the OP is a chiropractor denouncing vaccination for COVID-19, so let me pose this question: what group is more likely to resist vaccination - chiropractors or mainstream medical practitioners. If youre being honest with us, youll concede that both-siderism is ludicrous in the extreme. Chiropractors resisted the polio vaccine, insisting their woo could cure everything resulting from that virus; their views have not evolved. Consider this definition of chiropractic:
The claim that all disease arises from misalignment of the spine (called subluxations) and fixing the misalignment can cure disease.
Pure-D woo. Defend this nonscientific codswollop if you can. I wont take away from the temporary pain relief, but thats not really what this thread is about, is it?
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They provide health care and therefore qualify as health care professionals...
Binkie The Clown
May 2021
#25
Well, faxing does seem outdated, but many businesses & medical practices
Dark n Stormy Knight
May 2021
#83
The founders, the Palmers, espoused anti-vaccination opinions in the early part of the 20th
Celerity
May 2021
#88
The founders, the Palmers, espoused anti-vaccination opinions in the early part of the 20th
Celerity
May 2021
#88
I can relate a story from the 90s from the Atlanta Suburbs where an emergency veterinary clinic
hlthe2b
May 2021
#10
I had the same experience wth mine only I called the morning of my appt to ask.
catrose
May 2021
#12
Had a similar experience with a hair dresser first appointment- my regular person retired
PortTack
May 2021
#13
This is standard anti-vax propaganda. They all say it. He'll never get vaccinated.
JoanofArgh
May 2021
#17
If you like your chiropractor and feel he has greatly helped you in the past, I'm not understanding
beaglelover
May 2021
#18
Well, if it keeps them from going to a chiropractor rather than a real medical professional
GulfCoast66
May 2021
#74
Not the case with me, anyway... one visit completely repaired my 3-years-of-pain shoulder!
JudyM
May 2021
#90
That's not what the CDC says. Maybe, but they're not sure about that yet.
Dark n Stormy Knight
May 2021
#110
I have been asking folks before I show up. No harm in that, and no, not over-reacting
Evolve Dammit
May 2021
#28
Thank you! Of course someone with muscle problems will feel better with manipulation.
GulfCoast66
May 2021
#73
'...but they still proclaimed that they felt better after his "treatments"'
Disaffected
May 2021
#108
No, you are not. Next year, maybe. His disconnect is crazy. He doesn't know enough to take ...
marble falls
May 2021
#64
Had the same thing happen to me. It was the woman who sees patients before the doctor.
Dark n Stormy Knight
May 2021
#82