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In the discussion thread: Why do I consider chiropractic to be quackery? [View all]

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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 09:34 PM

frogmarch (7,252 posts)

108. Thanks. Going to watch Part 2 now.

This is very good!

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126 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why do I consider chiropractic to be quackery? [View all]	Archae	Jun 2012	OP
I agree and disagree....	ohheckyeah	Jun 2012	#1
I tend to agree with you.	Curmudgeoness	Jun 2012	#2
Gee, I had a bad doctor that told me straight out that if I lived it would be in a wheelchair.	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#3
Wow, lame logic there!	Logical	Jun 2012	#30
Same process as in the OP.	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#50
No, the OP has lame logic, this person is just mocking it	adigal	Jun 2012	#92
No such thing as allopathic	MattBaggins	Jun 2012	#55
Merrriam Webster disagrees. And gave myself away?	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#58
Allopathic is a made up term whether or not you found it in Websters	MattBaggins	Jun 2012	#96
Uh huh. And would you care to list some words that were not made up?	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#99
A few points involved there	MattBaggins	Jun 2012	#102
As I said. stupid post. My doctor didn't "make a mistake", he saw a patient with means	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#106
Chiroprators are better trained if you believe the data they put out.	MattBaggins	Jun 2012	#122
Chiropractic is only about 95% BS.	Jim Lane	Jun 2012	#4
Don't disqualify the placebo effect, it's the power of the mind to heal.	crunch60	Jun 2012	#81
Absolutely...and how do we know if reiki is real?? It uses energy in the universe	adigal	Jun 2012	#94
Except we can test and measure all those other energies you listed	MattBaggins	Jun 2012	#103
They can measure brainwave changes, and mathematicians are	adigal	Jun 2012	#124
That is interesting but sounds like creationists who latch on to the laws of thermodynamics	MattBaggins	Jun 2012	#125
There is no discussing with one whose mind is not open	adigal	Jun 2012	#126
CHIROPRACTIC by H.L. Mencken 1924	DanteSr.	Jun 2012	#5
Do you know how many people die from the poisonous drugs	crunch60	Jun 2012	#79
Big Pharma?	MattBaggins	Jun 2012	#104
Thanks, I'll take my chiropractor and my one a day vitamin over big Pharma	crunch60	Jun 2012	#114
I am sorry but you are completely wrong about "Big Pharma" vitamin D	MattBaggins	Jun 2012	#121
Penn and Teller - Alternative Medicine (Full Episode)	Johnny Rico	Jun 2012	#6
What do you call a failed physical therapist? A chiropractor.	Odin2005	Jun 2012	#7
I agree	Life Long Dem	Jun 2012	#8
When anyone starts talking about	amuse bouche	Jun 2012	#27
chiropractors don't "crack" anything	Scout	Jun 2012	#41
I'm 'biased' because	amuse bouche	Jun 2012	#68
you obviously are not educated about chiropractic	Scout	Jun 2012	#69
but to the anti-chiros, that doesn't count	WolverineDG	Jun 2012	#71
And chiropractor that doesn't do x-rays or MRI's first	Sheepshank	Jun 2012	#93
Oldest joke in med school,	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#110
"you obviously are not educated about chiropractic"	amuse bouche	Jun 2012	#115
I also both agree and disagree.	richmwill	Jun 2012	#9
That happened to my husband	nadine_mn	Jun 2012	#56
This post was hidden by jury decision.	closeupready	Jun 2012	#10
Nope...when my neck starts radiating pain and my doc says to use anti-inflammatories one stop	dkf	Jun 2012	#11
Same with me. Couldn't do without him. Trust him more than	crunch60	Jun 2012	#78
I went to a chiropractor a few years ago...	RevStPatrick	Jun 2012	#12
May as well Godwin it right away: Hitler was a man, therefore all men...	WriteWrong	Jun 2012	#13
At least chiropractors manipulate the body	aint_no_life_nowhere	Jun 2012	#14
I thought I was familiar with with most pseudoscientific gibberish...	Johnny Rico	Jun 2012	#16
because you haven't gone to a real chiropractor?	Scout	Jun 2012	#15
Exactly...	whistler162	Jun 2012	#18
Almost the same exact story for me.	underseasurveyor	Jun 2012	#75
"any good chiropractor will tell you that chiropractics can't fix everything"	Scout	Jun 2012	#82
I started as an early twenty something	underseasurveyor	Jun 2012	#84
They address emotional needs and they touch you	mainer	Jun 2012	#17
Sometimes, it's all about stress..	dadchef	Jun 2012	#65
all medical folks are a crap shoot imo.	spanone	Jun 2012	#19
Here's how it usually works:	Nevernose	Jun 2012	#20
when did you get your degree?	Scout	Jun 2012	#21
I guess you're not most people, are you?	Nevernose	Jun 2012	#54
Sorry, but you are so wrong.	crunch60	Jun 2012	#80
