(February 28, 2019 at 11:13 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Alternative "medicine".
If it was tested and had merit it wouldn't be "alternative" just "medicine".
Yeah.
A few years ago, I was suffering from severe back pain, thoracic region. I was either of my face with analgesics or throwing up with the pain.
My GP told me to see a chiropractor. So I did that. After 2 visits, my pain had gone ,and did not return.
Does that mean chiropractic is vindicated? In and of itself, certainly not. What happened suggests the recovery was due to the chiropractic treatment. It does not prove it. The more likely explanation is the exceedingly common logical fallacy; "after this, therefore because of this. (Latin "post hoc ergo procter hoc)
"Post hoc ergo propter hoc (
Latin: "after this, therefore because of this") is a
logical fallacy that states "Since event Y
followed event X, event Y must have been
caused by event X." It is often shortened simply to
post hoc fallacy.
A logical fallacy of the
questionable cause variety, it is subtly different from the fallacy
cum hoc ergo propter hoc ("with this, therefore because of this"), in which two events occur simultaneously or the chronological ordering is insignificant or unknown. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
Chiropractic is based on poor science, drivel, if you will. So, I can't claim a chiropractor fixed my back. He might have, but I think it's unlikely.
The same guy tried to get me to cut out all dairy in my diet. He also recommended a diet which seemed to be based on the potentially dangerous Atkins' Diet. He also claimed the treatment I was taking for osteoporosis was useless, but would show positive on medical tests. (really) He also did regular adjustments on his infant son.I concluded that he was a dangerous quack
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POST SCRIPTUM: . It turned out that he was kind of right about the treatment for osteoporosis . The drug was called "Fosamax'. It does actually help increase bone mass on the spine--by taking the calcium from the jaw. I had heard this anecdotally, and stopped taking it.. Year slater my dentist told me I was lucky thatI did. Eventually my jaw would have become so compromised that teeth could not be safely extracted I mention this in case anyone here is taking Fosamax. PLEASE don't take my world. Do your own research.