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In reply to the discussion: Why do I consider chiropractic to be quackery? [View all]frogmarch
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according to Thom Hartmann:
"Osteopathy is no different from Chiropractic: dangerous quackery with no medical value whatsoever."
http://www.thomhartmann.com/forum/2010/07/osteopaths-are-not-medical-doctors-they-are-quacks
Back in the early 1980s I fell asleep reading in bed with my chin cupped in one hand, and I woke up with no feeling in that arm and with a very sore neck. X-rays showed a prolapsed disc in my neck. My MD ordered traction for me, but the nurse who set it up dropped the weights and dislocated my jaw. I popped it back into place with my hands, then got up out of the hospital bed and went home. My doctor thought it would just take time for my body to heal itself and didn't recommend surgery yet.
Weeks passed, and I was still unable to use my left arm. A neighbor recommended a certain osteopath, and thinking DOs were bone specialists, I made an appointment with him. After his manipulation I ended up in the hospital again, with paralysis of my entire left side, including the left side of my face. I was given muscle relaxants and that's about all, but it helped, and after a few days I went home.
Thirty + years later: All is well. I still can't turn my head very far to the left, but that's no big deal.
I would never go to a chiropractor or to another osteopath. I realize MDs aren't infallible, but I'll take medical science over quackery any day.