I recently ran into a "true believer" about chiropractic and because it was in a work environment, I was tired and I had no real evidence handy to talk shit about her claim... I let it go but she knew I wasn't buying it. The whole thing started when my friend and coworker told me he was having shoulder problems and he was thinking about going to a chiropractor. Of course I opened my big ass mouth talking about how its crap and how its been shown that its not any better than physical therapy and it would be a better idea to get help from a REAL doctor. Now I'm not going to wast my time and your time with silly facts and stuff but if that's something you are actually interested in I can point you to two articles that explain it way better than I ever could:
Chiropractic: Flagship of the Alternative Medicine Fleet by Steven Novella, MD
Chiropractic: Flagship of the Alternative Medicine Fleet- Part 2, by Steven Novella, MD
I know the articles are long and detailed... sorry but that's how real science is. What you'll find in the articles is simply this, Chiropractic care is BULL SHIT. Which reminds me there's also a really good episode of "Bull Shit" by the lovable Penn & Teller that discusses it. Oh and then theres this place you could try:
http://www.chirobase.org/
Sunday, June 22, 2008
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