Accurate information about chiropractic is not easy to get. Most publishers, editors, and broadcasters are unwilling to examine this topic in depth and to publish critical information. As a result, most reports reaching the public express what chiropractors would like people to believe. Chirobase will enable you to deepen your understanding. If you decide to seek chiropractic care, it may also help you find a suitable practitioner.

About Chirobase
Mission Statement and FAQsAbout Drs. Barrett and HomolaCheers and Jeers: Comments from Visitors (updated 5/20/13) FEATUREPublications WantedHow Chirobase Complies with the HONCode Principles
General Articles
A Close Look at Chiropractic Wrongdoing (updated 7/24/22) READ THIS ARTICLE FIRSTWhy Chiropractic Is Controversial (updated 2/9/00)Chiropractic: A Skeptical View (updated 4/28/00)Chiropractic’s Elusive Subluxations (updated 8/25/18)How Subluxation Theory Threatens Public Health (posted 12/22/02)Inside Chiropractic: Past and Present Problems (posted 3/15/18)Don’t Let Chiropractors Fool You (updated 9/17/99)Take It from a D.C.: A Lot of Chiropractic Is a Sham (1990) (posted 11/24/98)Do “Pinched Nerves” Reduce the Flow of “Nerve Energy”? (posted 1/21/98)The Reusable Clichés of Chiropractic of Chiropractic (1983) (posted 1/27/18)Institute for Science in Medicine White Paper (2012) (posted 3/29/17LVCAHF Statement on Chiropractic (1973) (posted 5/7/19)NCAHF Position Paper on Chiropractic (1985) (link to another site)NCAHF Fact Sheet on Chiropractic (2001) (link to another site)The Nature and Scope of “Modern” Chiopractic Treatment of Infants and Children (1993) (posted 5/3/21)Placebos, Nocebos, and Chiropractic Adjustments (posted 12/19/02)Be Wary of Chiropractic Pediatrics (posted 8/12/10)How Chiropractors Are Manipulating Your Patients (1993) (posted 6/5/20)Canadian Chiropractic Paediatric Society Position PaperPaper (link to another site)Medical Letter Report on Spinal Manipulation (link to another site)Chiropractic Opposition to Immunization (updated 3/20/16)A Message to Chiropractors from Dr. Barrett (1990) (posted 11/4/98)Views of a Reformist Chiropractor (link to another site)Why Becoming a Chiropractor May Be Risky (posted 12/22/98)Can Chiropractic Become a Respected Mainstream Profession? (posted 2/25/09) FEATUREGlossary of Chiropractic Terms (updated 12/5/07)Chiropractic Technique List (updated 5/31/11)Notable Quotes (updated 3/14/05) FEATUREMiscellaneous News (updated 7/22/03)
Dangers
Chiropractic’s Dirty Secret: Neck Manipulation and Strokes (link to Quackwatch)Canadian Neurologists Warn against Neck Manipulation (posted 3/13/02)Coroner’s Jury Concludes That Neck Manipulation Killed Canadian Woman (posted 1/22/04)Malpractice Is an Inevitable Result of Chiropractic Philosophy and Training (1979) (posted 11/7/98)Chiropractic Stroke Awareness Group
Questionable Practice-Building
The Selling of the Spine (updated 2/16/03)A Brief Look at a Subluxation-Based Practice-Building Script (posted 10/6/04)Advice from the American Chiropractic Association (1984) (posted 12/14/98)Chiropractic Response to Terrorism: Have Your Spine Adjusted (posted 9/15/01)Echiropractic Greeting and Reminder Cards (posted 10/1/00)Ten Ways Chiropractors Sell Themselves to Parents (posted 11/22/98)Can Chiropractors “Serve” More than 1,200 patients Per Week? (posted 10/16/15)Thirty-Seven Narratives for “Patient Education” (posted 9/3/00)Patient Media’s Drug Ad Post-It Notes (posted 8/21/02)Some Notes on Big Idea Enterprises (posted 9/9/02)Chiropractor Disciplined for Inappropriate Solicitation (posted 6/19/02)Australian Court Agrees That Subluxation-Based Chiropractor Recommended Excessive Care (posted 8/29/06)How Two “Pediatric Chiropractic” Leaders Advise Chiropractors to Undermine Pediatrician Credibility (posted 5/18/08)Chiropractic Business Institute’s Business Manual (posted 10/26/14)Chiropractic Public Relations and Practice-Building Outweigh Health Concerns (posted 11/18/18)