I see a chiro, but not for headaches.	Ruby the Liberal	Jun 2012	#22
I spent my early years in MA	amuse bouche	Jun 2012	#23
if it doesn't work for you, try something else	noiretextatique	Jun 2012	#24
I don't see chiropracty as quackery.	unreadierLizard	Jun 2012	#25
Accredited by whom?	MattBaggins	Jun 2012	#57
Actually, the provincial government.	unreadierLizard	Jun 2012	#59
Guess you consider it quackery because it didn't help you -	lynne	Jun 2012	#26
The things in your list are not chiropractic things, but I believe most of them are true.	Honeycombe8	Jun 2012	#28
My chiropractor is actually pretty good	TrogL	Jun 2012	#29
Don't know what kind of crappy chiropractor	easttexaslefty	Jun 2012	#31
All because you think it will! But glad it works!	Logical	Jun 2012	#33
yeah, i just THINK my vertebra were twisted...	Scout	Jun 2012	#35
No. Not because I THINK it will.	easttexaslefty	Jun 2012	#38
My back goes out now and then.....	Logical	Jun 2012	#32
I agree	madokie	Jun 2012	#34
When I was 2 yrs. old, I was accidentally dropped on my head by a 16 yr. old	shraby	Jun 2012	#36
People have been crippled for life by them.	UnrepentantLiberal	Jun 2012	#37
They sure did help me	ArcticFox	Jun 2012	#39
So an MD would have just pulled out a scalpel and Vicodin?	midnight armadillo	Jun 2012	#61
Because it is...nt	SidDithers	Jun 2012	#40
yes, and your fellow DUers posting here	Scout	Jun 2012	#42
Totally Agree	DustyJoe	Jun 2012	#43
Here's some from C0nc0rdance:	sakabatou	Jun 2012	#44
Thanks. Going to watch Part 2 now.	frogmarch	Jun 2012	#108
Like any medical profession, there's good and bad practitioners.	jeff47	Jun 2012	#45
I love how the local chiropractic commercial here	JonLP24	Jun 2012	#46
.	Go Vols	Jun 2012	#47
There is a huge amount of woo-woo in chiropracty.	backscatter712	Jun 2012	#48
physiotherapists aren't much better.	laundry_queen	Jun 2012	#49
Too true. I had one who was a rip-off	flamingdem	Jun 2012	#64
My wife swears by her chiropractor.	Kablooie	Jun 2012	#51
I was doubled up with pain in my lower back...	meaculpa2011	Jun 2012	#52
Yep. A good chiropractor	easttexaslefty	Jun 2012	#53
My testimonial:	panader0	Jun 2012	#60
We have sport horses and they are regularly attended to by a chiropractor	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#62
The main scam is that they're not trained	flamingdem	Jun 2012	#63
I hate being in the position of defending what is a profession rife with	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#91
Not just one, they were all psychopaths	flamingdem	Jun 2012	#95
He was probably hoping for a new mercedes. n/t	cynatnite	Jun 2012	#101
Very likely. This seems to present itself everywhere in America today.	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#107
Are you on the west coast perchance? I can give you the name of one of the best	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#109
Patient had a stroke due to a chiropractor...	cynatnite	Jun 2012	#66
Patient had a heart attack due to a 3-way...	stlsaxman	Jun 2012	#86
I worked at neuro wing and cared for the patient...	cynatnite	Jun 2012	#90
Med school isn't that strong a filter.	jeff47	Jun 2012	#97
With any field you're going to have your bad apples...	cynatnite	Jun 2012	#100
I've spent some time under the care of one while in the service	MrScorpio	Jun 2012	#67
I went to a chiro & got relief from neck & shoulder pain	WolverineDG	Jun 2012	#70
That's about as an uninformed OP	underseasurveyor	Jun 2012	#72
I almost lost a cousin to chiropracty	LibertyLover	Jun 2012	#73
My niece's husband is a chiropractor	derby378	Jun 2012	#74
Give me good physical therapists who have a complete	xchrom	Jun 2012	#76
I've never had a chiropractor try to sell me supplements	Marrah_G	Jun 2012	#77
I wouldn't condemn the entire field	Digit	Jun 2012	#83
There is also a passive adjustment technique	Ilsa	Jun 2012	#85
Try living with a dislocated thoracic rib for a couple of days	B2G	Jun 2012	#87
Who Died? How Many?	otohara	Jun 2012	#88
Google	MattBaggins	Jun 2012	#105
No idea what kind of chiro you've been to	ceile	Jun 2012	#89
I consulted a chiro once on the advice of a close friend	Mairead	Jun 2012	#98
I started practicing yoga	amuse bouche	Jun 2012	#119
There are quacks and non-quacks in chiropractic	jmowreader	Jun 2012	#111
Osteopaths are quacks too,	frogmarch	Jun 2012	#112
There is no science to it at all.	alarimer	Jun 2012	#113
lol @ "no science to it"	Go Vols	Jun 2012	#117
I must agree though I try not to use the word quackery	amuse bouche	Jun 2012	#118
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out	B2G	Jun 2012	#123
Many people die from the horrible side effects of chemo and other FDA approved	crunch60	Jun 2012	#116
My chiropractor is awesome	Matariki	Jun 2012	#120

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