John Hightower wrote:

"slenon" wrote in message
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Op:

Not that Warren's intent isn't good, but I would avoid *any*

chiropractic

services, before you have an MRI done.

I whole-heartedly support Op's position. Over the years, in many

hospitals,

I've seen lots of patients come in with damage caused by chiropractors
plying their trade on patients who needed intervention by a surgeon or an
internist.

If chiropractic works for any of you, well and good. For me, it ranks

right

down there with faith healing and wearing crystals.

I'll omit the horror stories I've amassed along the way but I can provide
them, minus names, to the interested. Bottom line, avoid chiropractors

like

plague.

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My wife is an ortho nurse- says the same thing -avoid chiropractors like the
plague. One of her favorite comments is the famous " I love my
chiropractor- I go see him once a week and feel so much better" line. duh -
maybe a real doctor could actually fix the prob. instead of generating a
consistent weekly income.

jh



Several years ago, I found myself in the unfortunate circumstance of
presenting myself at the Duke Emergency Room (spiked temp and muscle
tremors). While I was being examined/treated by the bizarre case
specialist, an ambulance delivered a patient to the adjacent exam area. The
patient was...well, dead. He'd come from a chiropractor's office and I
later learned that the cause of death was determined to be an infarction of
the brain stem, resulting from chiropractic "manipulation" of the patient's
neck. The story made the local paper, but only for one day.


My business partner followed the recommendation of a family member for
treatment of a sore hip and the chiropractor suggested a "cold laser"
treatment. He then produced a blue LED pointer and began to "lase" the
affected area without removing Mike's trousers. When Mike asked just what
the hell he was doing and asked about the power/wavelength of the "laser"
the chiropractor unceremoniously ushered him to the door.

Somehow, I think of chiropractors and "soylant green", concurrently.

Tom