Rumour has it that they pulled out and the event organisers fell on nurofen’s offer of £££££ in order to save the show.

The BCA and other chiro organisers do not arrange the funding sponsors so it seems a tad petty to ridicule them for decisions they had no control over.

Im not missing any point at all. I made the point i intended to make and it wasnt related to whether or not asthma can be “cured” by chiropractic. I was purely saying that their highlighting the risk of NSAID use was appropriate.
I dont have any evidence for chiropractic working for asthma since as you well know, there isnt any (so why ask?). Chiropractic seems to work for low back pain and there’s a fair bit of evidence out there of fair quality.
Dont twist what im saying about one thing and apply it to something else just to shit stir. If you want an open conversation about evidence and efficacy of manual therapy then lets do it, if you just want to stand there pointing and shouting then talk to someone else.

Yes in this one point you are correct. NSAID do have side effects and can cause harm. However you are missing the whole point, and that is that Chiropractic therapy is made up rubbish that does not work. Can you provide some robust evidence that it is proven to work and how it might help say Asthma as claimed above?

It’s also worth mentioning that the much publicised risk of VBI damage via cervical manipulation (1 in 1 – 2,000,000) is far less than the risk of death due to NSAID use (15.3 deaths per 100,000 in Spain, according to the link i posted above).

Regards

Osteopodder

But do you really think the chiropractors put those warnings there just in case someone forgets to read the information leaflet that comes with every proper medicine? Is this a public service chiropractors are providing free of charge?

No, they’re there to plant the idea in a customer’s head that they should eschew conventional medicine in favour of their brand of woo.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Gastroenterology/PepticUlcerDisease/1612

There are many reasons to mock the chiropractic world recently but the example you give of their warning about the risks associated with NSAID use isnt one of them. If you want to be taken seriously as a critical voice you should be a bit more selective in your choice of target.

Regards

Osteopodder

Emmm…you’d have thought so!

However, its manufacturer, Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Limited, promotes woo on their nurofen.co.uk website. About homeopathy, they say:

“Shown to work, for adults, children and plants!

But does homeopathy work? Well, research shows that a homeopathic effect does exist. Many adults, children, animals and even plants have been successfully treated with homeopathy. And studies at Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital have shown homeopathy to be effective in the treatment of hay fever.”

This link is not to some peer reviewed reputable scientific article, but to a BBC story!

On chiropractic, they claim:

…chiropractic therapy can also help conditions such as:

* Hip problems
* Head, neck, chest pain
* Headaches and migraines
* Wrist, ankle, knee, elbow problems
* Asthma
* Menstrual disorders
* Indigestion and constipation

Asthma?!

Of course, it’ll come as no surprise that the link on the page is to the British Chiropractic Association.

So, are Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare Big Pharma or Big Quacka?