Occupational Outlook for Chiropractors

Analysis of the Chiropractic Section of the 2002 Occupational Outlook Handbook (posted 2/22/04)

Analysis of the Chiropractic Section of the 2010-11 Occupational Outlook Handbook (posted 7/11/10)Chiropractic Income Has Been Dropping Steadily (updated 3/20/14)Another Warning against Going to Chiropractic School (posted 5/26/22)
Victim Reports and Other Personal Experiences
Canadian Chiropractor Sued after Child Is Paralyzed (posted 10/18/01)How a Chiropractor Scared Me into Coming Back (posted 1/4/00)How a Chiropractor Ruined My Life (posted 6/11/01)“Only” $2,597 for Intensive Chiropractic Care (posted 6/26/01)The Job Interview I Didn’t Have (updated 7/12/01)My Experience with an Unethical Chiropractor (posted 9/15/02)Why I Quit Chiropractic (updated 12/30/07)Chiropractic Victim Support Group (updated 2/11/00)
Journal Articles
A Scientific Test of Chiropractic’s Subluxation Theory (1973) (posted 11/1/98)Appropriateness of Spinal Manipulation for Back Pain (link to another site)Significant Journal Reports (updated 7/11/22)Interview of Dr. Stephen Barrett (ACA Journal of Chiropractic (1983) (posted 12/1/98)
Investigative Reports
Undercover Investigations (updated 9/14/04)Dr. Barrett’s Visit to a “Straight” Chiropractor (updated 9/11/98)Dr. Kinsinger’s Experiences with Nine Chiropractors (updated 12/21/03)Kurt Youngmann’s Chiropractic Experience (posted 9/23/02)How Five Chiropractors Misdiagnosed a Healthy Child (posted 9/14/04)ABC-TV 20/20 Investigation of Chiropractic Pediatrics (1994) (posted 6/5/20)Chiro: How Much Healing? How Much Flim-Flam? (posted 7/29/12)Michael Burke’s Back Issues: Chiropractic, Science, Reason, and Ridicule (Blog)“Dr. Bob” Martin’s online nutrition tests (posted 2/19/00)A Golden Touch for Chiropractors (1968) (posted 2/24/18)Chiropractors Wangle Medicare Windfall (1972) (updated 5/5/19)Inside View of the American Chiropractic Association (1981) (posted 11/5/98)Inside View of a Chiropractic Office (posted 7/14/97)A Close Look at a Chiropractic “Nutrition” Seminar (1988) (posted 11/22/99)Some Notes on Kurt W. Donsbach, D.C. (link to another site)Some Notes on the Activities and Credential of Jay Holder, D.C. (updated 2/24/00)Some Notes on Fred L. Stoner, D.C., and Applied Kinesiology (posted 4/28/01)Chiropractic’s Subluxation-Based “Guidelines”Manipulating Children: Pediatric Chiropractic: Bogus Diagnoses, Illegal Machines, and Useless Treatments (link to another site)Analysis of a Misleading Chiropractic Article in a Major Medical Journal (posted 3/19/03)Silly Chiropractic Advice about Obesity Prevention (posted 4/12/03)The Shady History of Royal Lee and Standard Process Laboratories (link to Quackwatch)The Straw Protocol: A Chiropractor’s Aggressively Promoted Neuropathy Treatment (Link to Science-Based Medicine Blog)
Questionable Diagnostic and Treatment Practices
