Anne Arnold
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345 appearances
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first heard Jun 2016
last heard Jun 2018
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Apart from widely accepted evidence that spinal manipulation can benefit chronic lower back pain, there are only small studies and anecdotal experiences.
So what is it that chiropractors offer?
Fundamental to a lot of their work is the notion of subluxation.
It means different things to different practitioners.
This is Ian Rossborough talking to me in a room at the seminar.
There is no medical evidence for this kind of subluxation.
Conventional medicine refers to subluxation as a partial dislocation visible on scans.
Chiropractic subluxation, the global kind that Ian Rosper described, is usually not visible on scans.
And according to many chiropractors, treating the subluxation can help a range of conditions, from autism to
Ian Rospera and other chiropractors talk about nerve irritation caused by spinal misalignment affecting a range of other problems.
That notion is disputed by Dr Martin Krause, neurologist and clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Sydney.
So evidence-based medicine doesn't support these ideas.
But what do the leaders of the chiropractic profession say about subluxation?
There's a clear and perhaps symbolic split on this issue.
It's evidence versus, well, something more abstract.
This is the evidence position.
Chiropractor Rodney Bonello, an adjunct professor at Murdoch University, heads up a breakaway professional body, Chiropractic Australia.
It was formed a year ago in response to what he saw as an image problem for chiropractors.
years ago, the president of the European Chiropractors Union declared that chiropractic subluxation had not been scientifically tested and, quote, we should be very careful not to create constructions that do
The majority of chiros don't belong to Rodney Bonello's organisation.
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