The Naked Chiropractor

See the evidence! Don't be taken advantage of! See what's really going on behind the scenes in the pseudo-science of chiropractic, and avoid being ripped offand avoid getting a crippling injury. Learn how to treat your own back pain and maintain a pain-free back. Behind the scenes stories about what's really going on at State Chiropractic Boards across the nation. Real Case Histories - Don't become a statistic. Understanding Evidence-Based Medicine - and who really offers relief from Pain and Injury. Stop the insanity! The Naked Chiropractor exposes everything you need to know about back pain, and the facts Chiropractors and Alternative Medicine Practitioners prefer that you did not know. The truth hurts but it does not have to. We have stretched our backs. We have twisted and..adjusted our backs. We have cooked our backs..refrigerated our backsstimulated our backs with electric currentwith ultrasound..magnetic waves and x-rays. It is little wonder that our backs are revolting - wouldn't yours? - Gordon Waddell, The Back Pain Revolution.

In all likelihood, you will be among the eight out of every ten Americans who will suffer from back pain at some point. Worldwide, back pain is common. More treatments are touted for back pain than any other medical condition. As this book is written for you, the medical consumer, the goal is to shine a light on scientific evidence based on the most current clinical research, and do so in an easy to understand format.

Of all forms of alternative medicine, chiropractic is the one that is most generally accepted. In the UK, for instance, chiropractors are regulated by statute and even have their own ‘Royal College of Chiropractic’. In the US, chiropractic’s country of origin, most chiropractors carry the title ‘doctor’ and many consumers believe they are medically trained. Despite this high level of acceptance, chiropractic is wide open to criticism. The claims and assumptions made by chiropractors are far from evidence based. Chiropractic manipulations are of doubtful effectiveness and have regularly been associated with severe adverse effects, including multiple fatalities. The advice issued by chiropractors to patients and consumers is often less than responsible. The behaviour of chiropractors and their organisations is frequently less than professional. This book presents and discusses recent evidence in and around chiropractic in a factual and unemotional manner. It amounts to an evidence-based critique of this profession and discloses the often dangerously misleading information published for the lay audience. It thereby contributes to advancing public health and critical thinking.

The scientists, academics and practitioners writing this book are not 'against' complementary or alternative medicine (CAM), but they are very much 'for' evidence-based medicine and single standards. They aim to counter-balance the many uncritical books on CAM and to stimulate intelligent, well-informed public debate. TOPICS INCLUDE: What is CAM? Why is it so popular? Patient choice; Reclaiming compassion; Teaching CAM at university; Research on CAM; CAM in court; Ethics and CAM; Politics and CAM; Homeopathy in context; Concepts of holism in medicine; Placebo, deceit and CAM; Healing but not curing; CAM and the media.

1914 Contents: the Moral & Religious Duty of a Chiropractor; Chiropractic a Science, an Art & Philosophy Thereof; Nerve Vibration; a Brief Review; Inflammation; Vertebral Luxations; Health, Disease, Life and Death; Rachitis or Rickets; Biology;.

An invaluable help book for people in pain, with dramatic case histories of real people

This book chronicles the transformation of the holistic health movement over the past three decades, as it increasingly influences the delivery of health care in America. In it, he describes the battle for legitimacy by alternative therapeutic practitioners, and the biomedical profession's increasing interest in the possibilities of a complementary and integrative medical system. Baer examines a variety of professionalized and lay heterodox therapeutic systems, including chiropractors, naturopaths and acupuncturists, homeopaths, bodyworkers, and lay midwives. He shows, ironically, how the holistic movement may become more limited as it gains acceptance and becomes integrated into mainstream, professional medicine. This book is a valuable resource for instructors, students, professionals and others interested in public health issues, health policy, medical studies, health economics, medical anthropology and sociology.