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malice wrote:

Alex wrote:

NaiveAndTrue wrote:

Alex wrote:i'm going to keep making fun of this thread until its title is changed to something more succinct, like "pseudo-medicine"

I'm considering updating it to just "Alex Alex Alex Alex Alex Alex Alex".

if i had my way, that would be the name of every thread

most of them already are

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

@SkitchP wrote:I had a back thing that finally drove me to a chiropractor.

Anyways, he told me I should come 3 times a week, and the next time I came in we'd set up a discounted, reoccuring rate.

I went in, "oh, we'll do that next time."

I went in "oh we'll do that next time"

I stopped going, went to the doctor. He gave me some darvocet for the pain. Took it for 4 days and the back problem went away.

Yeah, the old Chinese chair massage guy at the mall is better than any adjustment the chiropractor gives me. I just do the chiropractic thing because it feels good, not because I need it.

Growing up I used to get free chiropractic treatment (My grandparents helped the Chiro's dad set up or something) - we used to go along all the time....just because, oh and if I ever came down with a bout of tonsillitis the chiro had it under control by the next day. These days I try and keep it to about once a month.

B wrote:

I love this.

These types are so convinced that they're the only ones working for a better tomorrow that they think everyone else is a hard boiled killer. I'd like to see a face off between them and scientists who want a better tomorrow, too.

Back in the good old days at least the snake oil had laudenum in it.

On the topic of vaccines, In Northern California we have a fun confluence of folks choosing not to vaccinate their kids and the current vaccine not providing long term inoculation for adults. Apparently its untoward to randomly jab kids with DTAP, but it seems perfectly reasonable to me.

American babies die every week from pertussis.

I'm pretty anti Big Brother. I agree with a lot of things Alex Jones says about the government. I totally think we are being spied on. Sometimes he is pretty spot on despite being neurotic. Other times he is just a blow hard bible thumpin Texan. Depends on the topic.

As someone who knows a pretty good amount about Autism I think his takes on that are WAY off base.

BigRedLedbetter wrote: As someone who knows a pretty good amount about Autism I think his takes on that are WAY off base.

This is a pearl jam message board in 2015. I think everyone here has a pretty good personal amount of knowledge on some degree of autism.

@SkitchP wrote:

BigRedLedbetter wrote: As someone who knows a pretty good amount about Autism I think his takes on that are WAY off base.

This is a pearl jam message board in 2015. I think everyone here has a pretty good personal amount of knowledge on some degree of autism.

I use to be a Special Ed major and I have friends and family who have Autism. You are right though. The masses know much more than they use to.

BigRedLedbetter wrote:

@SkitchP wrote:

BigRedLedbetter wrote: As someone who knows a pretty good amount about Autism I think his takes on that are WAY off base.

This is a pearl jam message board in 2015. I think everyone here has a pretty good personal amount of knowledge on some degree of autism.

I use to be a Special Ed major and I have friends and family who have Autism. You are right though. The masses know much more than they use to.

I thought it was funny, skitch.

I bet McP, Argo, and Jorge think so as well.

@SkitchP wrote:

BigRedLedbetter wrote:

@SkitchP wrote:

BigRedLedbetter wrote: As someone who knows a pretty good amount about Autism I think his takes on that are WAY off base.

This is a pearl jam message board in 2015. I think everyone here has a pretty good personal amount of knowledge on some degree of autism.

I use to be a Special Ed major and I have friends and family who have Autism. You are right though. The masses know much more than they use to.

I don't get it but I'm sure it's hilarious.

I laughed, skitch.

Orpheus wrote:I laughed, skitch.

I love that gif.

NaiveAndTrue wrote:

philpritchard wrote:I've never understood the anti-chiropractor thing.

I'm not purely anti-chiropractor. I see one monthly. It was a chiropractor (slash nutritionist) that identified and figured out how to treat my folic acid deficiency. HOWEVER - there are chiropractors out there that claim they can cure everything - even down's syndrome. Or that insist that children as young as infants should be adjusted regularly. Or that vaccines and germs are a hoax, and all sickness is really caused by being out of alignment. it's insane.

I know what you're saying about chiropractors, there are some that are way over the top and practice well outside of their defined scope. However, I took my infant son to my chiropractor for regular "adjustments" for his ear infections and they worked very well. He had back to back to back etc... ear infections and the adjustments allowed the fluid to drain properly and he had maybe one lone ear infection after that and we avoided having tubes put in. (which wouldn't have been the end of the world but we wanted to avoid it just the same) It wasn't a standard adjustment as infants spines aren't fully developed. He simply held his fingers near certain spots on my sons neck and waited for him to move into the motion he needed. It was really amazing actually because my son seemed to know just what to do. He would move his head a little and you could hear a little suction noise and I swear you could see the relief on his face as the fluid started to drain and the pressure was relieved.

I will also say that my chiro is a bit nuts as he does not vaccinate any of his children which I cannot understand at all but he treated my son very well.

That would make me so nervous. Is your son old enough now that he's fully vaccinated? That outbreak at Disney has really lit a fire under my ass to get my boosters.

He is fully vaccinated now but wasn'f during his visits. I wan't aware of my Dr's views until after all my son's visits or I would probably have looked for another pediatric chiro. If my 3 week old ends up with similar issues he will unfortunately not be treated there.