
Originally Posted by
RockyX
are u serious? u r going to be a d.o.? u realize that adjusting used to be the entire foundation before d.o.s sold out to the medical model and u say that they should only be used in the presence of pain? r u currently in school? u should know the effects that an adjustment can have on the vestibular system, on your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, I mean we can break it on down to the separate pathways and argue the issue if you would like. if chiropractic lowers blood pressure, does that in itself not show you that an adjustment directly affects the nervous system causing vaso-dialation...and if we are stimulating the nervous system are we not in turn stimulating the immune system being as the two are directly related? chiropractic has many benefits. many of which are proven by research done by medical doctors. you don't need a doctors referral to see a chiropractor..just find a chiropractor that specializes in neurology or nutrition or whatever it is u r looking for help with...its much cheaper and has been proven to be just as efficient in many...many cases. sorry for the rant, but I hate when people give advice about visiting a chiropractor when they know nothing about the profession. I'm not saying that chiropractic is a cure all..it is far from it...but so is medicine..