Thank you, Bemused, for your reply. The funny thing is I re-thought what I posted originally, and what you read was the “calmer” version. I have spent my entire life listening to unknowledgeable people put down chiropractors, and as I said, I come from a family of them. It was hurtful hearing ignorance being spouted all those years, particularly when my father and other relatives in the field gave so much of themselves to be healers.
My dad never told a patient to avoid traditional medical care (the biggest canard spreasd by the AMA is that chiropractors denounce traditional medicine and boast that THEY can cure anything). He always advised people to seek medical attention and ALSO go for chiropractic treatment where indicated. When he knew someone had tremendous medical bills and no insurance, he either treated him for free or for a greatly reduced fee. There were people who came to me when I sat shiva for him, who were total strangers to me, but wanted to tell me how they painfully hobbled into his office bent over and walked out like menschen. Truly,with Hashem guiding his hands, he was literally “zokeif kefufim.”
Chiropractic treatments cannot help in ALL situations, to be sure, and severe scoliosis is probably one of them, but neither does conventional medicine always have the answers or prove to be efficacious for all conditions. The idea is to try to be openminded.