Quote Originally Posted by wolfak View Post
Okay, so I am one of those in the middle of this problem. I'm a graduate student in pharmacy, and have had courses in complementary and alternative medicine (aka CAM). Additionally, I am a regular chiropractic patient - I get monthly adjustments and it has greatly helped with a neck injury I sustained from an unfortunate endo.

I definitely agree with the suggestions of PubMed, accessing your nearest university library, Google Scholar, etc. I might also suggest that if your nearest university has a medical school you talk to them and see if they have a CAM practitioner to give you a helpful evaluation of the literature. Perhaps it could make a nice project for a student as well.

As far as choosing chiropractors, it sometimes comes down to luck. You might want to look around for one who specializes in NUCA [neck and upper cervical (neck, not cervix) a-something] treatments. I'm surmising your friend assumes your child's affliction is related to the upper spinal cord.

Best of luck in your information quest!
Thanks for info from both sides. I support chiropractics for mechanical problems, and possibly even other medical issues as well, but I start to question its use for other seemingly unrelated problems. That being said, if I could find some good research that shows some relevancy, (and I did find one study by the way), I might buy into it. So far, I have found very little support though.

The young lady in question tends to get all wound up about stuff and comes armed with lots of 'data' that is often biased and/or is simply "testimonial". She's still young and doesn't know how to evaluate the things that she reads or hears. (Not to suggest that I know everything either... )