What is your exact point, Mr Firth? Hospital stays and surgery are expensive, granted. You had one doctor who was an ass. I do too (He's said to be the best around, so I put up with him). You could probably have demanded a replacement.

My point is that while individual chiropractors may be saints and massage therapy may be exactly what you need, chiropractic is not a science. It's that simple. Chiropractic is based on the Palmer Method (I think that's the right name) which was invented, whole cloth, by a man with no qualifications at all. It's progressed somewhat since then, but not a lot.

At one time federal programs like Worker's Comp were the major source of medical insurance money in the US. Only allopathic medicine was supported but the chiropractic industry want a place at the trough, too. Every year or so they got some congressman to introduce a bill and every time it came up for debate the AMA would send a crew of experts to explain that chiropractic is not science. The chiropractors lost the debate. Every time. Then one year, before the requisite debate was held the chiropractic industry filed suit for "Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade" in every possible juricdiction. Against the AMA and several hundred doctors. They could have won; if they had had enough money. Filing suit is cheap, winning in court isn't. That's why you can go to a chiropractor if you hurt your back in a work related accident. Not because chiropractic is a science.