‘What is the Sound of One Knuckle Cracking?’ A poem:
Chiropractic, what a scam,
The hallmark of the alt-med sham.
A magnetic healer and grocer by trade,
Cured his janitor, an adjustment he made.
His deafness, well, it just went away,
Even though the cervical vertebrae
Do not let pass the auditory nerve
But that didn’t stop Daniel Palmer’s verve.
And from this deed, a whole field grew,
Sucking money from quite a few.
But if you walk in and not reveal the pain,
You will walk out and it will be plain
That whatever you tell them, they will find,
And no, it’s not that it’s all in your mind.
But without your help while quite verbose
At the end, they cannot diagnose.
Then as the verbiage just keeps on subsisting
In the end you’re convinced of subluxations existing.
But lo and behold, they can never be seen,
In cadaver, or x-ray or MRI machine.
Their treatments, quite silly, are medically lacking,
Especially the vertebrae that they are cracking.
An adjustment they call it, and adjustments don’t linger.
It’s exactly the same as cracking your finger.
Then you are told of the regular need,
To come to the office, to fulfill their greed,
’Cause medicine does not care about health,
According to them, it’s all about wealth.
A functional concept, their words for this nonsense,
And I cannot believe it’s not on their conscience.
L.R. Waldman, San Rafael
You are otuua your freaking mind. I had a major bicycle accident which left me with a concussion and fractured skull. And foot drop. I am sure you know what that is you are so intelligent. Well, after four months the doctors gave up on getting my foot to function again and so off I go toa Chiropractor. Within three months I had partial use of it, and within six full use. I hope that your post was a letter to the editor and that they didn’t pay you for your dribble.
You are outta your freaking mind. I had a major bicycle accident which left me with a concussion and fractured skull. And foot drop. I am sure you know what that is you are so intelligent. Well, after four months the doctors gave up on getting my foot to function again and so off I go toa Chiropractor. Within three months I had partial use of it, and within six full use. I hope that your post was a letter to the editor and that they didn’t pay you for your dribble.