Whats the position of the respective “Colleges” of chiropractic across Canada on this matter?
That is the real problem here. By saying nothing, in my opinion, the chiropractors have admitted that they are incapable of governing their own flock of philosopher kings. They have defended the indefensible position that they are NOT responsible for any of this, and the carnage caused by chiropractic highest-neck manipulation continues to exact a toll on our communities. From a personal point of view, it might matter to the readers and critics of ChiroWatch to realize that in my own personal practice over the last twelve years, I have had three patients who have had strokes following chiropractic treatement. I run an acne care clinic, I am not a neurologist or neurosurgeon. These are primary care patients. The statistic in my office is that 1:5000 patients in my own practice have suffered injury after chiropractic treatment on their upper necks. That is a far cry from the 1:1,000,000 or 1:5,000,000 that the leaders of chiropractic in Canada usually use to indicate that chiropractic ne