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mythology

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30. Sometimes they are good for my neck or hip too
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 07:07 PM
Feb 2015

But yes, many chiropractors do dramatically overstate things. My personal favorite is that chiropractic work can prevent cancer.

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Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2015 #1
Libraries are closed on Sundays. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #2
Library Girl must have been scared by somebody in a white coat. Archae Feb 2015 #6
~~~ +1 discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2015 #7
In my nearly 40 year career... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #3
aw hell yes irisblue Feb 2015 #21
Have child services take the children away. No further contact allowed ever again. Lucky Luciano Feb 2015 #4
No. YarnAddict Feb 2015 #13
Yes! Lucky Luciano Feb 2015 #46
Child abuse is a serious accusation YarnAddict Feb 2015 #59
It is child abuse. Those parents are spectacularly stupid. Lucky Luciano Feb 2015 #65
What is overwhelming YarnAddict Feb 2015 #67
Get the shot. Problem solved. No anguish. Less disease. All upside. No brainer. nt Lucky Luciano Feb 2015 #68
Yeah! And we should sterilize the parents and enjoin them from owning property! Orrex Feb 2015 #76
Taking away the kids was hyperbole coming from my anger and contempt for stupid people. Lucky Luciano Feb 2015 #80
Not all of them are assholes. Many are ignorant and/or disinformed Warpy Feb 2015 #5
They had me at chiropractor MattBaggins Feb 2015 #8
Dumb? leftofcool Feb 2015 #10
where do they go to school ? JI7 Feb 2015 #12
They have to attend medical school and there are many really good chiro schools leftofcool Feb 2015 #14
That is not true. likesmountains 52 Feb 2015 #16
????? etherealtruth Feb 2015 #17
Absolutely false. 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #22
Nope, mine is also an MD leftofcool Feb 2015 #93
Lol. An MD? You sure aren't helping that cause. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2015 #28
My Chiropractor is also an MD leftofcool Feb 2015 #92
So, your person ... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #94
You were scammed by one of the many scammers in the profession. NCTraveler Feb 2015 #50
Please provide a link supporting your statement that COLGATE4 Feb 2015 #51
I prefer knowledge that is more recent than 370 BC n/t arcane1 Feb 2015 #81
They can do good, but many massively overstate it. jeff47 Feb 2015 #20
Sometimes they are good for my neck or hip too mythology Feb 2015 #30
My chiropractor said she could help my neck get the red out Feb 2015 #54
A chiropractor Dorian Gray Feb 2015 #32
I think perhaps you misunderstood what he was offering, heh, heh, heh. nt tblue37 Feb 2015 #33
Ha Dorian Gray Feb 2015 #41
Um, well..... msanthrope Feb 2015 #40
Ha Dorian Gray Feb 2015 #43
Maybe you misunderstood the offer??? COLGATE4 Feb 2015 #52
A chiropractor told me the same thing Orrex Feb 2015 #82
if one of those kids onethatcares Feb 2015 #9
Round up the anti-vaxxers and put them in isolation. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #11
Really ??? DustyJoe Feb 2015 #23
Yes, REALLY! Anti-vaxxers are displaying the height of anti-social behavior by refusing vaccinations MohRokTah Feb 2015 #24
DU has a number of right wingers posing as Democrats. They are generally Third Wayers with GoneFishin Feb 2015 #57
No, actually.... Bobbie Jo Feb 2015 #75
I don't agree that both parties are the same, I do however believe all right winger corporatists GoneFishin Feb 2015 #83
Glad you were able Bobbie Jo Feb 2015 #85
Just following the money. GoneFishin Feb 2015 #88
I live in an area with migrant farm workers. xmas74 Feb 2015 #58
Give the illegals vaccinations. If they refuse (they won't), then deport. Lucky Luciano Feb 2015 #70
I thought this was going to be a thread about George H.W. and Barbara Bush... hunter Feb 2015 #15
Yes, might have better if they'd remained childless! LeftishBrit Feb 2015 #19
Most of the anti-vaccine parents are not arseholes, but are conned by arseholes LeftishBrit Feb 2015 #18
I'm really glad that DU LWolf Feb 2015 #25
The difference is Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #26
Of course. LWolf Feb 2015 #34
Yeah. Funny how the interests of Mega-Pharma and vocal corporatists manage to scrape GoneFishin Feb 2015 #60
This is fucking bullshit alarimer Feb 2015 #77
I don't advocate for any stance, except not being an asshole. My assertion stands. GoneFishin Feb 2015 #84
Yes. LWolf Feb 2015 #100
When I was 1, my older sister got scarlet fever hollysmom Feb 2015 #27
I often think about those poor kids who became "crippled by polio" (as they used to say) Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #29
my ex as younger than me and spent a fe years in the iron lung. hollysmom Feb 2015 #31
Wow. Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #86
cause and effect hollysmom Feb 2015 #95
Had Scarlet Fever at 6. My Parents/Nana would have been charged with Child Abuse today HockeyMom Feb 2015 #38
You seemed to have it worse. I can't imagine my mother dealing with a sick child for 6 months. hollysmom Feb 2015 #42
There no vax for Scarlet Fever HockeyMom Feb 2015 #49
ah, I thought it was part of the package, so it was antibiotics? hollysmom Feb 2015 #71
The body dos not develop resistance... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #74
Excuse this asshole Senior for ever being born HockeyMom Feb 2015 #35
Let me know when you get polio. Archae Feb 2015 #36
I will contact you from the other side HockeyMom Feb 2015 #39
Except you aren't opting out just for yourself. jeff47 Feb 2015 #44
Still don't get it. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #45
You are a stupid person. I have utter contempt for you Lucky Luciano Feb 2015 #47
If you have had your vaccinations yourself, HockeyMom Feb 2015 #61
Herd immunity requires 83-92% Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #69
They don't care about other people, clearly. alarimer Feb 2015 #79
No vaccination is 100% MohRokTah Feb 2015 #98
Do you not get that you can pass on diseases you may not suffer badly from? alarimer Feb 2015 #78
You can't work at a hospital, so yeah you don't have the right CreekDog Feb 2015 #91
Why would you refuse vaccinations on the basis of what's safe for your body? CreekDog Feb 2015 #96
"with autism or something." Iris Feb 2015 #37
I hope these parents seek out Jenny McCarthy for medical advice if they get sick. Vinca Feb 2015 #48
ouch! Phentex Feb 2015 #73
Not a parent of a young child HockeyMom Feb 2015 #97
"Hopyard, and his wife Ambergris, didn't vaccinate their son Aristotle, or their daughter Neptune." NBachers Feb 2015 #53
My old-school chiro is great for my back and neck xmas74 Feb 2015 #55
Bard College Student with Measles HockeyMom Feb 2015 #56
No real Democrat would propose such a thing. This is right wing batshit brown shirt crazy talk. GoneFishin Feb 2015 #62
Of course I agree that is insanity HockeyMom Feb 2015 #64
I totally agree on the need for doing their own research. I don't advocate for anything other GoneFishin Feb 2015 #66
Yes, it does have a right wing ring to it Oilwellian Feb 2015 #99
"They had me at chiropractor." Orrex Feb 2015 #63
We might have been spared three Bush presidential terms. n/t Orsino Feb 2015 #72
They sound so fucking shallow. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #87
And those asshole parents who insist on keeping guns in the house Crunchy Frog Feb 2015 #89
Yes the light is gone from my eyes, the shot did that...yep yep... Rex Feb 2015 #90
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