Ha ha ha ha! That's hilarious - if it weren't so sad. That sort of stuff is not new for Chiropractors. They used to be imprisoned in the early 1900s for 'practicing medicine without a license'! Shame the negativity is still going on after all these years. Everyone has a skill they can bring to the table. I suppose these professions are s…
Ha ha ha ha! That's hilarious - if it weren't so sad.
That sort of stuff is not new for Chiropractors. They used to be imprisoned in the early 1900s for 'practicing medicine without a license'! Shame the negativity is still going on after all these years. Everyone has a skill they can bring to the table.
I suppose these professions are still trying to be discredited here in Oz, but usually it's more from say, the 'Skeptics Society'...and there is PLENTY of anecdotal evidence where GPs tell their patients NOT to see a Chiropractor. But if medicos are actively saying other registered health practitioners are wayward/dangerous, they can be hauled before a tribunal. But hey, I'm sure I've said similar of the medicos, too, when appropriate, and I've not been hauled before a tribunal. So that part of our regulation is not exactly being policed. And of course this didn't stop the govt from stopping Naturopathy or Homeopathy from being able to be claimed on your private health fund, regardless of the swathe of input from the public etc supporting the professions!
About the only time you'll find a medical doc sending patients for Chiropractic care is when the patient specifically ASKS for it, and also because the docs get PAID quite well by Medicare for filling in an "Enhanced Primary Care" form. The patient sees the primary/allied health practitioner up to 5 times for a 'chronic' condition, Medicare pays for 85% of it, and the doc gets a nice paycheck for filling out a very simple form. The treating health practitioner of course invariably gets paid LESS than their normal rates for those 5 treatments, but hey, welcome to the world where inequality rules!
I'm pretty used to people not listening to me. As my sister so unlovingly once said to me, "The annoying thing about you, Robyn, is that you're usually right!", it still doesn't mean people listen to me, even if they're paying me for my care/opinion!! :-D
Australia may be different. I worked with a work comp doctor in Colorado, and we had a chiropractor on site. We would send most of our back and neck patients to him. He would do high velocity manipulation on the lumbar spine but only use an activator on the c-spine. His outcomes were good. Colorado work comp allowed 30 chiropractic visits. The state never refused my requests.
Ha ha ha ha! That's hilarious - if it weren't so sad.
That sort of stuff is not new for Chiropractors. They used to be imprisoned in the early 1900s for 'practicing medicine without a license'! Shame the negativity is still going on after all these years. Everyone has a skill they can bring to the table.
I suppose these professions are still trying to be discredited here in Oz, but usually it's more from say, the 'Skeptics Society'...and there is PLENTY of anecdotal evidence where GPs tell their patients NOT to see a Chiropractor. But if medicos are actively saying other registered health practitioners are wayward/dangerous, they can be hauled before a tribunal. But hey, I'm sure I've said similar of the medicos, too, when appropriate, and I've not been hauled before a tribunal. So that part of our regulation is not exactly being policed. And of course this didn't stop the govt from stopping Naturopathy or Homeopathy from being able to be claimed on your private health fund, regardless of the swathe of input from the public etc supporting the professions!
About the only time you'll find a medical doc sending patients for Chiropractic care is when the patient specifically ASKS for it, and also because the docs get PAID quite well by Medicare for filling in an "Enhanced Primary Care" form. The patient sees the primary/allied health practitioner up to 5 times for a 'chronic' condition, Medicare pays for 85% of it, and the doc gets a nice paycheck for filling out a very simple form. The treating health practitioner of course invariably gets paid LESS than their normal rates for those 5 treatments, but hey, welcome to the world where inequality rules!
I'm pretty used to people not listening to me. As my sister so unlovingly once said to me, "The annoying thing about you, Robyn, is that you're usually right!", it still doesn't mean people listen to me, even if they're paying me for my care/opinion!! :-D
Australia may be different. I worked with a work comp doctor in Colorado, and we had a chiropractor on site. We would send most of our back and neck patients to him. He would do high velocity manipulation on the lumbar spine but only use an activator on the c-spine. His outcomes were good. Colorado work comp allowed 30 chiropractic visits. The state never refused my requests.