PBD Podcast | Gary Brecka
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A lot of doctors are really stupid or aren’t trained or able to do anything without technology. A few years ago I had a shoulder issue. Got X-rays, mri, etc and no one could find anything. Randomly went to a chiropractor and he felt around a little and said I had a partially dislocated shoulder. He popped it back in and have never had an issue with it since.
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Anthony Chaffee graduated from both the University of Washington as well as the Royal College of Surgeons in the UK.
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Did he play rugby with @UW_Doog_Bot or something?
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@Bob_C I once blew up my shoulder, rotator cuff, humerus, and collar bone in a cataclysmic ski crash in my early 30s. Had to get put back together by some of the best ortho trauma surgeons in the world at Harborview. That’s some serious skillz.
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He was a pro rugby player
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Obviously some good ones. But there are plenty of average or bad out there. I was pretty floored that 2 Proliance/Swedish specialists weren’t able to detect what a chiro at my local strip mall spotted and fixed in 30 seconds with a $40 copay.
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no no no … we just heard chiropractors are bad, mmmkay.
I also tore up my shoulder skiing. At the time I was a pour and couldn’t afford health insurance, let alone a trip to the surgeon. 3 mos later the chiropractor's masseuse fixed it.
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Skiing w/o health insurance? Bold strategy, Cotton!
The retail cost to fix me back in 2012 was like $90,000. Steel plait with 18 screws. No chiro was fixing that shit.
I'll post some pics in the upcoming ortho surgery poll.
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I don't disagree that there are plenty of lousy MDs out there. I've dealt with some terrible MDs, DDs, who turned me off for a variety reasons. And I don't doubt that some chiros might be more knowledgeable about nutrition or PT than your average MD.
But that's not my point really. I start from a default setting of the internet and social media in general being full of cranks, quaks, snake oil sellers, etc. There be dragons here and it's best to proceed with caution.
So, when seeking out information on preventative medicine for the long haul, if I have the option to chose from a guy who went to Stanford Med School vs guy who got a BS at Chiro College, I'm going with the former. It seems like a less risky strategy IMHO. Call me old fashioned and out of step with the times, but the credentials still matter to me. @creepycoug back me up here on the academis smack talk.
If you guysm like your chiros, then more power to you. It's not for me.
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The Throbber picks his physicians based on boobs and size of fingers.
The annual prostate exam should be a joy, not a terror.