Active Release Techniques (posted 1/23/08)Activator Methods (updated 3/25/06)Advanced BioStructural Correction (posted 3/7/03)Alphabiotics (posted 2/12/02)Applied Kinesiology (updated 11/23/00)Bio Energetic Synchronization Technique (B.E.ST.) (posted 12/17/99)Biological Terrain Assessment (updated 9/15/98)BioSET (bioenergetic sensitivity and enzyme therapy) (posted 10/26/02)Blind Spot Mapping (posted 3/2/03)BodyBest Harmonic Holographic Healing SystemChirodonticsChiropractic BioPhysics (updated 4/5/09)Colon Therapy and Related Quackery (posted 8/29/98)Concept TherapyContact Reflex Analysis (updated 8/29/09)Contour Analysis, also called moire contourography (posted 10/11/97)Craniosacral Therapy (updated 7/7/03)Electrodermal Testing (updated 11/16/98)Enzyme Replacement SystemFunctional Neurology (link to Rational Wiki)Gastrointestinal Quackery: Colonics Laxatives, and More (updated 5/21/10)Graston technique (link to another site)Hair analysis (updated 1/3/99)Homeopathy: The Ultimate Fake (updated 8/26/16)Inclinometry OveruseInsight 7000 to detect “subluxations” (link to another site)Iridology (updated 1/22/07)Koren Specific Technique (KST)Laser Facelifts (link to another site)Live Blood Cell Analysis (updated 12/29/06)Logan MethodMeric SystemNambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET) (updated 10/26/02)Network ChiropracticNervo-Scope (updated 10/13/00)Neural Organization Technique (NOT)Neuro Emotional Technique (NET)Neuro-Metabolic IntegrationNeuroCranial Restructuring (posted 4/24/03)Neurological Stress Reduction TherapyNUCCA procedures (link to another site)Nutrabalance (link to Quackwatch)NutriMost Ultimate Fat Loss System (posted 4/10/15)Nutrition: Dubious Chiropractic PracticesSteer Clear of “Chiropractic Nutrition” (updated 9/2/02)Views of ACA Council on Nutrition President (1992) (posted 10/7/01)Objective Straight ChiropracticPro-Adjustor (link to another site)Quantum neurology (link to another site)Sacro-Occiptal TechniqueScoliosis Treatment Recovery System (link to another site)Spinal Analysis Machine (S.A.M.) (updated 12/29/99)Spinal Decompression Therapy (updated 12/19/09) FEATURESpinal Manipulation under Anesthesia (link to another site)Straw Protocol (posted 3/4/15)Surface Electromyography (SEMG) (updated 4/15/05)Thermography (updated 8/9/07)Toftness Radiation Detector (updated 6/29/12)Ultrasound Testing: Inappropriate Use (updated 6/3/99)“Veterinary Chiropractic” (updated 12/16/00)Videofluoroscopy: Inappropriate Use (updated 2/6/02)Webster Technique: An Offshoot of “Chiropractic Pediatrics” (posted 3/6/03)Whitcomb Technique (for fibromyalgia) (posted 11/18/08)X-ray Overuse (link to another site)
Insurance Issues
Index to OIG Reports (posted 3/22/17) FEATUREAmerican Specialty Health Network Excludes Many “Complementary” Methods (updated 3/11/13) FEATUREBe Wary of “No Out-of-Pocket Expense” Offers (posted 3/15/04)Some Notes on Subluxations and Medicare (posted 11/22/98)Comparison of Medicare Managed Care and Fee-for-Service Costs (OIG Report) (posted 12/23/03)Medicare Chiropractic Billling Policies Revised (posted 10/2/04)Aetna’s Chiropractic Coverage Policy (link to Aetna site)How to Spot a Personal Injury MillObservations of a Forensic Chiropractor (posted 7/26/22)Insurance Fraud Cases Involving Chiropractors (updated 6/7/00)Allstate Sues to Recover Many Millions (posted 12/30/99)Chiropractor Convicted of Chelation Fraud (updated 1/13/04)Ron Halstead and Two Other Chiropractors Convicted in Health Fraud Scheme (posted 2/16/03)Chiropractors Excluded from Federally Funded Health Care Programs (link to OIG site)Chiropractic Care: Controls Used by Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Payers (link to OIG report)New California Law Limits Workers’ Compensation Visits to Chiropractors (posted 10/8/03)Contracts for Providing Unlimited Chiropractic Care May Be Illegal (posted 5/6/07)Alberta Expert Advisory Panel Report on Chiropractic (2002) (posted 6/16/08)Is It Legal to Give a Discount When Patients Pay Cash? (posted 2/17/09)Chiropractic Compliance Consultants (articles about insurance fraud and abuse)Straight Chiropractic Peer Review Standards and Operational Procedures (1985) (posted 7/26/18)Testimony against Chiropractic Inclusion in Medicare (1972) (posted 5/4/19)Concern about Chiropractic Payment under Medicare (1973) (posted 5/4/19)
