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Subject: Re: My opinion of Chiropractors.
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Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 16:52:15 EST
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> From the soapbox:
> 	I was recently asked my opinion on Chiropractors, so here it is.
> 
> 	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).
> 
> 	So, they may miss medically treatable and potentially serious problems,
> which is my main concern.  And my secondary opinion is tha whatever they can
> do can be done much better and at far less expense to the patient by a 
> licensed physical therapist -- if warranted.
> 	(BTW, Physical Therapy, a very valuable health activity, requires
>  	 a referral from a doctor - MD or DO.)
> 
> -- 
> 
> 				Craig Werner
> 				!philabs!aecom!werner
> I'll also entertain gifts,knick-knacks,offers of money, & proposals of marriage

Craig:  I am so happy that you posted this message about chiropractic
practice.  You see, my son, (eldest age 32) suffered severe back pain
and went to a chiropractor.  He received treatments (manipulation of
the back, etc. plus massage thereapy) for a period of four to five months.
This is nearly two years ago.  I told my son not to "mess around" with
the chiropractor any longer...go see a good "bone man" which our family
had used in the past for slipped disk (sp), broken leg, broken arm, etc.
(Our family at that time was eight - husband, me and six children.)
To make a long story short, my son, Rick, still in extreme pain, went
to see the doctor who immediately examined him and told him to see
a general surgeon the next day.  My son was examined by the surgeon
and given some muscle relaxants plus pain pills, but by the following
Monday, three days later, he checked into the hospital, was exrayed
and found to have three (3) tumors on his lungs.  Biopsies were made
on the tumors while Rick was in the hospital and the end of that
week they did surgery on him.  Cancer!!!  It was diagnosed as
extra-gonadal germinal cell carcinoma.  He underwent intensive
chemotherrapy treatment consisting of repeated cycles of Cis-platinum,
Lanoxin and Cytoxin.  You know medicine...the type of cancer cells
my son has in his body originated in the lower groin, above the
testicles...but the PAIN WAS IN THE BACK!!!!

Needless to say, we are all bitter that the chiropractor person
did not admit that he could not help Rick anymore after two or
three treatments; but held on for four more months!!! two or three times
a week!

SO-0-0-0-0!  If you have a back problem and would feel more
comfortable with a chiropractor treating you, go and make sure
that if you don't get relief within a reasonable amount of treatment,
go see an orthopedic surgeon or bone-man.  Who knows, perhaps if my
son had gone to a surgeon or M.D. he would have a much better chance
of living...I don't know...only God knows what is in store for my
beloved first-born...There has been a recurrence of the cells growing
again (his cancer is inoperable), but with chemo, the blood count 
has dropped again as it did after the first round of chemo.  (There
are blood tests now to show cancer cells in the system).  I hope
and pray to Almighty God that the genius of man will come up
with something that will put all cancers in complete remission.

Take each day as it comes...and thank God for it.

God bless you netters!!!

Marge
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