Chiropracty?

[Red Siegfried]

One told my wife that chiro could treat our kid's Down Syndrome.

That must be some pretty sophisticated spine popping, if it's going to remove that extra chromosome.

You should ask him/her if they know what a "chromosome" is.

 

[Beady]

I noise this about at every opportunity.

There's a type of Chiropractic (not "chiroporacty") that even chiropractors think is woo-woo. See here for a general description of Network Spinal Analysis, and here for a practitioner whom I used to know. Here's an excerpt from the latter link:

In 1987, she took a three and a half year sabbatical from her busy Brookline practice to travel as a research volunteer to the Far East to introduce Chiropractic in South Korea and Beijing, China. While in Asia, she was exposed to the eastern philosophies of healing. Beyond oriental medicine and acupuncture, working with Qi Gong masters, Filipino psychic surgeons, Javanese and Sumatran shamans and traditional Thai healers brought much insight to her own work and the healing process.

In practice, the patient lies face down and relaxes. The practioner lightly touches a spot on the patient's back, then steps back and observes. Eventually, the patient will twitch, and that twitch is supposed to be their body reacting to both the touch and the subluxation. This treatment is eligible for Medicare, Medicaid and Blue Cross and, presumably, other health insurance.

 

[Hellbound]

I noise this about at every opportunity.

There's a type of Chiropractic (not "chiroporacty") that even chiropractors think is woo-woo. See here for a general description of Network Spinal Analysis, and here for a practitioner whom I used to know. Here's an excerpt from the latter link:


In practice, the patient lies face down and relaxes. The practioner lightly touches a spot on the patient's back, then steps back and observes. Eventually, the patient will twitch, and that twitch is supposed to be their body reacting to both the touch and the subluxation. This treatment is eligible for Medicare, Medicaid and Blue Cross and, presumably, other health insurance.

Blue Cross pays for this?

I work for them, I'll have to look into that. Dunno how easy that'll be though (I do IT support, I don't work with the actual claims and such). Still, might be able to get some info.

 

[Beady]

Blue Cross pays for this?

AFAIK.

It may be state-specific; I do know chiropractic is generally reimbursable in Vermont, and the laws don't differentiate between kinds of chiropractic.

ETA: I just looked up the Blue Cross web site and confirmed that Chiropractic (all kinds) is allowable in this state.

 

[Hellbound]

I know BLue Cross is a seperate (yet affiliated) company from state to state. so it's probably the same here.

They can't give me the raise I was promised for a couple months, but we pay for this crap?

Blech.

 

[Renfield]

Yes, the subluxations, which they can't really prove exist. Nor can they really agree on how the subluxations cause particular ailments in particular patients. Send someone to different chiropractors and get a different diagnosis from each one, as well as a different treatment.

I have a cousin who is a chiropractor, and I have to bite my lip till it bleads when I listen to relatives go on about the Dr. in the family.