Re: Cranial Adjustment?


"JanD" <JanD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> http://www.chiropractors.asn.au/cjournal/vol35/cjamarch05.html

There is nothing at this link that supports "cranial adjustment" except a
case history report that is undocumented and not really convincing at all.
To show that "cranial adjustment" "works," it would first be necessary to
prove that bones in the skull can be "adjusted" at all. This case history is
the equivalent of claiming that one has cured his patient of diabetes by
levitating him four feet off the floor for five hours. Levitation just might
have a curative effect on diabetics, but first the practitioner must prove
that he can do the levitation in the first place.

It takes a great amount of force to move the bones of the skull. These bones
are so solidly fused in adults that skull fractures usually do not even
follow the margins of the individual bones but behave as though the skull
were one solid bone. When enough force is applied to the skull to actually
move bone, that is a skull fracture, and this usually results in concussion
syndrome and often even permanent brain injury. That isn't something you
want to try as a cure for facial tics.

What is probably really happening is that Turner, et.al., are pressing
around on the scalp with enough force to cause discomfort in the patient,
which is convincing enough to make him believe that cranial bones have been
moved. To do this to children is clearly abuse, and to do it to autistic
children against their revulsion at being touched by others is particularly
heinous abuse deserving of prosecution and imprisonment.

If you are going to proclaim that skeptical refutations of "cranial
adjustment" are "WRONG," Jan, at least explain what exactly is 'wrong' about
the skeptics' comments. Participate in the discussion. Don't just disrupt.
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--Rich

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http://www.skeptic.com/
http://www.csicop.org/


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