#3: Chiropractic: A Little Physical Therapy, A Lot of Nonsense:
D.D. Palmer, a grocer and magnetic healer, invented chiropractic on September 18, 1895. He did something to a deaf man’s back. The man said he could hear again. This is particularly ironic, because the nerves to the ear don’t go anywhere near the spine, and no chiropractor today claims to be able to cure deafness.
Chiropractic theory is based on three principles: (1) bony displacement causes all disease; (2) displacement interferes with nerve function; (3) removing the interference allows “Innate” (a vitalistic force) to heal the body. All three of these principles are false.
(1) Chiropractic subluxations have never been demonstrated;
(2) No impairment of nerve function has been documented;
(3) No such vitalistic force has been detected.