by Dr. JC Smith D.C. | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Pushing Over the Point “With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour,” said Gene Kranz, NASA Mission Commander, during the near disaster of the Apollo 13 ordeal with the possibility of losing three astronauts adrift in outer space or death...
by Dr. JC Smith D.C. | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Back Surgery: Too Many, Too Costly, Too ineffective, Part 4 By J.C. Smith, MA, DC Treatment of Choice The truth is now emerging. There is now broad agreement internationally that surgery should not generally be considered until there has been a trial of conservative...
by Dr. JC Smith D.C. | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Back Surgery: Too Many, Too Costly, Too ineffective, Part 3 By J.C. Smith, MA, DC Medical Myths The reason for the ineffectiveness of spine surgeries in general for nonspecific back pain, which constitutes 85 percent of all low back pain cases,61 is not due to faulty...
by Dr. JC Smith D.C. | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
CNN Slams CAM Again Certainly the bias in the media is a constant concern for complementary and alternative healthcare providers (CAM), whether it is “professional amnesia” as Tony Rosner, PhD, described the forgetfulness of the medical media to acknowledge CAM...
by Dr. JC Smith D.C. | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Back Surgery: Too Many, Too Costly, Too Ineffective, Part 2 By J.C. Smith, MA, DC David Spodick, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts, has stated: “Surgery is the sacred cow of our health-care system and surgeons are the sacred cowboys...
by Dr. JC Smith D.C. | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
More Malarkey @ CNN.com The continuing flurry of news articles has revealed the abuse, expense, and “inefficient” nature of medical spine care (opioids, ESIs, and fusions). The following is a short list of recent news articles critical of medical spine care:...
