let’s go over what caused people to have a negative perception
about chiropractic care.
after this post you can gently tell them that what they were taught was a lie…and that chiropractic care is a great way to get healthy and stay healthy.
How’s it going? Hopefully good. This post is a little longer than
usual, but I promise it will be worth your time. I want to share
with you the truth about what happened to the chiropractic profession.
I’ve got a question for you…
Do you know anyone that doesn’t “believe” in chiropractic care? You
know, the people that say things like…
“Chiropractors aren’t real doctors.”
“I don’t believe in chiropractors”
“I would never go to a chiropractor”
I’m sure you’ve heard these kinds of comments before. They may even
be coming from family members, friend, or co-workers.
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Why People Think This Way
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Chances are pretty good that your opinion about chiropractic is
favorable. If not, you probably wouldn’t be my patient.
But what about the people who are negative about chiropractic care.
Have you ever wondered WHY these people feel this way?
After all, you know how beneficial chiropractic is…how safe it is…
and how it makes you feel better and improve your health.
And even though chiropractic care is as popular as ever today, it
wasn’t always that way.
So let’s go over what caused people to have a negative perception
about chiropractic care.
Disclaimer: I am not one of the chiropractors that disapprove of all
medical doctors and bash them, in fact I have healthy relationships
with them. I believe in the medical profession and that surgeries,
drugs, etc do have their place. However, the following story
remains true.
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The Guilty Party: The AMA
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The story goes something like this:
Back in the 1940’s and the 1950’s, chiropractic care was gaining in
popularity across the United States. And that was a big problem for
the American Medical Association (AMA). You see, from a business
perspective, the AMA viewed the chiropractic profession as a “threat”
to the business of medicine. And the American Medical Association
opposes all forms of health care that cuts into its profits.
So in 1963, a committee was formed within the AMA. It was called the
committee on quackery. Their job? To “contain and eliminate” the
profession of chiropractic.
Don’t believe me? Check this out.
In 1971, in a memo to the AMA Board of Trustees, Doyle Taylor wrote,
“Your Committee has considered its prime mission to be the first
containment of Chiropractic and ultimately the elimination of
Chiropractic.”
Let’s keep going.
So this committee did three things in their efforts to destroy the
chiropractic profession.
First, they made it illegal for medical doctors who were members of
the AMA to work with chiropractors. If a medical doctor was found
working with a chiropractor, they were kicked out of the American
Medical Association.
The second thing that happened was new medical doctors were taught
in medical school that chiropractors were unscientific quacks and
you did not work with them.
The third thing that happened is for over 20 years this committee
disseminated false information to the general public. They did it
through the school systems, the press, through hospitals and
doctors…you name it.
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The AMA Gets Sued
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In October of 1976, a chiropractor by the name of Dr. Chester Wilk,
and 4 other chiropractors sued the American Medical Association.
To make a long story short, in 1987, following 11 years of legal
action, the American Medical Association was found guilty. Judge
Susan Getzedanner, in 1987, ruled that the AMA had engaged in an
illegal conspiracy to destroy the chiropractic profession by engaging
in “systematic, long-term wrong-doing with the long-term intent to
destroy a licensed profession.”
The AMA was ordered to cease and desist. Judge Getzedanner also
ordered “a permanent injunction against the AMA, forcing them to
print the court’s findings in the Journal of the American Medical
Association.”
This decision was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1990.
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The Big Problem With All Of This
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So now that you know the truth about what happened to the chiropractic
profession, do you see the big problem here?
Here it is:
The people that don’t believe in chiropractic care have a belief system
that is based on a lie created by the American Medical Association.
This lie was PROVEN to be a lie at the Supreme Court level in our
court system. [Tweet “PROVEN to be a lie at the #SupremeCourt level “]
And because of this lie, there are now millions of people in our
country that believe something that isn’t true.
Chiropractic has been a great profession THE ENTIRE TIME. And it
will continue to be a great profession.
What’s worse is this: Think about the millions of people in our
country that suffer needlessly every day because they don’t think
chiropractic care is an option…because they were taught not to go
to chiropractors.
Do you know how many people would be healthier and would feel better
if they knew the truth and started going to a chiropractor? It would
be millions.
So please do me a favor. If you know someone who “doesn’t believe”
in chiropractic, forward this post to them. Gently tell them that
what they were taught was a lie…and that chiropractic care is a
great way to get healthy and stay healthy. It’s time to stop
believing in lies and believing the truth.
Thanks so much for your attention. I hope you’ve learned a lot today.
I appreciate the opportunity to be your chiropractor and I look
forward to seeing you in the office.
Have a great day,
Sincerely,
