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What Chiropractors are Saying...
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of the main problems with this issue, is that the chiropractic
profession has attempted to ignore, or minimize the realities of this
devastating consequence. They often state that it occurs in only one
out of a million cervical manipulations, or that a person is more
likely to be struck by lightning. Recently an administrator at a
prominent chiropractic college in the midwest was asked about stroke
following chiropractic upper cervical manipulation. He responded that
this phenomenon has NEVER happened. Of course this is totally false as
prestigious medical journals from around the world have documented
these cases for the past sixty years.
The real concern should not focus on the frequency of this occurence
but rather on risk/benefit ratio. No matter how infreqent the
complication, if there is little or no benefit to the procedure, then a
complication as severe as death can not be risked. This is the case
with regard to chiropractic manipulation of the highest part of the
neck. It is a procedure that is used to treat everything from ear
infections in babies to high blood pressure and epilepsy in adults.
There is no evidence of any benefit for the majority of the ailments
that this procedure is utilized for.
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