Chiropractic Upper Cervical Manipulation
Stroke and deaths caused by chiropractic neck manipulations have been reported in medical journals since 1947. Some chiropractic organizations defend their therapy and design studies to obscure the connection.
When medical professionals tried to intervene, chiropractors responded by suing the medical associations for obstructing free trade and fair competition. The federal court agreed but found "alarming practices by some chiropractors," while noting that the dominant reason why the medical association acted was for "patient care" and upon their belief that "chiropractic was not in the best interests of patients."* Despite this warning of questionable practices, chiropractors continue upper cervical manipulations while their unsuspecting patients suffer the harmful consequences.
The incidence of stroke is widely believed to be under-reported. As new chiropractors enter the workforce and more consumers of "wellness care" seek alternative therapy, the number of patients suffering stokes is rising, particularly in people not at risk for stroke but who do use chiropractic services.
Our Mission is three-fold
Our primary mission is to raise public awareness so that fewer people will suffer strokes caused by an excessively risky form of chiropractic treatment. We also provide a sanctuary for persons affected by chiropractic stroke, an online space to share experiences and help each other. By bringing people together, we intend to build a medical records database showing the connection between stroke diagnosis and certain forms of recent chiropractic treatment. See our Mission Page for a fuller account of these goals.
We are grateful that you are taking the time to consider what we have to share about Chiropractic Stroke Awareness Organization. We are an organization with national and international reach, dedicated to understanding, evaluating and researching the risks of stroke induced by chiropractic upper cervical manipulation.
North American Non-Profit Organization (Status Pending)
Our fundamental goal with our organization and this Web site is to bring together information that will be conducive to research and investigation — specifically as follows:
- Promoting awareness of strokes caused by chiropractic treatment
- Creating a community to share knowledge and provide support
- Accumulating medical data on strokes in relation to chiropractic treatment
- Examining the relationship of stroke occurrence and recent chiropractic care
- Exploring risk and prevention
It is our intent to gather together people and information about strokes induced by chiropractic treatment. We encourage you to join with us, the board members of this organization. Participants already include:
- Chiropractic care seekers
- Chiropractic patients
- Stroke victims
- Family members of stroke victims
- Medical doctors
- Physical therapists
- Conscientious chiropractors
- Social workers
- Counselors
- Psychologists
- Attorneys
- Researchers
- Women's health advocates
- Concerned citizens
We invite you to view our site overview page and to contact us if you would like more information about our organization and our mission. You may be interested in joining us in our fight against the tragic risk of strokes induced by chiropractic treatment.
