They called this goose a Doctor. That makes a bus driver a Professor?

I stay well away from chiro’s as an adult, certainly wouldn’t be giving my newborn to one.

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Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

It would seem that some Doctors are not all they're quacked up to be.
There is a dangerous movement among a growing number of Chiropractors who claim that spinal manipulation can cure a raft of ailments via the spines connection to the Central Nervous System, which is utter quackery.
There is also a growing number of health professionals calling for Chiropractors to be banned from practising Medicine, as opposed to mere musculoskeletal manipulation.

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Chiropractic was founded as a complete system of alternative medicine. This system has no basis in science or properly conducted research into results. It may have some benefit in treatment of back ailments and possibly other muscular and joint problems.

Only a relatively few practitioners today subscribe to the full chiropractic system, but they are all influenced by it. Many of them are essentially practising physiotherapy in a somewhat limited form.

The one in this news item would seem to be one of the few!

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Originally Posted by Arapiles

Not sure that I agree with that premise, and putting to one side the utilitarian approach - I have a sibling with a Ph.D in philosophy, and one of the things they used to do was teach ethics to police - does that pass the "usefulness" test?

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Given the degree of trouble all of Australia's police services have been found out in, ethics and police do not appear to be compatible. Maybe he did not teach them well enough.

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Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Given the degree of trouble all of Australia's police services have been found out in, ethics and police do not appear to be compatible. Maybe he did not teach them well enough.

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Wasn't in Australia.

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

Chiropractic was founded as a complete system of alternative medicine. This system has no basis in science or properly conducted research into results. It may have some benefit in treatment of back ailments and possibly other muscular and joint problems.

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I know a guy who ended up paraplegic - from the waist down - because of a chiropractor.

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Originally Posted by Arapiles

I know a guy who ended up paraplegic - from the waist down - because of a chiropractor.

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so no more pain then?

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Originally Posted by Eevo

so no more pain then?

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[emoji23][emoji23] Thats really crude... Poor fella hope he sued his ass off

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Originally Posted by Eevo

so no more pain then?

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Really not funny.

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Originally Posted by LRJim

[emoji23][emoji23] Thats really crude...

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sure is. the other one i like: all bleeding stops eventually.

How chiropractors can be allowed to refer to themselves as 'Doctor' has always mystified me. As far as I know, they do a university degree that earns them a 'Bachelor of Chiropractic'. They are no more 'doctor' than anyone else with an undergraduate degree. Medical doctors, if my understanding is accurate, do a course that earns them two degrees- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (hence MBBS). The term 'Doctor' in that case is historic. Other fields (such as engineering) earn the title 'Doctor' by completing a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in their chosen field, which involves research that adds to the field of knowledge, as opposed to learning stuff that is already in books.