Where I work (Germany, Belgium, Switzerland) I do not deem it necessary to let the parents sign a written [consent] form. All parents receive a folder explaining the procedure and the eventual reactions of the children. To our knowledge there are no serious side effects to manual therapy in children (MTC) if the guidelines laid down here are followed. Our archives comprise more that 25 000 children treated in our practice (as of July 2003) and another group at least as big as this one treated by colleagues who follow the same procedure (Page 238).
Biedermann, H. (Ed.) Manual Therapy in Children. 2004. Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0 443 10018 7
And what about this 'subluxation'?
Its just a word for what science of musculoskeletal medicine already understands, but they wont let chiropractic have its own lexicon.
Anyone who understands this theoretical construct knows it has been over zealously attributed to all kinds of diseases, but also generally and unjustly ignored by prejudiced 'scientists'. Try reading this volume:
Does Chiropractic really help more than your back? Of course research is lacking because worship a DRUG culture.
Want to change your CULTURE?
The ignorant who criticise the "SUBLUXATION" - as if they understand legitimate scientific criticism- have not read about SOMATOVISCERAL effects... Care to be enlighted?
Want to change your CULTURE?
The ignorant who criticise the "SUBLUXATION" - as if they understand legitimate scientific criticism- have not read about SOMATOVISCERAL effects... Care to be enlighted?
Why see a chiropractor if you don't have back pain?
1. to prevent it
a. most symptoms are the last thing to appear
b. your back houses your nervous system and is connected all the way from your organs to your brain and most medical doctors have little musculoskeletal training
2. to bring your child
a. children can be born with a spinal problem that is undetected by medical means
b. some drugs save lives, but children respond to chiropractic care often quicker than dangerous drugs in cases of spinal pain and chronic illness
c. many children get relief from common childhood complaints with medical co-management and many times without
see a debate about this here where i appear on national TV and make up your own mind
3. chiropractic is about health from within
a. its only a seemingly recent phenomenon, but nobody can heal you but yourself. Even Hippocrates knew this.
b. drugs do not heal, they may help
c. chiropractic does not heal anyone, you do it yourself, chiropractors help
4. health comes from within and all healers are just facilitators
a. the body has its own intelligence, so why does medical care scare us?
b. How can we instigate health without fear?
c. If you dont want to be like your mother or father, what are you doing about it?
d. If health comes from within, why are there so many vendors promising you salvation?
e. It helps to have a radiology licence, diagnosis and pathology training; also epidemiology, microbiology and all the -ologies that make up 5 to 6 years of undergrad and post-grad study.
5. There are more questions than answers, but one thing is for sure: The spine houses the nervous system and the nervous system can set up bad circuits to the brain and body that cause illness. All through joint and muscle abnormalities.
