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From: kathy@tolerant.UUCP (Kathy Kister)
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Subject: Re: My opinion of Chiropractors.
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Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 16:31:40 EST
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> 
> 	It's not that Chiropractors are inneffective at what they do.  They
> aren't.  One cannot argue with the the fact that people who go to them by and
> large leave feeling better.  However, I have several reservations.
> 	One: most complaints that Chiropractors are good at treating are
> chronic conditions of the musculature.  However, most good studies have shown
> that these conditions are most amenable to either "doing nothing - with
> spontaneous remission" or "sham treatment - with remission."
> 	A far more serious reservation that I have is that most Chiropractors
> by either training or disposition forget the Cardinal Rule of Back Disorders:
> 		"Every Back has a Front attached to it."
> and therefore can miss serious pathology of the chest and abdomen that just
> happens to present as back problems (this also occurs all too frequently
> with regular MDs).


Last fall I was unfortunate to pop two ribs away from my spine.  I was in
agony for a couple of days because I thought it was just a pulled muscle.  I
couldn't decide who to call.  I finally decided on a Chiropractor because 
they were open on Saturdays.  He immediately found the problem and popped the
ribs back into place.  

What I have often wondered since is, what would a regular M.D. have done to
help me - give me pain pills and a muscle relaxer?

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