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Originally Posted by Titan2
I will offer an alternative opinion. Full disclosure my wife is a chiro. She graduated from the UofA with a physiology degree and attended the Canadian Chiropractic College in Toronto. All of her non-chiro classes were taught by faculty of the U of T med school. She has been practicing in Calgary for about 25 years. She has taken continuing education annually as well as additional courses such as graston technique, taping, etc.
To say she is not trained in manipulation or the mechanics and treatment of necks, the spine or the entire musculoskeletal system is simply ignorant and not based on the actual facts. I won't comment on the qualifications of a kinesiologist other than it only requires a 4 year undergraduate degree, is not a regulated profession and has a voluntary certification. If they wish to manipulate they can take additional courses, the same as a physio. Four years of daily hands on training or several weekends of courses. You decide.
Chiropractic is recognized by the Health Professions Act and is a regulated profession.
I know there is an incredible bias against the profession on this board against Chiro. None of the comments I have read over the years have been based in fact. Chiros treat and help millions of people a year whose ailments generally improve after intervention.
It doesn't help everyone, like most treatments.
Not all chiros are good. Some are better, some are worse. Some are simple grifters trying to get rich. Same as most professions. (except teaching. No one is getting rich teaching)
Sometimes people get hurt. That is sad but again, no different than any other treatment and much safer than some.
Chiro is not backed by science. This is simply not true. A simple google search will show the amount of research that has been conducted.
Anyways. I tend to turn the other cheek when this is brought up and don't wish to have a debate. I just tire of the drive by insults like the above that are not based in fact.
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You and I specifically have had this discussion before on this forum (under your old 'Titan' name). As you did back then, you're conflating Fuzz's criticism of chiropractic as a discipline for criticism of your wife who is a chiropractor.
No one has said your wife isn't trained in the manipulation / mechanics of the neck, spine, musculoskeletal system, etc. But there are many things problematic with chiropractic's underlying theory, particularly the idea of 'subluxations'.
I'm not going to go through it again, because you and I have done this song and dance once before. I will, however, direct you to some reading on the general concerns people have about chiropractic
here.
One small point, recognition by the Health Professions Act is not on its own any endorsement of the
efficacy of a discipline or if it is based in science. A quick read of the Act will reveal that Acupuncturists and Naturopaths are
also recognized in the Act. This shouldn't tempt anyone to suggest that acupuncture as a discipline is based in an actual scientific understanding of human physiology.