re: #47 tradewind

I will make one post, and then to bed. I won’t bash the chiro, as some folks find comfort in it, but my story is this.

The idea behind chiropractic care is that most disease stems from the mechanical misalignment of the spine, thus disrupting innervation.

A number of years ago, we had a fellow who could not walk due to intractable hip pain. He was seeing a chiropractor for a couple of months. Hip pain.

They took the spine films, he was out of alignment, and the adjustments ensued.

He got to point where he could not walk. His leg measurement supine was a couple of centimeters shorter than the other side.

We did an xray of the hip that was hurting, and he had a big old invasive lesion in his acetabulum, (hip socket) The ball essentially went through the socket, and pushed into the pelvis.

Long story short, it was metastatic lung cancer, we ended up doing a major pelvic reconstruction, and he lived for about a year.

It was terribly sad to watch it though.