Here, I am not talking the real message, the real purpose of Chiropractic... the detection, analysis and correction of Vertebral Subluxation Complex. Yes, we help bad backs, too. Just so long as you understand that that is NOT the main thing. It's a nice side effect.
When I meet someone who, for many years, is in such pain, so bent over, and too weak and frail to send to the emergency room, I think to myself, "Where is the ethics of his or her M.D.?" They have got to know that a chiropractor could help. Yet, they keep this person, deteriorating over many years, and keep the truth from them. This is despicable. At the very least, it's just plain stupid.
Occasionally I will hear some cretin saying that some chiropractor kept someone from needed medical care. What happens in real life, most of the time, is the opposite of that.
And, of course, there is the general snobby distaste of M.D.'s and their staunch followers for anything and anyone non-medical. I have said it before, and I must say it again. This is racism in the scientific arena.
What to do? Look at who's safe and who's not. Look at who actually gets results, and who offers excuses. THINK! And remember that your body belongs to you, not The Doctor.
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