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It is widely held that chiropractic extends into areas of medicine beyond the limits of its efficacy. In the opinion of Samuel Homola, "A good chiropractor can do a lot to help you when you have mechanical-type back pain and other musculoskeletal problems. But until the chiropractic profession cleans up its act, and its colleges uniformly ...
The majority of U.S. chiropractic schools and some schools in other countries teach the AMCT method, and an estimated 45,000 chiropractors worldwide use AMCT or some part of the technique. [20] There have been a number of studies of AMCT, including case reports, clinical studies and controlled trials, but there are still unanswered questions.
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has a "Code of Ethics" [1] "based upon the acknowledgement that the social contract dictates the profession’s responsibilities to the patient, the public, and the profession; and upholds the fundamental principle that the paramount purpose of the chiropractic doctor's professional services shall be to benefit the patient."
Many chiropractors believe they are primary care providers, [7] [8] including US [67] and UK chiropractors, [68] but the length, breadth, and depth of chiropractic clinical training do not support the requirements to be considered primary care providers, [2] so their role on primary care is limited and disputed.
A chiropractor performs an adjustment on a patient. Spinal adjustment and chiropractic adjustment are terms used by chiropractors to describe their approaches to spinal manipulation, as well as some osteopaths, who use the term adjustment. Despite anecdotal success, there is no scientific evidence that spinal adjustment is effective against ...
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The chiropractic profession has moved into a new age. The BOOP concept has been updated and science is ever upon us in the 90s. Let's start asking questions again and drive the chiropractic profession kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Chiropractor David Seaman wrote in 1994 about the "brutal civil war": [27]
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