When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will play host to the World Federation of Chiropractic's 11thBiennial Congress next April. The congress, with a theme of "RedefiningChiropractic Around the World," will be held April 6-9, 2011 at theIntercontinental Rio Hotel. The event will feature some of the leadingauthorities on chiropractic and spine care, including Drs. ScottHaldeman (speaking on nonsurgical management of the cervical spine),Donald Murphy (chiropractic management of cervical radiculopathy), JohnDownes (cervical adjusting), Mike Leahy (active release), Arlan Fuhr(instrument adjusting), and Michael Schneider (low-tech rehabilitationprotocols). Also speaking at the four-day event will be orthopedicsurgeon Tarcisio de Barros, MD, PhD, from the University of Sao Paulo,lecturing on clinical indications for surgical management.