Chiropractic VS Allopathic Care for Kids
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Chiropractic VS Allopathic Care for Kids
Written by Dan Murphy, D.C., D.A.B.C.O.
TAC, Research Review , Volume 30, Issue 11
Published:
KEY POINTS FROM DR. DAN MURPHY
1. There is a "definite correlation between chiropractic
care and superior health."
2. 94% of medical children are vaccinated while only 25%
of chiropractic children are vaccinated (from abstract).
3. 69% of the chiropractic children have never had
otitis media [middle ear infection], while only 20% of
the medical children never had otitis media.
4. Chiropractors contend that chiropractic care improves
the quality of life, stimulates the immune system, and
confers superior health.
5. Allopathic health care is primarily disease
treatment. Chiropractic healthcare is primarily
preventative.
6. 91% of the chiropractic children started chiropractic
care by age 1.
7. "95% of the chiropractors considered that
chiropractic had a positive effect on their children’s
health."
8. "This study has shown that children raised under
chiropractic care are less prone to infectious processes
such as otitis medial and tonsillitis, and that their
immune systems are better able to cope with allergens
such as pollen, weeds, grasses, etc., as compared to
children raised under allopathic care."
9. There is a significant decreased history of
antibiotic use among the chiropractic children,
"indicating a lower susceptibility to bacterial
infections as a result of greater immune system
response."
10. The chiropractors responded that the "recovery
period from any trauma or illness by their children was
more rapid than that of their children’s peers."
11. Non-immunized chiropractic children who came down
with those childhood diseases seemed to have minor
diseases that were not incapacitating. "The hypothesis
that chiropractic care maintains the immune system is
supported by the observation that, even though the
children did have the disease, their lifestyles were not
affected and the recovery periods were short."
12. Comments from medical pediatricians indicate that a
number of them believe that, essentially, all children
suffer from otitis media and that all children have at
least one course of prescribed antibiotics. "These are
fallacies propagated within allopathic medicine, as
demonstrated by this study."
13. "This study has shown that there is validity in the
premise that chiropractic has a positive effect on the
health status of individuals."
14. The results of this study confirm the benefits of
the chiropractic model of health care on the health
status of children.
Dr. Dan Murphy graduated magna cum laude from Western
States Chiropractic College in 1978. He received
Diplomat status in Chiropractic Orthopedics in 1986.
Since 1982, Dr. Murphy has served part-time as
undergraduate faculty at Life Chiropractic College West,
currently teaching classes to seniors in the management
of spinal disorders. He has taught more than 2000
postgraduate continuing education seminars. Dr. Murphy
is a contributing author to both editions of the book
Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries and to the book
Pediatric Chiropractic. Hundreds of detailed Article
Reviews, pertinent to chiropractors and their patients,
are available at Dr. Murphy’s web page,
www.danmurphydc.com