mmmcdowe
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I understand that as a pre-med you very likely lack real-world experience, and that's OK. Just don't delude yourself into thinking that everything you will someday be doing as an MD will "fix" everything you intend it to "fix". By the way, who does "fix" low back pain anyway?
I'd love to hear why most pre-meds don't have real-world experience. After all, working in a cubicle for 20 years gives you so much more life experience than the pre-med who studied in a cubicle for 4, or the pre-med who traveled to save african babies . After all, all pre-meds go to a sheltered college monastary for four years after being sheltered in high school. After all, no pre-med has ever had a real job, just things to put on their application. After all, just because pre-meds have families who are practicioners, those pre-meds don't know what the hell they are talking about. They're just trying to sound smart by repeating what daddy said! You are offended that people here are asserting that chiros are quacks, and yet you yourself are making assumptions about medical students and pre-meds not being able to have valid opinions because "they have no real life experience", which offends me. I'm alive, and I don't think I'm hallucinating you. Who are you to judge what counts as real life experience. Is me working two jobs and going to school full time not count as real life experience just because I'm a student as well as a part time teacher and a research fellow? Also, talking about real life is a bit amusing considering that we are all talking on a message board where anyone could easily change their status to attending, adcom, or whatever they wanted to.
I never said anyone fixed back pain, but at the same time doctors don't say they are going to fix something unless they have clinical data to back up their assertion. Sure, maybe it won't work for that patient, but the data is there. And if the data has been fudged by greedy companies, its still better than not having clinical studies at all. For the record, I believe that our country is addicted to interventional medicine, be it chiro or MD delivered. A healthy life style and excercise "fixes" most back pain by preventing it. I know that ever since I started taking ballet, my back has felt a lot better. Cheaper than medical intervention, and a lot more fun!
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