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HuckleB

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77. It is, and it isn't.

Mon May 9, 2016, 02:42 PM

May 2016

Surgery vs. doing nothing vs. doing PT and the stretches is fairly equivalent in terms of benefits over time, even when there is an issue such as a bulging disc.

Any chiropractor who is "ethical" shouldn't have gone to chiropractor school.

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And people wonder why I am dead-set against Chiropractic? [View all] Archae May 2016 OP

Veterinary Boards have gone after them for doing so on small dogs & cats as well, not to mention hlthe2b May 2016 #1

I have patients with back pain coming in all the time wanting a referral to a chiropractor. Aristus May 2016 #2

The argument against chiropractic is that D D Palmer was wrong! longship May 2016 #5

I have used chiroprators and physical therapists 1939 May 2016 #7

The difference in your case is the difference between protocol of care and standard of care. Aristus May 2016 #11

You had a poor PT. HuckleB May 2016 #15

I also had an unethical doctor 1939 May 2016 #38

Uh, unless they do something a PT would do, chiropractic is off the table. HuckleB May 2016 #39

And I have never seen a chiropractor who didn't sell supplements. Archae May 2016 #51

Or band-AIDS sold to keep "pressure points." HuckleB May 2016 #54

I prefer my chiropractor to... Xolodno May 2016 #3

My brother-in-law would love to talk to you, about the "carpal tunnel rage." Archae May 2016 #9

Probably was legit. Xolodno May 2016 #12

Doc told me i had "carpal tunnel" except i had numbness in the last two fingers 1939 May 2016 #40

Post removed Post removed May 2016 #4

Do you have a point? Archae May 2016 #6

Only the one that is obvious. ronnie624 May 2016 #10

Offense accepted. Archae May 2016 #13

Die-hard chiropractor fans CountAllVotes May 2016 #8

Twenty Things Most Chiropractors Won’t Tell You HuckleB May 2016 #14

No doubt there are unscrupulous chiropractors, just as there are unscrupulous MD's. Scuba May 2016 #16

Just because some medical centers offer something, doesn't make it right for them to do so. HuckleB May 2016 #17

And just because one chiropractor is a quack doesn't mean all are. Scuba May 2016 #18

Do you understand the basis for the whole "profession?" HuckleB May 2016 #20

Let's see, who should I trust? An anonymous internet poster or ... Scuba May 2016 #21

You can go with whatever you want to go. HuckleB May 2016 #22

I spent more than 30 years as a hospital administrator. I know a little about the topic. Scuba May 2016 #23

It doesn't look like it to me. HuckleB May 2016 #24

Blind faith? Nope. Perhaps you should read the links you provided ... Scuba May 2016 #27

Again, when they do what a PT does, as was already noted HuckleB May 2016 #33

Talk about blind! Scuba May 2016 #35

ROFLMAO!!! HuckleB May 2016 #36

It's a lot like arguing with an anti-vaxxer. Xolodno May 2016 #26

They either don't read, or don't understand, the links they post .... Scuba May 2016 #28

Again, you are completely misrepresenting what I've posted, and what you've posted. HuckleB May 2016 #34

The irony is rather rich with this. HuckleB May 2016 #32

I think there needs to be some sort of distinction made here. NuclearDem May 2016 #30

Unfortunately, the quack parts of alt med are getting play in all too many places. HuckleB May 2016 #37

Except that most PTs I have seen are incompetent 1939 May 2016 #42

I don't buy it. HuckleB May 2016 #43

In the tiny town where I was born, a chiropractor set up practice Cirque du So-What May 2016 #19

Here's another good reason Orrex May 2016 #25

Yep. progressoid May 2016 #31

I ended up replying in the other thread gollygee May 2016 #29

If an MD had a malpractice case would that make you dead-set against all MD's? pnwmom May 2016 #41

Sciatica usually only improves on its own, over time. HuckleB May 2016 #44

I also saw an Osteopath instantly fix one of my children, whose spine came out pnwmom May 2016 #47

And more anecdotes. HuckleB May 2016 #48

I trusted my doctor, who partnered with the osteopath, and witnessed the results pnwmom May 2016 #49

Thanks for the continued anecdote and the cherry picked link. HuckleB May 2016 #53

The World Health Organization. A "cherry picked link." pnwmom May 2016 #56

So you believe everything the WHO says. HuckleB May 2016 #57

Unlike you, I avoid broad, sweeping, black and white statements. pnwmom May 2016 #58

Hogwash. HuckleB May 2016 #62

SCIENCE!!! U4ikLefty May 2016 #67

Derp. HuckleB May 2016 #70

That is way too simplistic. There are multiple reasons and areas of the sciatic nerve that can uppityperson May 2016 #76

It is, and it isn't. HuckleB May 2016 #77

Huh, promoting untrained chiropracty? Weird. uppityperson May 2016 #78

Yeah, that's not the point. HuckleB May 2016 #79

No, I don't wonder that at all. kentauros May 2016 #45

So you think scams are cool? HuckleB May 2016 #46

septic Skittles May 2016 #55

Go deeper kentauros May 2016 #60

septic as a noun? Skittles May 2016 #61

It's a play on words. kentauros May 2016 #64

ahhhhhhhh Skittles May 2016 #66

No, you're not. kentauros May 2016 #68

I spent over forty years as a bricklayer. panader0 May 2016 #50

What the fuck are subluxations? longship May 2016 #52

There are sport horses in my barn who get definitive relief from the veterinary chiropractic work. riderinthestorm May 2016 #59

Yes, they can. HuckleB May 2016 #63

They either get relief or not. The placebo effect is moot. riderinthestorm May 2016 #65

Not true. HuckleB May 2016 #69

David Ramey is not credible. The AVMA has approved chiro, acupuncture and PT as effective riderinthestorm May 2016 #71

Quack treatments invade many places, but it doesn't make them worthy. HuckleB May 2016 #72

More... HuckleB May 2016 #74

The Crack Heard Round the World HuckleB May 2016 #73

Post #4, x100. Why many here refuse to engage you any longer. closeupready May 2016 #75