Every chiropractor has a responsibility to live up to the professional training that he has spent time energy and money to obtain. Although he may do this faithfully there will still be people who decry his work, claiming that he is nor a 'real' doctor. This has been the scenario since the early twentieth century, but in recent decades there has been a much greater degree of acceptance.
Perhaps due to years of discrimination great efforts are put into preparing people to practice this profession. Entry qualifications and the difficulty of examinations can always be raised to ensure the reputation of any profession. However, this must be set against the demand for services. Lower back problems probably increase proportionately with how much people sit at desks and drive motor cars.
Whilst bison were roaming at will in vast numbers across the plains of America medical practice was advanced in China. Despite this Chinese traditional medicine is scoffed at by some Western doctors who claim that its methods are not based on 'science'. They make the same objections to chiropractic. However it was in America that the professions was established and developed. There are some people who practice in the East but acceptance there is some way behind what it is in the West.
There can be little doubt that the body is considered much more important than the spirit in human society. Teachers and priests are among the lowliest of professionals whilst those who care for bodies are accorded the highest respect and even higher pay. Intimate personal details are divulged in doctors' rooms and moments arrive when the doctor does have power to save or lose a life. For that reason respect and professionalism are justifiably respected.
In fact chiropractic associations seem to fight on two fronts. On the one hand they fight against 'conventional' medical associations that wish to dismiss them as not being properly trained. On the other hand they themselves take issues with people who call themselves chiropractors without being sufficiently qualified by a recognized authority.
Charlatans claiming to be healers come in many guises. Some wander the country pitching large tents in the manner of a circus. They attract large crowds, deliver emotional speeches and then call up those with aches and pains to be healed through the laying on of hands. These are the things that medical associations have to compete with. The public cannot be protected from its own gullibility but it can be provided with people who have been educated, qualified and licensed.
There is nothing to stop people laying hands on each other to stretch and manipulate the skeleton in efforts to relieve pain and disjoints. One bumptious sports coach had a method of hugging players who complained of sore backs. He would grasp them in a bear hug and lift them from the ground. In some cases he turned minor injuries into chronic ones that lasted for years. There lies the rub. A line must be drawn between well meaning fools and people who do know what they are doing.
Among highly qualified and duly registered professionals there remain divisions. One chiropractor might be holistic in his approach, seeing the spinal column as the seat of many different bodily complaints, and even emotional ones. Anther might prefer a more specific approach. He will focus his attention on straightening the spine where it has become displaced and go no further.
Perhaps due to years of discrimination great efforts are put into preparing people to practice this profession. Entry qualifications and the difficulty of examinations can always be raised to ensure the reputation of any profession. However, this must be set against the demand for services. Lower back problems probably increase proportionately with how much people sit at desks and drive motor cars.
Whilst bison were roaming at will in vast numbers across the plains of America medical practice was advanced in China. Despite this Chinese traditional medicine is scoffed at by some Western doctors who claim that its methods are not based on 'science'. They make the same objections to chiropractic. However it was in America that the professions was established and developed. There are some people who practice in the East but acceptance there is some way behind what it is in the West.
There can be little doubt that the body is considered much more important than the spirit in human society. Teachers and priests are among the lowliest of professionals whilst those who care for bodies are accorded the highest respect and even higher pay. Intimate personal details are divulged in doctors' rooms and moments arrive when the doctor does have power to save or lose a life. For that reason respect and professionalism are justifiably respected.
In fact chiropractic associations seem to fight on two fronts. On the one hand they fight against 'conventional' medical associations that wish to dismiss them as not being properly trained. On the other hand they themselves take issues with people who call themselves chiropractors without being sufficiently qualified by a recognized authority.
Charlatans claiming to be healers come in many guises. Some wander the country pitching large tents in the manner of a circus. They attract large crowds, deliver emotional speeches and then call up those with aches and pains to be healed through the laying on of hands. These are the things that medical associations have to compete with. The public cannot be protected from its own gullibility but it can be provided with people who have been educated, qualified and licensed.
There is nothing to stop people laying hands on each other to stretch and manipulate the skeleton in efforts to relieve pain and disjoints. One bumptious sports coach had a method of hugging players who complained of sore backs. He would grasp them in a bear hug and lift them from the ground. In some cases he turned minor injuries into chronic ones that lasted for years. There lies the rub. A line must be drawn between well meaning fools and people who do know what they are doing.
Among highly qualified and duly registered professionals there remain divisions. One chiropractor might be holistic in his approach, seeing the spinal column as the seat of many different bodily complaints, and even emotional ones. Anther might prefer a more specific approach. He will focus his attention on straightening the spine where it has become displaced and go no further.
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