Editing Chiropractic (section)

== Controversy ==
{{main|Chiropractic controversy and criticism}}
Throughout its history chiropractic has been the subject of internal and external controversy and criticism.<ref name=Kaptchuk-Eisenberg /><ref name=Jaroff>{{cite magazine|last=Jaroff|first=Leon|title=Back Off, Chiropractors!|url=http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,213482,00.html|date=27 February 2002|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=7 June 2009}}</ref> According to [[Daniel D. Palmer]], the founder of chiropractic, [[vertebral subluxation|subluxation]] is the sole cause of disease and manipulation is the cure for all diseases of the human race.<ref name=Ernst-eval/><ref name=ChiropractorsAdjuster1910>{{cite book|vauthors= Palmer DD|title= The Chiropractor's Adjuster: Text-book of the Science, Art and Philosophy of Chiropractic for Students and Practitioners|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/45233534/s-Adjuster-1910|location=Portland, Oregon|publisher= Portland Printing House Co|year=1910|oclc=17205743|quote=A subluxated vertebra&nbsp;... is the cause of 95 percent of all diseases&nbsp;... The other five percent is caused by displaced joints other than those of the vertebral column.}}</ref> A 2003 profession-wide survey<ref name=McDonald /> found "most chiropractors (whether 'straights' or 'mixers') still hold views of innate intelligence and of the cause and cure of disease (not just back pain) consistent with those of the Palmers."<ref name=Brown2014>{{cite news|first=Candy|last=Gunther Brown |title=Chiropractic: Is it Nature, Medicine or Religion?|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/candy-gunther-brown-phd/chiropractic-is-it-nature_b_5559654.html|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=July 7, 2014}}</ref> A critical evaluation stated "Chiropractic is rooted in mystical concepts. This led to an internal conflict within the chiropractic profession, which continues today."<ref name=Ernst-eval /> Chiropractors, including D. D. Palmer, were jailed for [[Practicing medicine without license|practicing medicine without a license]].<ref name=Ernst-eval /> For most of its existence, chiropractic has battled with [[mainstream medicine]], sustained by antiscientific and pseudoscientific ideas such as subluxation.<ref name=History-Primer /> Collectively, systematic reviews have not demonstrated that spinal manipulation, the main treatment method employed by chiropractors, is [[Efficacy#Medicine|effective]] for any medical condition, with the possible exception of treatment for [[back pain]].<ref name=Ernst-eval /> Chiropractic remains controversial, though to a lesser extent than in past years.<ref name=DeVocht/>