Just about the only evidence for chiropractry working is anecdotal

No study has ever shown any consistent, long term benefit (although as it happens *some* do show some improvement with back pain).

Drugs have to undergo strict tests sometimes over many years or decades. New procedures are peer reviewed in scientific journals. That's evidence based medicine.

There are good reasons why sometimes medicine doesn't work. As you note, some conditions are complex and it can take time to diagnose correctly. And then finding the right treatment can be difficult too. Medical science isn't always exact, but that's recognised as part of the endeavour.

I never said because something costs money it must be bad. I said chiropractors are charlatans who make money from the gullible. They're charlatans because they can have no idea how what they do works and because they make extraordinary claims about what they can cure (just about everything just by manipulating various joints; but usually the spine).

We wont agree because we're coming at it from different points of view: you have your own experience and appear not to trust scientists or doctors. I put my trust in hundreds and thousands of researchers/scientists peer reviewing each others work. I also recognise there are degrees of uncertainty. That said they get things wrong sometimes. Human beings are fallible. Generally though they don't misrepresent their findings. Drug companies are not to be trusted though, which is why they are strictly regulated (and it's often doctors in the forefront of exposing them when they do lie)

Regarding your problem, it seems like it's still with you despite various treatments. You have my sympathy and I hope it gets better however you decide to treat it. If I were you I'd go to a physio rather than a chiropractor though. I don't know if the NHS gives a f**k; but it's perfectly possible in today's semi-privatised and target laden NHS it's not a priority for the accountants, which makes me as angry as anything.

Posted By: BerlinCanary on February 24th 2010 at 17:46:06

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