Raptor, in most states chiropractors have to pass a state exam before they can get a license to practice. Sure, anybody can call themselves a chiropractor. Anybody can call themselves a medical doctor, a plumber, a teacher, or a folk singer, but that doesn't mean that all MDs, plumbers, teacher, and folk singers are not what they say they are. (I wonder what the requirements for a folk singers license might be. . . .)

And as for the statistic about the supposed relationship between cervical adjustments and strokes, even if that were true, take a look at the percentages of possible adverse side-effects of almost all prescription drugs. Or over-the-counter drugs for that matter. And how many people have picked up staph and other infections just by spending a day or two in a hospital? I can't think of any kind of health practitioner it is safer to go to than a chiropractor.

Since my father was a chiropractor, believe me, I've heard it all. People who know nothing about chiropractic and have certainly never been to a chiropractor asking me how many ribs my father has broken while giving adjustments (none) or how many backs he has broken (never) and all manner of remarks displaying their ignorance and closed-mindedness. After all this, I have damned little patience with off-the-hip comments based on no knowledge whatsoever.

Don Firth