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Default 7 Foods to Boost Your Good Gut Bacteria (That Aren?t Yogurt)

On 31/05/2016 11:30 AM, l not -l wrote:
>
> On 31-May-2016, wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 10:33:01 AM UTC-4, wrote:
>>> On Tue, 31 May 2016 15:10:31 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Tue, 31 May 2016 11:52:01 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Doris Night" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> On Mon, 30 May 2016 21:06:36 -0400, Dave Smith
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2016-05-30 7:50 PM, wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Add chiropractors to that list. I am watching a friend who has
>>>>>>>> great
>>>>>>>>> faith in hers get steadily worse.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have a friend who is a chiropractor, but I would never go to him
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> any other chiropractor. I know lots of people who go to
>>>>>>>> chiropractors
>>>>>>>> for various issues, and every one of them has to go back for
>>>>>>>> regular
>>>>>>>> treatments. They are are never cured. I have had a number of
>>>>>>>> issues
>>>>>>>> that were treated with physiotherapy and they were corrected and I
>>>>>>>> never
>>>>>>>> had to go back.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've had the same experience.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I had an issue with my groin and lower back about two years ago. My
>>>>>>> family doctor didn't seem to take me seriously when I told her I
>>>>>>> had
>>>>>>> trouble bending and doing things like vacuuming. She suggested that
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> was a malingerer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I went to a physiotherapist, and he nailed the cause of my problem
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> about 10 minutes. I saw him twice a week for 4 weeks, with massage,
>>>>>>> heat treatment, and electrotherapy. He fixed me up beautifully, and
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> haven't been back.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A few people in my husband's family swear by this one specific
>>>>>>> chiropractor, and they go to him every couple of weeks. For the
>>>>>>> past
>>>>>>> six or seven years. But he works wonders, apparently.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are physiotherapists the same as Chiropractors? I have been
>>>>>> to -physiotherapists and they were wonderful!
>>>>>
>>>>> No, physios here usually work in conjunction with doctors to get you
>>>>> to exercise, bend or whatever, joints that are in trouble.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, that is kind of how it works here. I just wondered if it were
>>>> different for you.
>>>
>>> If you want to go to a chiropractor you have to pay, it is not
>>> considered a medical need since they are not doctors.

>>
>> I've had medical insurance that would pay for chiropractic.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton

> Medicare pays for a number of chiropractic procedures, as does United
> Healthcare Medicare Supplemental.
>

I'm sure that's due to some sort of public pressure.
Many pharmacies today stock homeopathic and other nonsensical potions.
The pharmacists know that they are hoooey but the demand and the MBAs in
charge determine what's on the shelves.
Graham