最近我又开始了频繁的类似晕车的状态,去了第二家chiropractor,给我做了xray,我就问那给我拍片子的医生你咋眼一看有问题吗?那医生犹豫片刻:嗯,嗯,啊,啊,我看不出来,我得跟我们board其他医生一起discuss下。过了几天取结果,那医生把我拉屋里说你着颈椎曲度都正常,腰椎也正常(wth难道上次chiropractor这么神给我治好了?)但是你颈椎的c1颈椎和正常人不一样有先天畸形,然后让我去他们着做adjustment。我说我这个严重吗?严重的话我去找专门的spinal doctor,不严重的话我也没什么好担心的。他只说i'm the best spinal doctor you can find in town。到这个时候我就彻底确定这是江湖骗子,因为chiropractor根本不是MD, 他们本科毕业,只要接受两年的chiropractor教育就可以拿到doctor of chiropractor 学位。所以讽刺的是,真正经过n年residency,fellowship的医生从来不会张口闭口自己是dr,只有并不算doctor的chiropractor才会天天把doctor挂在嘴边。于是我拿了xray, 约了spinal doctor也就是othopedics.
去看了othopedics(MD 正规医院md, 见习 + fellowship),医生在外面看了半个小时的片子进来说,你的颈椎我看不到任何问题,曲度非常健康,两个disc spacing很大,比正常人还要健康, i wish my neck could be as healthy as yours. 然后我问他chiropractor 说我先天畸形,医生跟我说that's what they do because they are salesman. 至于我头晕,我发现是wfh以来我不吃午饭低血糖导致的。现在中午吃饭也就不再头晕了。
“Systematic reviews of controlled clinical studies of treatments used by chiropractors have found no evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective, with the possible exception of treatment for back pain.[8] A 2011 critical evaluation of 45 systematic reviews found that spinal manipulation was ineffective at treating any condition.[10] Spinal manipulation may be cost-effective for sub-acute or chronic low back pain, but the results for acute low back pain were insufficient.[11] No compelling evidence exists to indicate that maintenance chiropractic care adequately prevents symptoms or diseases.[12] There is not sufficient data to establish the safety of chiropractic manipulations.[13] It is frequently associated with mild to moderate adverse effects, with serious or fatal complications in rare cases.[14] There is controversy regarding the degree of risk of vertebral artery dissection, which can lead to stroke and death, from cervical manipulation.[15] Several deaths have been associated with this technique[14] and it has been suggested that the relationship is causative,[16][17] a claim which is disputed by many chiropractors.[17]”