COMMON MEDICAL CONDITIONSControversyOn this Common Medical Conditions page we discuss some of the controversial aspects of the medical-chiropractic conflict. Many early chiropractors who were treating patients with back pain were jailed for 'practising medicine'. So, when is a condition 'medical' and when is it 'chiropractic'? If you have back pain, for example. Pure semantics, right? We could try and clarify things by saying if your back pain is caused by cancer, then you have a 'medical' condition. But if it's a sacro-iliac condition, then it's chiropractic. Plus a few controversial bits from the Medical Research. Did you know that medical doctors are seriously suggesting auto-immune diseases like MS with intestinal worms!
Diseases of the Immune System are being treated with INTESTINAL WORMS ...
And does your doctor's medication which helps you get over the painful sacro-iliac syndrome have a place in this strictly 'chiropractic' condition. Certainly it may! To which I might add, that I like my patients to feel the pain. Then they don't go playing 'silly buggers'. Excuse the French, but I've learnt the hard way about what happens if you turn the pain off before common medical conditions or chiropractic conditions have healed. ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITISA medical disease that may respond well to Chiropractic. Ankylosing spondylitis.URINARY INCONTINENCELeaking bladder in women and premature ejaculation in men: Kegel ExercisesMORTONS NEUROMAPain and tingling in the forefoot and toes. Mortons neuroma.CHEST PAINIt could be serious, of course, but ... a rib subluxation also causes chest pain.INFERTILITYAsk any chiropractor and s/he will tell you that s/he has got a good few patients pregnant! INFERTILITY CHIROPRACTIC.
OSTEOPOROSISFew things are more disturbing to a healthy doctor-patient relationship that a sense that your doctor / chiropractor is trying to squeeze more money out of you. It creates many tensions, and invites questions about what is ethical and what is clearly not when faced with common medical conditions. You might enjoy this short story about how your chiropractor might be facing this issue. A ten minute read. SELLING SICKNESS ...… DYSLEXIAFish oil and Evening Primrose Oil for Dyslexia.
More dyslexia. A fun page for you and your child. EXERCISE AND CHOLESTEROLSimple ways to improve your cholesterol profile. EXERCISE and CHOLESTEROL.Auberine lowers cholesterol. EGGPLANT RECIPES. THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE, thankfully not a common medical conditionsThe worst headache of my life. THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE.ARTHRITISArthritis, over 100 diseases rolled into one name.Olive oil contains oleocanthal, a compound which acts as a natural anti-inflammatory compound. OLIVE OIL BENEFITS ... Omega 3 salmon FISH OIL. GLUCOSAMINE CHONDROITIN SULPHATE. INFANTILE COLICColic Chiropractic, do you know the Rule of Three?… CONSTIPATIONFROM THE COAL FACE.A few months ago a woman asked if I could help her twelve year old daughter's tummy ache, surely one of the most common medical conditions. I was dubious, but willing to try. The girl had had debilitating pain associated with constipation. Various tests by an internist proved negative, and she was placed on a regimen of prescription fibre. It helped in part, but she continued to have serious pain.Only two things were obvious. She had a sacro-iliac subluxation, and her diet was dreadful. We addressed both, and within two weeks the child was a completely different girl. All we did was to add plenty of delicious fibre to her diet (BEETROOT CONSTIPATION) and adjust her pelvis. Which helped? I don't know, but really, does it matter? Adjusting the fixation meant she was not going to get arthritis in the joint anyway, whether it helped the constipation of not. Getting her to eat some salad, apples and beetroot, tasty and healthful, provides her with the minerals and vitamins, enzymmes and anti-oxidants that she needs anyway. Win-win. It's really not rocket science. Chiropractic saved her medical insurance a packet in prescription medication, and it proved far more effective in any case. A year of misery when all she needed was a few simple changes in her lifestyle, and a few adjustments of her sacro-iliac joint. Yes, it's true. This is an unsubstantiated anecdote. It proves nothing. Try convincing Fleur that chiropractic has nothing to add to common medical conditions! SACROILIAC JOINT INFLAMMATION ... INDIGESTION HEART BURN.Indigestion, it's not rocket science. INDIGESTION HEARTBURN.CHIROPRACTIC SHINGLESShingles, there's no research, but my experience is that chiropractic helps. CHIROPRACTIC SHINGLES.TIC DOULOUREUXTrigeminal neuralgia, severe pain in the face that may come from the jaw. TMJ EAR PAIN.VERTIGO AND DIZZINESS.New treatment works like a treat. VERTIGO DIZZINESS.LEG PAIN, smoking and raised cholesterol.INTERMITENT CLAUDICATION - leg pain brought on by exercise.A combination of smoking (did you know that smoking gives you four times the risk of Alzheimers?) and high cholesterol clogs the arteries in the next of our common medical conditions. If it's the artery that supplies the leg with blood, then it causes pain in the leg with exercise, a sort of "angina in the leg". Enjoy this short story about intermittent claudication that we winkled from Bernard Preston's third book, Stones in my Clog: "Something predictable Something surprising ... MOTOR NEURON DISEASE (Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis)ALS is the subject of our next fortunately less common medical conditions. It has to do with eating the right fats. For more, click here …TINGLING IN ARMS AND HANDS.IATROGENIC ILLNESSThe Chiropractic approach to disease, quite obviously, will not work all the time. Nothing works all the time. However, unlike medicine, Chiropractic has very few serious side-effects.Natural methods may take longer - though often, a very sore back for example, they are a good deal quicker - and may mean some changes in lifestyle that you don't care to make. Like start walking, or alterating your diet. However, these methods don't have the awful side-effects that medicines may have in the treatment of many common medical conditions. Did you know that about a quarter of a million people DIE every year in the USA from doctor-caused disease? Right now the Netherlands in confusion after THREE deaths in one week from vaccinations. For more information about iatrogenic illness,
click here. IATROGENIC ILLNESS.
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