Cardiff, United Kingdom

Chiropractic

Integrated Master's degree
Language: EnglishStudies in English
Qualification: other
Kind of studies: full-time studies
Master of Chiropractic (MChiro)
University website: www.southwales.ac.uk
Chiropractic
Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine mostly concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially the spine. Proponents claim that such disorders affect general health via the nervous system, claims which are demonstrably false. The main chiropractic treatment technique involves manual therapy, especially spinal manipulation therapy (SMT), manipulations of other joints and soft tissues. Its foundation is at odds with mainstream medicine, and chiropractic is sustained by pseudoscientific ideas such as subluxation and "innate intelligence" that reject science.
Chiropractic
"Intelligence is present everywhere in our bodies...our own innate intelligence is far superior to any we can try to substitute from the outside."
Deepak Chopra[citation needed]
Chiropractic
"Chiropractic, which focuses on manipulating the spine to ease back pain and improve overall health, has won wider acceptance over the years. Most health insurance plans now cover it. But in the 110 years since the profession was created, the established medical community largely has boycotted it — challenging its scientific validity in courts and legislative bodies."
(Washington Times)
Chiropractic
"In the Navy we're concerned about health and about preserving health care because we don't get paid by the procedure. We get paid to have Marines and sailors healthy, and that's the same mission as the chiropractic profession..."
Vice Admiral Donald C. Arthur, MD, Surgeon General of the Navy ACANews[specific citation needed]
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