Comments on: Strokes May Seem Rare, But Can Occur 230% More Often Using The Pill

By: Frank M. Painter, D.C.

Frank M. Painter, D.C. — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:41:08 +0000

Thanks Dr. Berg When I was in school, the Profession was still on edge, because all the Case Reports suggested that CMT was causative. Fortunately, reporting by Terrett clarified that many of these reports actually misrepresented WHO provided the manipulation, and effectively shifted the conversation away from the risk of CMT, and towards the risk of untrained people using manipulation. Scare tactics are still being used in the literature, as is detailed in our editorial, titled: Are German Orthopedic Surgeons Killing People With Chiropractic? The Public needs to be protected from insufficiently trained individuals, be it a PT, MD, or DO or some other variant, from passing themselves off as being skilled in cervical manipulation!

By: Russell Berg D.C.

Russell Berg D.C. — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 01:31:21 +0000

Early on in my practice I had a patient who I saw complaining of neck and headache pain. After further investigation she commented she also was experiencing tingling in her face. I explained that it could be vascular and she could be having a stroke. I told her I would not adjust her until she went to the ER and had an evaluation performed. She became very upset and said if I would only adjust her neck she knew it would go away. I was insistent she go to the ER and she left very disturbed. A week later I received a phone call from her apologizing saying she had been in the hospital receiving treatment for a stroke. Had I adjusted her, I would have been blamed for the cause and another statistic against chiropractic.