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I would be weary of putting too much credence into that particular diagnosis. Very few people have the "recommended" neck curve. For unscrupulous chiropractors,
by tghw 13y ago
I would be weary of putting too much credence into that particular diagnosis. Very few people have the "recommended" neck curve. For unscrupulous chiropractors, it's something they can easily point at as something that needs fixing and they'll present you with a "treatment plan" that requires regular visits over the next X months.
There's almost nothing in the way of unbiased research which has shown the neck angle to be the problem they say it is.
- bollockitis 13y agoPossibly, but straightening of the cervical spine is a real condition and it can be treated. I know because I have it, and I was diagnosed by an orthopedic surgeon.
- tghw 13y agoAnd if an orthopod diagnoses it, then it's probably legitimate. What I was saying is that, in my experience trying to find good chiropractors, the ones that jump straight to x-rays and neck angle are highly correlated with scams.
- robbiep 13y agoAgreed. The key word that should be red flagging this post is 'chiropractor'
- VladRussian2 13y agoyou guys have typical case of Dunning-Kruger. Do you have immediate friends or family treated by chiropractor (i have), have you seen chiropractor yourself (i have). Can you point any specific respectable publication which dismiss chiropractors as a whole or shows significant presence of "unscrupoluousness"? Until that your groundless dismissal of the whole class of professional people and their practice is just it, groundless childish dismissal.
- robbiep 13y agoAnd I diagnose you with a severe case of confirmation bias. Start here: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3801081.htm http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3801081.htm Shift over here for some overview: http://crookedtimber.org/2009/06/04/if-this-is-evidence-based-medicine-i-want-my-old-job-back/ http://crookedtimber.org/2009/06/04/if-this-is-evidence-base... Then jump into the hard science at SBM: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/chiropractic-a-brief-overview-part-i/ http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/chiropractic-a-brief-ove... http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/chiropractic-a-brief-overview-part-ii/ http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/chiropractic-a-brief-ove... It's not acusing someone from a position of superiority if a profession has continually shown itself incapable of eliminating the pseudoscience in its practice, which is most of it. A claim could be made that Chiropractory is largely fraud based on their incredibly weak evidence base and the fact they are charging money for treatment that is no better than placebo. Have a nice day!
- VladRussian2 13y agoenjoy: http://umm.edu/programs/spine/health/guides/cervical-kyphosis http://umm.edu/programs/spine/health/guides/cervical-kyphosi... that was, almost word for word, among the things that was explained to me by the chiropractor [when he shown me the disk deformation on my X-ray - abnormally straight neck and thus abnormally compressing the front side of the disks] : "As the discs collapse and grow thinner, the head tilts forward and the neck begins to curve forward. This begins a process that may continue to progress for years. The weight of the head causes an imbalance of forces pushing the neck increasingly forward. This slowly leads to an increasing curve and may end with a kyphosis. "
- tghw 13y agoAnd I notice, nowhere in there does it say anything about chiropractic manipulation as treatment. I would still caution against putting too much into it until you get a second opinion from a neurologist.
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