The scientific brief against chiropractic
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College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Province of Quebec. The scientific brief against chiropractic. The New Physician. 1966 Sep.
Tags: back pain, chiropractic, controversy, pain problems, spine, manual therapy, treatment, debunkery
original abstract
In all the years that they have been talking about them, chiropractors have never been able to furnish proof of these mysterious subluxations which they alone are able to see. They may convince their clients, but never have they provided proof of their pretensions to men of science.
related content
These three articles on PainScience.com cite College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Province of Quebec as a source:
- PS The Chiropractic Controversies — An introduction to chiropractic controversies like aggressive billing, treating kids, and neck manipulation risks
- PS Does Spinal Manipulation Work? — Spinal manipulation, adjustment, and popping of the spinal joints and the subluxation theory of disease, back pain and neck pain
- PS Spinal Subluxation — Can your spine be out of alignment? Chiropractic’s big idea has been misleading patients for more than a century
