The more I read Wayne, the more it seems like he has constructed an inviolable idea of what chiropractic care is, and when others tell him that his research differs from their experience, he points back to his own construction and tells them their experience is wrong. And then he calls others "obtuse."

Most people have agreed that spinal misalignment should not affect things like heartburn. Most people who support chiropractic care point out that doctors often recommend chiropractic for back pain. Yet Wayne repeatedly ignores this information and repeats the word "subluxation." A search for that word on the Canadian Chiropractic Association website, incidentally, comes up with zero hits. In fact, what they do claim is:
quote:Chiropractors are regulated, primary care health providers. In cases such as low back pain, chiropractic care may be the preferred method of treatment. Where other medical conditions exist, chiropractic care may support medical treatment by relieving the musculoskeletal aspects associated with the condition. Chiropractic care may also be palliative, providing symptomatic relief of the musculoskeletal disorders associated with chronic conditions.

Now, in light of Wayne's assertions and the case in question, a skeptic would certainly be worried by certain euphemisms used that may betray a new-age-ism behind some treatments (i.e. "musculoskeletal aspects associated with the condition") but as for back pain, it is my understanding that chiropractic care is good for this, and I have personally been prescribed it by two doctors (I only used it for a short while before abandoning it).

But Wayne's "subluxation" straw man that he seems to know better than chiropractics themselves won't allow him to accept any benefits chiropractic care might offer.