acupuncture, massage, chiropractic...

[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..

[thegodfather]

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..

The majority of students who choose to matriculate into osteopathic schools do not do so because they believe in the philosophy what so ever. The majority who matriculate do so because either their cGPA/sGPA or MCAT scores are not high enough to matriculate into an allopathic school. It has become the second to last resort, the Caribbean being the very last resort for people who want to become practicing physicians.

A very short portion of the cirriculum is even devoted to OMM, and many more D.O.'s are specializing than before. The bias that MuscleScience is talking about is almost non-existent in the North East, as far as I am concerned. I know a DO who is a neurosurgeon, so go figure. Of course, many students will talk the talk at interviews and rave about how badly they want to go into primary care (bulllllllshit), and when it comes time for the Match they are going after derm,plastics,and radiology...lol

I really enjoy your perspective RockyX. I have certainly had many unpleasent experiences with multiple chiropractors who came off more like used car salesmen than medical professionals. I think that your profession would be benefitted greatly if you could get rid of the schools being for profit institutions. You pointed out the unique natur of chiropractic and having to go out on your own. But you must also realise that you have no lobby to control graduation rates, so your schools are essentially creating a much larger supply than any demand that exists. That is one thing that the AMA has been instrumental in doing, controlling accredidation to make sure the supply of physicians never outpaced demand. They are loosening up now and have accredited several schools this year because there is a huge primary care gap, and we're filling about 20% of our residency slots with FMGs. So as long as your schools remain for profit institutions I dont see the problem getting any better.