Ads and Brochures: Past and Present
Gallery of More than 3,000 Chiropractic Ads (updated 4/10/20) FEATUREA Critique of the American Chiropractic Association’s 1988 Reader’s Digest Advertising Campagn (posted 3/30/17) FEATUREEducators Blast Mainstream Chiropractic Brochures (updated 3/6/04)Advertising Gimmicks (posted 5/20/97)Chiro-Tel Health Library (1975-1980) (posted 7/29/18)“Free Preliminary Spinal Examination” (posted 10/11/97)“Confidential Car Accident Victim Report” (5/24/13)“Mommy My Ears Hurt” (posted 6/3/97)What Health Problems Do Chiropractors Treat? (1971) (posted 11/18/98)“Discount” for Advance Payment (1971) (posted 7/5/01)Puffery from the 1950s (posted 11/6/98)The Journal of Micro-Dynameter Research (1954) (posted 12/29/99)“Why Choose a Chiropractor to Be Your Family Doctor?” (posted 11/13/98)Chiropractor Disciplined for Misleading Advertising (revised 1/2/07)How Some Chiropractors Denigrate Prescription Drug Use (5/3/05)Share International’s Fraudulent Ad System (updated 9/25/16) FEATUREFTC Drops Koren Investigation (updated 1/16/10)British Advertising Standards Authority Objects to Koren Brochure (link to Casewatch)
Chiropractic Education
A Warning for Pre-Chiropractic Students (posted 3/22/99) FEATUREWhy I Dropped Out of Chiropractic School after Ten Days (revised 1/5/16)Many Chiropractic Students Hold Non-Evidence-Based Beliefs (posted 3/19/18)The Student Loan Mess: Why Chiropractic Is in Trouble (posted 4/23/03)Palmer College of Chiropractic Catalog (1953) posted 8/6/18)Requirements for Admission to Schools of Chiropractic (JAMA 1964)Chiropractic in California (Stanford Research Institute, 1960) (posted 6/16/20)Educational Background of Chiropractic School Faculties (JAMA 1966)Dr. Homola’s Chiropractic School Experience (revised 1/2/12)Canadian Professors Visit Three Chiropractic Schools (1962)Visit to a Chiropractic College (Medical Economics. 1968)Visits to Palmer and National Colleges (Ralph Lee Smith, 1968)Boys in Plight: A Case Study of Chiropractic Students (1969)Visits to Two Chiropractic Colleges (updated 12/13/01)Improper Claims on Chiropractic College Web Sites (posted 3/6/04)Overview of Chiropractic Philosophy Taught in Chiropractic Colleges (posted 3/21/05)Chiropractic Educators Comment on Current and Future of Chiropractic Education (posted 4/2/06)Prevalence of the Term Subluxation in North American English-Language Doctor of Chiropractic Programs (posted 3/28/12)Position Statement on Teaching of the Subluxation Concept (International Chiropractic Education Collaboration, 2019)Chiropractic Admission Standands Lowest among Health Professionals (posted 12/24/01)Life University:Some Notes on Its Assembly and “Money Hum” (updated 8/26/01)Administrators’ Salary Criticized as Exhorbitant (posted 2/17/00)Life University College of Chiropractic Placed on Probation (posted 6/17/01)A Brief Query to “Dr. Sid” (posted 12/20/01)An Open Letter to Life University Students (updated 5/28/03)Life University Loses CCE Accreditation (updated 11/6/02)Students Sue Life University (posted 10/11/02)CCE Issues Open Letter about Life University (posted 11/13/02)Sherman College Placed on Probation (posted 6/29/08)Controversy Erupts over Proposed Chiropractic College at Florida State University (posted 12/31/04)Council on Chiropractic Education Standards (2007) (link to CCE site)Unscientific Teachings at Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (updated 12/12/99)Licensing Exam Results for Candidates from Different Schools (link to another site)LVCAHF Opposition to Chiropractic Accreditation (1979)
