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Chiropractic controversy and criticism. Throughout its history, chiropractic has been the subject of internal and external controversy and criticism. [1][2] According to magnetic healer Daniel D. Palmer, the founder of chiropractic, "vertebral subluxation" was the sole cause of all diseases and manipulation was the cure for all disease. [3]
History of chiropractic. The history of chiropractic began in 1895 when Daniel David Palmer of Iowa performed the first chiropractic adjustment on a partially deaf janitor, Harvey Lillard. While Lillard was working without his shirt on in Palmer's office, Lillard bent over to empty the trash can.
Manion, joined by Wood, Ripple. Laws applied. Sherman Antitrust Act. Wilk v. American Medical Association, 895 F.2d 352 (7th Cir. 1990), [1] was a federal antitrust suit brought against the American Medical Association (AMA) and 10 co-defendants by chiropractor Chester A. Wilk, DC, and four co-plaintiffs. It resulted in a ruling against the AMA.
Throughout its history, chiropractic has been controversial. [24] [25] Its foundation is at odds with evidence-based medicine, and is underpinned by pseudoscientific ideas such as vertebral subluxation and Innate Intelligence. [26]
The National Association for Chiropractic Medicine (NACM) was [1] a minority chiropractic association founded in 1984 [2] [3] that described itself as a " consumer advocacy association of chiropractors". [4] It openly rejected [5] [6] some of the more controversial aspects of chiropractic, including a basic concept of chiropractic, vertebral ...
Applied kinesiology. This article is about a chiropractic or an alternative medicine method. For the scientific study of human movement, see Kinesiology. Applied kinesiology. A chiropractor and a professional applied kinesiologist demonstrating a manual muscle test MMT of Psoas major and Iliacus muscles. Alternative therapy.
B. J. Palmer was born on September 14, 1882, the son of Daniel David Palmer (or "D.D."), the founder of chiropractic, in What Cheer, Iowa, [2] The Palmer family of six resided in the back of a grocery store that D.D. operated. In 1885, D.D.'s wife became sick and died, after which D.D. remarried several times.
Anti-vaccinationism in chiropractic is widespread, [1] [2] but there are notable differences within the trade. [3] Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine founded on the idea that all disease is caused by disruption of the flow of "innate" (or innate intelligence) in the spine, by so-called vertebral subluxations – a pseudoscientific concept.