“Chiropractic clinics don’t stay open based on “anecdotal evidence”, bub.”

There’s a palm-reader in the fair down the road. Same one for twelve years. I take it we can apply the same levels of warrant and deduce that palmistry works too?

Commercially viable != true

“Human experience trumps some experiments a nerd performs under highly controlled conditions any day of the week.”

Umm, that may be something of a minority opinion around this neck of the interwebs.

“Chiropractic clinics don’t stay open based on ‘anecdotal evidence”, bub.”

1. There is actual evidence that chiropractic helps with back pain. This was stated by Singh in the article complained of by the BCA. Singh mentioned specific ailments, all unrelated to the spine, for which claims of efficacy had been made. He criticised the BCA’s actions in respect of those, and only those, treatements for which there is insufficient evidence. I’m glad your back has cleared up, I’m sure you are delighted: but you’ll agree that something helping your back is evidence for it curing asthma in the same way that a burger giving you energy is evidence that you can run a space shuttle on quarter pounders.

2. The claims of Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and Christianity form a “coherent whole” based on the sayings and writings on others, a whole load of “anecdotal evidence”. At least three of them are complete bunk. Yet their “clinics” remain open.

“Clinics” do stay open on “anecdotal evidence”. Bub.

Chiropractic clinics don’t stay open based on “anecdotal evidence”, bub. Any more than laws stay in effect based only on the legal contracts that created them. Human experience trumps some experiments a nerd performs under highly controlled conditions any day of the week.

But I guess my back just straightened itself magically after 20 years AT THE EXACT SAME TIME I started seeing a Chiropractor. Just a big coincidence, right?

Anyways, there should be some clarification in terms since this is a US-based blog commenting on UK matters lest we find ourselves putting our foot in it like Phil found himself with Chiropody. Chiropractor is not a protected term in the UK or the US. Physician, Lawyer, Engineer (in some US states), Licensed Electrician and the like are terms for the practitioner who has passed some sort of qualification. There are penalties (usually criminal) for calling yourself one and practicing if you are not licensed to do so. Non-woo chiropractic in the US has no protected term, however, in the UK they are called Osteopaths. UK Osteopaths have no prescribing authority and, typically, limited medical training. Osteopathy in the UK is Complimentary Medicine.

This can be confusing as, in the US, a Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) is a licensed physician practicing evidence-based medicine with all the rights and responsibilities of a Doctor of Medicine (MD). The education and qualifications for both are nearly identical, differing in aim like an Applied Physics degree differs from a Physics degree. Indeed, a US-trained DO has the right to practice as a physician in the UK and Canada (and others) whereas a UK-trained DO (Diploma of Osteopathy) is a mere undergrad and has no such rights. I guess the closest to a UK osteopath in the US is a Licensed Physical Therapist, but that requires a post-grad degree, usually a doctorate (DPT).

The point being, since these are legal terms and have precise definitions, it would pay to know and express exactly what it is you are talking about before throwing about those terms like epithets. I’ve probably got some details wrong, but that’s the gist.

Glad to hear that your right calf nerves are fine, but your back might have got better by itself. Or because for many other reasons….

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

All bets are off when you pull the nuclear option.

My question is, is there a time limit as to how long he has to file his law suit, or could he keep it as an ace up his sleeve while trying to win in the courts, especially if it can get appealed to the EU courts?

I suspect that this is a way to avoid going to court by prompting a countersuit.

As I mentioned in another post earlier this week, Sheldon Comics has had a delightful little story arc over the last 2 weeks on the British libel laws.

What a wonderful word.

Rt

Just wondering(enquiring mind, doncha know?).

GAry 7

How about “SWISH!”

I hope Simon counter sues to get his legal fees back.

I still see the original one at:

http://www.chiropractic-uk.co.uk/gfx/uploads/textbox/Singh/BCAStatement%2014%2010%2009.pdf

… even after refreshing the page.

What a turn up for the books. Tonight’s talk with Simon on the press and libel law is going to be interesting!