Chiropractic Healthiness

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www.chiroweb.com has a nice search engine too. jayh – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Chiropractic Research >     Chiropractic has been criticized for having a lack of published > research.  Despite what the skeptics would have you believe, there is > a LOT of research going on in Chiropractic. However there needs to be > more. While most chiropractors would agree with this, they’re hesitant > to jump into research projects. Why is this?   Research is expensive > (both in terms of money and time). Most chiropractors have to pay for > their research projects mostly out of their own pockets (with little > to no financial backing from any agencies public or private). >      Much of the published research is of the anecdotal variety. A > case study is a good place to start.  But it does not carry as much > credibity as does a random controlled study. I personally have debated > a few Chiropractic skeptics.  And the one thing they keep bringing up > is: "Show me ONE random controlled study which shows Chiropractic’s > efficacy for any non-musculoskeletal conditions". To date, there > aren’t any such studies. >      Why is this?  Is it because Chiropractic simply isn’t useful for > anything beyond musculoskeletal problems?  Or is it because > Chiropractic researchers simply don’t have the resources to conduct > such a massive project? Let’s be realists here. The pharmaceutical > industry spends a BILLION dollars a month on advertising (for allergy > drugs alone).  That should give you a good indication of their > financial status.  It’s little surprise then as to how they can afford > to pay for their own research. If Chiropractic had the financial power > that the pharmaceutical industry enjoys, I guarantee you that there > would be more research going on. >      There’s another point which needs to be made here. How can a > chiropractor deliver a "sham" adjustment?  For a random controlled > study to work, you’d have to have a control group and an experimental > group.  One group needs to receive a real adjustment, while the other > receives a sham adjustment.  This is obviously a whole different > project than giving somebody a sugar pill or a real drug. The same > thing goes for surgery.  You can’t do a "sham" surgery. You can’t do a > fake triple by-pass for one group, and a real triple by-pass for the > second group. (And yet the Chiropractic skeptics conveniently fail to > remember this). >      And the final point that I want to bring up is this:  Given how > complex the human body is…Is it possible that we simply don’t yet > have the technology to be able to take measurements of the vertebral > subluxation complex (as it relates to visceral pathology)? >  http://www.chiro.org/places/CHIROPRACTIC_RESEARCH.shtml > http://www.geocities.com/cbpdoc/references.html > http://www.geocities.com/cbpdoc/research1.html

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Chiropractic Research       Chiropractic has been criticized for having a lack of published research.  Despite what the skeptics would have you believe, there is a LOT of research going on in Chiropractic. However there needs to be more. While most chiropractors would agree with this, they’re hesitant to jump into research projects. Why is this?   Research is expensive (both in terms of money and time). Most chiropractors have to pay for their research projects mostly out of their own pockets (with little to no financial backing from any agencies public or private).        Much of the published research is of the anecdotal variety. A case study is a good place to start.  But it does not carry as much credibity as does a random controlled study. I personally have debated a few Chiropractic skeptics.  And the one thing they keep bringing up is: "Show me ONE random controlled study which shows Chiropractic’s efficacy for any non-musculoskeletal conditions". To date, there aren’t any such studies.      Why is this?  Is it because Chiropractic simply isn’t useful for anything beyond musculoskeletal problems?  Or is it because Chiropractic researchers simply don’t have the resources to conduct such a massive project? Let’s be realists here. The pharmaceutical industry spends a BILLION dollars a month on advertising (for allergy drugs alone).  That should give you a good indication of their financial status.  It’s little surprise then as to how they can afford to pay for their own research. If Chiropractic had the financial power that the pharmaceutical industry enjoys, I guarantee you that there would be more research going on.      There’s another point which needs to be made here. How can a chiropractor deliver a "sham" adjustment?  For a random controlled study to work, you’d have to have a control group and an experimental group.  One group needs to receive a real adjustment, while the other receives a sham adjustment.  This is obviously a whole different project than giving somebody a sugar pill or a real drug. The same thing goes for surgery.  You can’t do a "sham" surgery. You can’t do a fake triple by-pass for one group, and a real triple by-pass for the second group. (And yet the Chiropractic skeptics conveniently fail to remember this).      And the final point that I want to bring up is this:  Given how complex the human body is…Is it possible that we simply don’t yet have the technology to be able to take measurements of the vertebral subluxation complex (as it relates to visceral pathology)?  http://www.chiro.org/places/CHIROPRACTIC_RESEARCH.shtml http://www.geocities.com/cbpdoc/references.html http://www.chiroweb.com/search/ http://www.geocities.com/cbpdoc/research1.html

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>www.chiroweb.com has a nice search engine too.

        Point taken. I have already updated my webpage to include this link.  Thanks for the heads up! Atlas

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Chiropractic Research       Chiropractic has been criticized for having a lack of published research.  Despite what the skeptics would have you believe, there is a LOT of research going on in Chiropractic. However there needs to be more. While most chiropractors would agree with this, they’re hesitant to jump into research projects. Why is this?   Research is expensive (both in terms of money and time). Most chiropractors have to pay for their research projects mostly out of their own pockets (with little to no financial backing from any agencies public or private).        Much of the published research is of the anecdotal variety. A case study is a good place to start.  But it does not carry as much credibity as does a random controlled study. I personally have debated a few Chiropractic skeptics.  And the one thing they keep bringing up is: "Show me ONE random controlled study which shows Chiropractic’s efficacy for any non-musculoskeletal conditions". To date, there aren’t any such studies.      Why is this?  Is it because Chiropractic simply isn’t useful for anything beyond musculoskeletal problems?  Or is it because Chiropractic researchers simply don’t have the resources to conduct such a massive project? Let’s be realists here. The pharmaceutical industry spends a BILLION dollars a month on advertising (for allergy drugs alone).  That should give you a good indication of their financial status.  It’s little surprise then as to how they can afford to pay for their own research. If Chiropractic had the financial power that the pharmaceutical industry enjoys, I guarantee you that there would be more research going on.      There’s another point which needs to be made here. How can a chiropractor deliver a "sham" adjustment?  For a random controlled study to work, you’d have to have a control group and an experimental group.  One group needs to receive a real adjustment, while the other receives a sham adjustment.  This is obviously a whole different project than giving somebody a sugar pill or a real drug. The same thing goes for surgery.  You can’t do a "sham" surgery. You can’t do a fake triple by-pass for one group, and a real triple by-pass for the second group. (And yet the Chiropractic skeptics conveniently fail to remember this).      And the final point that I want to bring up is this:  Given how complex the human body is…Is it possible that we simply don’t yet have the technology to be able to take measurements of the vertebral subluxation complex (as it relates to visceral pathology)?  http://www.chiro.org/places/CHIROPRACTIC_RESEARCH.shtml http://www.geocities.com/cbpdoc/references.html http://www.geocities.com/cbpdoc/research1.html

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