Chiro Neck Lawsuit Settled

"Nana Weedkiller" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The head of the College of Chiropractors of Alberta said neck adjustments
are the No. 1 chiropractic treatment.

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Chiropractor suit settled out of court
Strokes blamed on neck manipulations

Maria Canton
Calgary Herald

Wednesday, January 21, 2004

A Calgary woman who sued her chiropractor, claiming he left her on his
office floor vomiting and having a stroke while he treated other patients,
has settled the case out of court.
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In Wolny's case, it wasn't until her fourth-consecutive trip to Cameron's
office, where she received her second and third neck manipulations, that

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alleges she felt a sudden pain and the onset of extreme dizziness.

Her legal claim outlines a blow-by-blow account of what happened next,
including her body collapsing and starting to sweat profusely. She said

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then began to vomit and claims Cameron clearly stated there was no need to
call an ambulance.

Instead, Wolny's husband was telephoned and while en route, she was
"escorted out of the view of other patients and into a room at the back of
the office," says the claim.

With her then three-year-old son by her side, the statement alleges, Wolny
was left alone while Cameron returned to his other patients.

Once her husband arrived at the clinic, she says it took her 30 minutes to
get to her feet and out of the office, but not before Cameron gave the
couple his home phone number and advised them to call if things worsened.

Later that evening, the Wolnys claim they called Cameron, who arrived at
their Calgary home and assured her she would be OK.

The next morning, Wolny's husband called an ambulance for his wife.

Wolny was admitted to Foothills Hospital and, according to her statement

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claim, was "diagnosed as having suffered several strokes as a result of

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dissection of the left and right vertebral arteries."

She spent 10 days in the hospital and now has difficulty caring for her

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young children, running her gourmet food preparation business and managing
the family's rental property.

In an interview Tuesday, the head of the College of Chiropractors of

Alberta

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said neck adjustments are the No. 1 chiropractic treatment, and that there
is more danger in taking Aspirin.

That is very arguable. What is not arguable is that everyone knows about
and has been responsive to the risks of taking aspirin. For chiropractic
it is business as usual, despite now a long list of cases such as the above.

Note that as this patient did not die, she would not be included in the
statistics that chiropractors like to quote.

Peter Moran

"Nana Weedkiller" <Barrett's Publicist Ted Nidiffer> wrote in message snippered:

I've seen far, far, far worse complications as a result of MMR
vaccinations ... children who never got better and require constant
care.

The way the Quacks are heralding this single case as a victory to
their cause shows how desperate they are to back up their years of
claims against chiropractors ...

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www.BreastImplantAwareness.org

"Ilena" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Nana Weedkiller" <Barrett's Publicist Ted Nidiffer> wrote in message

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I've seen far, far, far worse complications as a result of MMR
vaccinations ... children who never got better and require constant
care.

The way the Quacks are heralding this single case as a victory to
their cause shows how desperate they are to back up their years of
claims against chiropractors ...

Only against a certain type of chiropractor, which unfortunately seems to be
a majority. It is hard to make chiropractic pay, with the number of
graduates, and many are driven to treat unnecessarily and for very dubious
reasons..

There are other chiropractors who accept that neck manipulation carries
risk, and who use it only for the musculoskeletal complaints that may
occasionally derive benefit from it. They deserve support, because they
are often persecuted by those who think manipulating the spine does magical
things.

Peter Moran