One of the postives to come out of these blogs and the scrutiny chiropractic profession has brought on itself, is that it must move away from its stupid and outdated theories and look at an investigate plausible mechanisms by which manipulation might work. Hopefully it should broaden its scope to encompass techniques from other manual therapy professions where evidence dictates.

It does annoy me somewhat the constant dearth of evidence tag. I have diagnosed a Burst Fracture, Type 2 Dens Fracture, Mets on several occasions, ABC C1, Cerebellar Tumour, (Referred to me by GP as Sciatica), Cervical Facet dislocation all of these patients had either been seen by their GP, or been to casualty, or indeed been x-rayed and missed. Most Chiropractors do a very worthwhile job, and whilst we cant claim to me more effective than any other manual therapy, except arguably for subacute back pain, we have not been shown to be be any worse either. If our diagnostic skills are up-to-scratch, we are indeed providing a worthwhile service.

You’re completely wrong on several counts, but I’ll pick up on just a few and ignore most of your ill-informed diatribe.

Why is you think that chiropractic ‘no longer needs to be proven’ and that the ‘argument is over’ when the Bronfort Report (written by chiropractors) came up with so little good evidence for so few of the conditions that many chiros claim to treat?

How does the number of mis-diagnoses or even deaths allegedly caused by conventional medicine affect the dearth of evidence for chiropractic?

However, patient testimonies may be interesting, but, where people’s health is concerned, they are a very bad way to decide whether or not chiropractic works or is the best treatment for any condition. The best way is proper controlled and blinded trials. In all the good ones that have been done, chiropractic fares pretty badly.