Consumer Strategy/Consumer Protection
Low Back PainA Medical Perspective (updated 5/18/99)AHCPR Consumer Booklet (posted 11/5/98)AHCPR Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians (posted 11/11/98)Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) Guideline (1998)The Appropriateness of Spinal Manipulation for Low-Back Pain (RAND, 1991)Scoliosis: A Medical Perspective (posted 1/14/98)What a Rational Chiropractor Can Do for You (updated 5/19/99) FEATURETips on Choosing a ChiropractorOrthopractic Guidelines for Manual Therapy Practice (posted 11/11/98)Chiropractic Guidelines and Referral Directory (66 chiropractors) (updated 1/12/12) FEATUREConsumer Reports Gives Bad Advice about Chiropractors (posted 8/6/11)Answers to Questions about Chiropractic (updated 11/17/17) FEATUREDon’t Pay or Contract in Advance for Chiropractic Visits at a “Discount” Price (updated 8/18/15)What to Do If a Chiropractor “Quacks” You (revised 6/26/02)
Early Chiropractic History
A Brief History of Chiropractic’s Discovery (D.D. Palmer, 1910)What Can Chiropractors Treat? (B.J. Palmer, 1906)B.J. Palmer, Chiropractor (Reported by Dr. F.F. Farnsworth (1921)Palmer School of Chiropractic Catalog (1922)Observations by H.L. Mencken (1924)The Basis of Chiropractic (Morris Fishbein, M.D. (1932)Chiropractic Theory and Practice (1939)Carver’s History of Chiropractic (1936)Early Chiropractic Opposition to Vaccination (1942) (Can Chiropractic Cure? (Albert Maisel, 1946)Misuse of X-Rays in Chiropractic Posture Queen ContestsChiropractic Insurance Abuse in the 1960sChiropractic: Science or Swindle? (Ralph Lee Smith, 1965)Chiropractic: The Unscientific Cult (AMA brochure, 1966)Report of the National Advisory Commission on Health Manpower (1967)AMA Data Sheet on Chiropractic (1968)Medicine and Chiropractic (Ballantine, 1968)An Eyewitness Vew of Chiropractic (1968)The Incredible Drown Case (1968)Should Chiropractors Be Paid with Tax Dollars? (1971)Report of the Chiropractic Study Committee (Wisconsin, 1972)Control or Carte Blanche? Mississippi Licenses Chiropractors (1975)Healers or Quacks? (Consumer Reports 1975)The Spine Salesmen (1976)The Barrett/Hoppenstein/Sportelli/Wilk Debate (David Susskind Show, (1981)What Are the Chiropractors Trying to Hide? (Medical Economics, 1983)Some Notes on James W. Parker, D.C. (posted 1/16/12)Some Notes on England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (posted 7/8/18)FACTS Study of Chiropractic Health Care (1980) /18)
Book Reports
Chiropractic: The Greatest Hoax of the Century? (book review) (posted 12/273/07)New Book Hits Chiropractic Misconduct (posted 12/5/02)C.J. Mertz and “The World’s Best Kept Health Secret” (posted 4/7/04)
Critical Books (Full-Text)
Bonesetting, Chiropractic, and Cultism (1963) FEATUREAt Your Own Risk: The Case against Chiropractic (1969) FEATUREEthnography of a Chiropractic Clinic (1975)Inside Chiropractic: A Patient’s Guide (1999) FEATUREChiropractic: The Greatest Hoax of the Century? (2002)
Proponent Books (Full-Text)
