Does Chiropractic Really Help Your Back?
Some students argue that chiropractic fails to be an effective treatment for anything beyond lower back pain. The question is, does chiropractic work even for that? your assignment is to figure out whether or not chiropractic works at all. Have chiropractors presented convincing evidence that chiropractic treatment works on back pain?
Most chiropracters claim that chiropractic is a
effective
method of treating lower bac. That is, they claim that using appropriate
chiropractic techniques, a
qualified chiropracter can generate changes in a person's back that, A. were produced by the
application of chiropractic methods to the client's body, (not by other processes
well-known to medicine), B. could not have been so easily generated by
non-chiropractic methods, (such as non-chiropractic manipulation or other
massage), and C. actually cause a significant improvement in the client's lower back.
Critics of chiropractic claim that this never happens, chiropractic theory is
not supported by evidence, that applying specifically chiropractic methods to someone's
spine produces no improvement in the lower back. They do not rule out the possibility
that people enjoy visiting chiropractors, or that they may feel better after
visiting a chiropractor. They just deny that chiropractic treatment really reduces back pain.
Your essay should explain your reasoning clearly and completely. It should
not simply give a list of reasons that happen to support your opinion. Instead,
it should carefully explain and critique the logic of what you take to be the
one or two most important arguments on both sides of the issue.
For more information on how you might structure your
paper, see conclusion.htm
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