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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
So to be clear, I am/was a chiropractor that would focus entirely on exercises to strengthen and rehabilitate, as well as doing lots and lots of soft tissue work. I adjusted very infrequently, but again, I am probably not the norm in chiropractic. I would even cease to adjust patients if they didn’t complete their “homework” so to speak because I knew it was fruitless for me to continue adjusting them without any rehabilitative work. I felt it was unethical to continue care knowing that it wouldn’t reach a viable end point, because ALL medical care should strive to do that, not simply get you along to the next stop.
I have begged colleagues to reconsider their approach to care. Should a patient not have documented improvements within 6 weeks the chiropractor should dismiss the patient from their care. I can count on one hand the number of chiropractors who do that on a regular basis. Most just keep chugging along without any re-evaluation of the patient. Again, I consider that deeply unethical.
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Like you said, you are not the norm.
You are not the only one either. I know some chiropractors that have enhanced their practice to involve a different approach than simply adjust, repeat, adjust, repeat. But they tend to draw in patients that are skeptical of the practice to begin with, and as a result they are held more accountable in how they treat their patients.
A big reason the shoddy practice continues is because we as patients don't take the time to educate ourselves.
Spinal cord manipulation on infants? I mean really, does it take a PhD to see that it is sketchy as hell? But for some reason people fall for it, just like they fall for thinking vaccinations are bad.