The Science of Chiropractic (DD Palmer, 1906) (posted 8/12/10)The Science, Art and Philosophy of Chiropractic (DD Palmer, 1910)Chiropractic Nerve Tracing (BJ Palmer, 1911)Philosophy and Principles of Chiropractic Adjustment (BJ Palmer, 1911)Firth’s Text-Book of Chiropractic Symptomatology (1913)The Chiropractor (DD Palmer, 1914)Principles and Practice of Spinal Adjustment (Forster, 1915)Technic and Practice of Chiropractic (Loban, 1915)Vedder’s Chiropractic Physiology (1916)Anatomy (Mabel Palmer, 1920)The Palmer Technique of Chiropractic (1920)The Spirit of the PSC (Nixon, 1920)The Philosophy of Chiropractic (BJ Palmer, 1920)The Science of Chiropractic: Principles and Philosophy (BJ Palmer, 1920)The Science of Chiropractic: Lectures (BJ Palmer, 1920)The Chiropractic Adjuster (BJ Palmer, 1921)Carver’s Chiropractic Analysis, Volume 1, (1921)Carver’s Chiropractic Analysis, Volume 2, (1922)A Text Book on Chiropractic Physiology (Vedder, 1922)A Text Book on Chiropractic Gynecology (Vedder, 1923)A Text-Book on Chiropractic Orthopedy (Craven, 1923)Chiropractic Spinography (Thompson, 1923)Chiropractic Advertising (Vedder, 1924)Malpractice As Applied to Chiropractors (Holmes, 1924)A Text-Book on Hygiene and Pediatrics (Craven, 1924)A Text-Book on Chiropractic Symptomatology (Firth, 1925)Chiropractic Textbook (Stephenson, 1927)The Subluxation Specific (BJ Palmer, 1934)The Known Man (BJ Palmer, 1936)The Evolution of Chiropractic (Dye, 1938)Precise Posture-Constant, Spinograph, Comparative Graphs (PSC, 1938)Modern X-ray Practice and Chiropractic Spinography (Remier, 1938)The Horrors of Vaccination and Inoculation at Work (Young, 1941)Clinical Guidelines for Chiropractic Practice in Canada (1994) (link to another site)Things You Should Know about Cancer (Wilson, 1956)The Research Status of Spinal Manipulative Therapy (1975)
Government Reports
The Scientific Brief Against Chiropractic (1963) (posted 11/23/98) FEATUREIndependent Practitioners under Medicare (HEW Report, 1968) (updated 3/16/00)AHCPR Report on Chiropractic Training, Practice, and Research (1997) (updated 11/3/98)Medicare Utilization Parameters for Chiropractic Treatments (1999) (PDF document)Chiropractic Services in the Medicare Program: Patient Vulnerability Analysis (2005) (posted 7/5/05)Chiropractic Benefit Services Malpractice Benefit Program (link to another site)U.S. House of Representatives Hearing on Chiropractic Services for Veterans (link to Casewatch)The New Zealand Chiropractic ReportPosition Statement Submitted by Dr. William T. Jarvis (1978)Evaluation of the Report (Dr. Jarvis, 1980)New Zealand Medical Association Initial Submission (1978)New Zealand Medical Association Final SubmissionReview of the Report (David Banta, 1980)Manitoba Health Professions Advisory Council Report on Neck Manipulation (2017)
Legal, Political, and Regulatory Matters
AMA Antitrust Suit (updated 11/12/98)Chiropractic Malpractice (Textbook by Peter J. Modde, D.C.) (posted 6/24/18)Chiropractors—Knocking at Your Door? (1983) (posted 1/27/18)California Voters Attack Chiropractic Insurance Fraud (posted 3/12/02)Can Physical Therapists Be Barred from Treating “Subluxations”? (posted 2/12/02)Dealing with Chiropractors (James G. Noland, 1980) (posted 10/25/20)Chiropractic Board Trying to Stop Physical Therapists from Manipulating (posted 9/30/03)Appeals Court Overturns $285,019 Award to Former Chiropractic Students (updated 3/31/02)Affidavit of Julie Bernet (a Former Cleveland Chiropractic College Student) (posted 8/13/99)Chiropractic Magazine Publisher Charged with Defrauding Postal Service (revised 2/16/03)False Claims Halted for Pain-Relief Device (posted 12/27/99)Pennsylvania Attorney General Targets Chiropractic Ad Claims (1973) (posted 12/12/17)ICA Report to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy (posted 3/12/01)Libel Suit against Tedd Koren, DC (updated 6/9/08)Pennsylvania Supreme Court Says Chiropractors May Not Use Term “Physical Therapy” (link to another site)Scope of Chiropractic Practice in State Licensing Laws (to