04/04/2025
Not comparing the two professions, to one another, other than hours, of similar subjects studied. Both have a specific purpose, however different with the method of treatment, but for a common goal; help patients get well. If I’m bleeding and in need of emergency care, take me to a medical doctor. If I’m suffering from a musculoskeletal injury, take me to a chiropractor. The health profession, like all professions, has the good and the bad. If you’ve had a negative experience with chiropractic care, seek another doctor of chiropractic. Chiropractic care has taken its fair share of hits in my 25 years of practice. Many times i’ve found, more times than not, the individual criticizing it, has never experienced it or knows very little about what it is we do. We are here to help the many who’ve tried everything, utilizing modern medicine, but only was given prescribed medicine to reduce the pain. This blinds a person to interpreting their issue is now well because they were out of pain. Unfortunately the root of that individual’s problem was never uncovered. That’s what we are here to try to determine, as Doctors of Chiropractic. Correction may take some time but stay the course because we’re trying to undo years of self inflicted abuse or improper habits. I have no problem with patients getting temporary relief with prescription medicine, as long as they are taking measures to correct the problem. So many on my intake forms, indicate some form of depression. But when asked, many just recieve medication without the much needed referral to receive counseling or psychiatric support for the underlying cause. I’ll conclude with this, don’t discount a form of alternative treatment without giving it a legit chance well before conjuring a conclusion or passing judgment.