Now I’m at the stage where I really don’t know what to do to relieve the pain (and I’m not expecting an answer from here, only from my GP and/or my osteo). I can use nurofen every second day which helps a lot, or massages, which also help (the following day), or a combination of both – but I also understand that taking NSAIDs regularly can be dangerous to my liver. Its a bit of a quandry, and I’m not really sure what to do from here. GP isn’t suggesting anything.

I suggest you slow down in your reading, the quote was “The basis for this is a fairly rare” not “fairy tale” and while you feel chiropractors are a joke, that is your opinion. The instances of death from neck manipulation have been well documented and mentioned in the article. Just as their are good MDs, there are bad ones too. Chiropractors notwithstanding.

The problem with your comment, even if you believe it to be true, it that it is similar to painting a masterpiece with a wide brush. It just can’t be done. You are lumping all MDs into the camps of “we only prescribe meds” and all chiropractors in the “we are the only ones that really care about you”. While there are bad doctors out there, just as there are bad chiropractors, I believe that each generally tried to treat the patient well. If you talk to your doctor of the options you want, they will almost always prescribe the route that works best for you, but you have to talk to them. My experience with many chiropractors is they find out how many visits your insurance allows per year and then recommends that many visits. I feel that is fraud, but that is my opinion.

Psss… hey, over here… I have to whisper so the MDs don’t hear. Stories like Layla happen ALL THE TIME. I know because I’m a chiropractor. So many MDs… so high and mighty that they can’t stand it when a chiropractor actually helps someone they can’t. It’s truly amazing the nasty talk that goes on about chiropractic… from MDs to physical therapists. You would think that a chiropractor goes through about 30 college credits… not 400 +… which we ALL DO. Imagine… 400 plus credits. After you realize a bachelors is approx 120ish and takes four years, you can’t possibly bad-mouth chiropractic training.

I will say that there are bad chiropractors… probably more-so than in other professions. If you end up finding a good chiropractor, they are often better than a good MD. There is a time and place for everything… but medicine shouldn’t be a staple in the American diet and it is. Know when to say when to the drugs, and give chiropractic a try.

Good to see a story like Layla’s… I have patients coming from a couple of PT clinics down the road, and often hear how the PTs bad-mouth chiropractors. Really unprofessional… especially considering we have a doctorate and they ONLY have a masters. (that should provoke a high and mighty response right there)… because you know that the chiropractic doctorate is really just pretend, so we can feel better about ourselves.

As far as chiropractors being phobic of MDs there is history behind that. Though I wouldn’t call it phobia. No, speaking for myself I think anger is a better description. Over the last century MDs have tried on numerous occasions to destroy chiropractic. To this day the AMA still attempts through state medical associations to harass and undermine the chiropractic profession. Fear isn’t in the chiropractic mindset, yet anger at being mistreated and maligned is certainly there and justifiably so.

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