Chiropractic Student Debt Blog

For a profession that claims to be fairly safe, there sure are a LOT of groups of injured patients.

Check out all these websites and organizations started by patients who were injured by chiropractic treatment:

• Victims Of Chiropractic Abuse — To promote awareness of chiropractic risks through advocacy and legislation.
• V.O.I.C.E.S. – Victims Of Irresponsible Chiropractic Education & Standards
• Neck911.com — There are over 20 different kinds of stroke pathology that can happen as a result of neck manipulation. (with video)
• Victims Of Chiropractic – Group founded in 1991.
• The Chiropractic Stroke Awareness Group (CSAG) – Very active group that is doing a print advertising campaign.
• Graham Maynard’s Chiropractic Website — Good site designed by an injured patient.
• FAACT – Families Against Abusive Chiropractic Treatments (Canada)
• Action For Victims Of Chiropractic (England)

And here is some recommended reading:

• Book: “Chiropractic: The Victims Perspective” by George Magner, link to Amazon.com

• Article from SELF Magazine, May 2007: “A Deadly Twist: Chiropractors Are Causing Strokes In Young Healthy Woman”

• Book: “At Your Own Risk: The Case Against Chiropractic” by Ralph Lee Smith (FULL TEXT available online)

Could you hurt someone if you become a chiropractor?

One of the biggest ways that chiropractors put the public at risk is through missed diagnosis — often, they mistake serious problems for things that can be helped with chiropractic treatment. This delays patients going to a real doctor to get real treatment for the problem.