Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Originally posted by: BoomerD
your blind hatred of ALL chiropractors makes about as much sense as hating all dentists based on their treatments from the 1800's...come to think about it...dentistry hasn't changed all that much since then either!
Hatred is not the right word. I use strong language to try to warn people against pseudoscience and towards evidence-based medicine. I don't
hate chiropractors, but I am dismayed by the public's lack of knowledge and almost total acceptance of something for which there is no evidence.
Then if there's "no evidence", I guess my IBS went away all on its own.
I once thought chiropractic services were a bunch of crap. When I was young, my mom came out of the chiropractor's office complaining just as loudly as when she went in. Plus, I was a degreed chemist - reproducible lab results were a necessity in my world.
But when my neck started to get stiff and hurt (with only temporary relief coming when I'd "pop" my neck), who was I gonna see? A medical doc?
Reluctantly, I went in to a chiropractor my sister recommended. I told him I had neck problems, so he checked my spine. When he got to my lower back, he asked me if I had had any intestinal problems, and I said that I had been diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome for the last few years (which basically means, "We've checked your pipes, and we don't know why you're in pain, dude"). He adjusted me - didn't say he had fixed anything related to my IBS - and not only did the neck pain go away, the IBS went away as if he had flipped a light switch. The next time I visited the chiropractor, he confirmed that he had adjusted an area of my lower back that handles nerve impulses to my intestines.
I continued to get adjustments when either my neck or my intestines would flare up, and the treatments became less and less frequent as my back and neck muscles "learned" where my spine was supposed to be. Nowadays, I hardly need to go at all - I think I've gone once in the last year, year-and-a-half. And I feel great.
Dude, there's no way it was coincidence that it went away like that on its own the very day I got adjusted. It wasn't merely the power of "positive suggestion", because I didn't know he had "fixed" my IBS.
Sure, there are bad chiropractors out there... but there are bad people in every profession. Those who want to give it a shot should do their research and find a good one before proceeding.
Meh. I don't need someone else's evidence to know the difference it's made in my life. That's all the proof I need. But it's unfortunate that you feel the need to "warn" people about something that might truly make a positive difference in someone's life. No longer do I have to worry about trying to force gritty fiber drinks into my body that really didn't do much good, or doubling over in pain in the movie theater because my intestines won't digest popcorn properly, or having to hurriedly excuse myself because I feel an urgent rush coming. If I had listened to your advice back then, I'd have had to have suffered that exact fate for the past ten years like I did for the prior three years. No thanks.
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