Re: RC: Re: Chiropractors

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/11/00 8:32:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Tivers@aol.com 
writes:

<< I try to deal with genuine medics as much as possible, and don't want to 
hear 
 about diagnoses regurgitated by the neighborhood quack. >>

And as you are so often wont to say, one has to keep an open mind to learn 
everything.  There are quacks aplenty in all fields--chiropractic, MD's and 
DVM's, and even people who write books about training race horses and don't 
claim to have anything but an open mind.  Every REPUTABLE chiropractor I've 
been to has been able to explain what he/she does in terms of spinal anatomy 
and function, and neurological anatomy and function.  And if they can't, yes, 
I agree--run like hell in the other direction, because they likely don't know 
what they are doing.  And beware the chiropractor who thinks he has the cure 
for everything--respect the one who is brave enough to say (in the 
appropriate circumstances), "This problem is not a chiropractic problem--seek 
another form of therapy."  But fear of the unknown is a paralyzing thing, and 
it is a shame when folks won't utilize tools at their disposal, be they 
chiropractic or TENS units, simply because they don't understand the 
principles involved and think the treatment is quackery.

Heidi (who is thankful for a qualified chiropractor who has helped my rehab 
from traumatic incidents far faster and far more effectively than did my MD, 
who simply wanted to push pills down me)