be posted)Hearing on Veterans Health Administration and Chiropractic Care (updated 10/22/00)Wisconsin Chiropractors Agree to Settle FTC Price-Fixing Charges (link to another site)Veterans Affairs Chiropractic Advisory Report Nears Completion (posted 10/28/03)Former NC Legislator, Bribed by Chiropractors, Sentenced to Prison (posted 7/18/07)Stroke caused by neck manipulation triggers class-action lawsuit (revised 1/21/10)Kansas Bans Use of Term “Chiropractic Physician” (posted 2/25/09)Chiropractic Clinic Accused of Predatory Lending Involving Health Care Credit Cards (posted 8/13/09)UK Guidance Statement on Vertebral Subluxation Complex Claims (posted 9/9/10)Tax Court Rules against Chiropractor Who Set Up Sham Trusts (posted 1/23/11)Showdown With Chiropractic Profession Scheduled for Ottawa Courtroom in April (posted 1/18/12)Texas Board of Chiropractic Performance Analysis (1993)Texas Orders Chiropractors to Stop Practicing Outside Their Legal Scope (posted 12/24/15)Why Doesn’t the FTC Attack False Chiropractic Claims? (updated 5/2/19)
Disciplinary Actions and Prosecutions
Bizarre Therapy Leads to Patient’s Death (posted 7/6/03)Bruce Hedendal Sentenced for Tax Evasion (revised 10/23/04)Chiropractor’s License Revoked for False Advertising (1970)Chiropractor Suspended for Excessive Care (posted 4/23/03)Disciplinary Action against Harold J. Dykema, D.C. (posted 7/22/03)Disciplinary Action against Ogi Ressel, D.C.(updated 2/18/06)AK/CRA Practitioner’s License Revoked (posted 2/18/06)Delusional Chiropractor Loses License (posted 11/17/06)Australian Chiropractor Who Claimed Cancer Cure Convicted in Landmark Case (posted 2/21/17)Rates of Complaints against Australian Chiropractors, Osteopaths, and Physiotherapists (posted 4/16/18)Chiropractors Convicted of Tax Evasion or Other Financial Crimes (updated 6/9/09)Chiropractors and Others Convicted via Worker’s Comp Sting (posted 12/16/12)
Miscellaneous Chiropractic Documents
Chiropractic State of the Art, 1994-1995 (American Chiropractic Association booklet)“Conditions That May Indicate You Have a Spinal Subluxation” (posted 6/21/06)Massachusetts Chiropractic Board “Fact Sheet” (posted 12/12/99)FCER Fundraising Appeal for Subluxation Research (posted 12/24/98)Manga Reports [1993] [1998]Chiropractic History: A PrimerSymptoms of Spinal Misalignment Questionnaire (download PDF)Why the Chiropractor Should Spinograph Every Case (1947) (posted 8/13/11) FEATUREAmerican Association of Chiropractic Colleges Position Paper #1: The Chiropractic ParadigmConsultation on Identity (World Chiropractic Federation, 2005) (posted 9/24/18)Why Continue Chiropractic Care After Symptoms are Gone? (posted 8/26/18)The Case for Chiropractic in Medicare and National Health Insurance (ACA, 1970) (posted 5/4/19)
Responses to Chirobase and/or Quackwatch
How Chiropractors Generally Respond to Criticism (updated 4/22/11)Comments from Chiropractic Practitioners, Students, and Employees (updated 8/3/11) FEATURECorrespondence with James Winterstein, D.C. (posted 5/1/04]Central New Jersey Chiropractic Society (posted 6/6/01) FEATURE
Links to Chiropractic Web Sites
Educational Agencies, Schools, and Seminars (updated 3/6/04)Insurance-Related Sites (updated 11/8/04)Organizations (updated 1/11/17)Practice-Builders (updated 7/2/09)Publications (updated 1/8/11)Regulatory Agencies (updated 4/20/14)The Institute ChiropracticSoftware Venders (updated 1/25/08)Suppliers (updated 12/17/12)Techniques (updated 6/11/04)Miscellaneous Links (updated 8/21/07)Quotes from Individual Chiropractors and Clinics (238 sites, updated 12/24/12) FEATUREIndex to Chiropractic LiteratureShareTweetShare