KANSAS: *Still* making OK look a bit less awful

[ksinger]

Why chiropractors need to be checked out really really really well before you see them: they often tend toward top-level serious woo. And somehow I'm not surprised it's coming out of Kansas. Kansas is pretty much a waste of space, on a lot of levels. But as I say, they make Oklahoma look a little less neanderthal. But only a little....

A Male Chiropractor Wants Women To Use Controversial Methods To Contain Menstrual Flow

Yes, ladies, some white dude is going to mansplain to you how to handle your periods (GLUE that puppy SHUT!), because (and he is quoted saying this):

"in which he explained that “[Y]ou as a woman should have come up with a better solution than diapers and plugs, but you didn’t. Reason being women are focused on and distracted by your period 25% of the time, making them far less productive than they could be. Women tend to be far more creative than men, but their periods that [sic] stifle them and play with their heads.” Dopps added over the phone that “a lot of the LGBT community, lesbians in particular, are furious at me because I’m a white straight man.”"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kavinsenapathy/2017/02/20/male-chiropractor-wants-women-to-glue-labia-shut-with-lipstick-to-contain-menstrual-flow/#5fb69dce4517


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[Missy]

Wow. Once again I am speechless. Doesn't happen very often but I guess this "Brave New World" is just out of this world. As in whackadoodle crazy.

 

[lovedogs]

Oh ffs. There are no words for this level of stupid.

 

[telephone89]

I'm a bit weird with Chiropractors. I hate that they call themselves doctors when they hold no medical degree, and THEN they also F*ck around with your bones! It scares the crap out of me. There are definitely a lot of coo-coos over there...

 

[ksinger]

LOL! Looks like the fam is all "Dan who?" Whatcha bet it's going to be...awkward at Thanksgiving this year?

http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article134119134.html

"Brad Dopps, who owns the Dopps Chiropractic Clinic at 5119 E. Kellogg, said all Dopps Chiropractic Clinics are individually owned.

“None of us agree with what he’s doing or trying to do,” Brad Dopps said over the phone. “We have tried to control his concept and marketing, and we have been unable to prevent his freedom of thought, expression and speech.”

Fred Dopps, another brother who owns a clinic at 2243 S. Meridian, said his brother’s idea has been “an embarrassment.”

“Dan’s a great chiropractor, and he’s helped many people, but this has nothing to do with chiropractic, and I personally told him it was a bad idea to associate his name with the product,” Fred Dopps said over the phone. “I didn’t think it was in his best interest or the family name, which we’ve tried hard to build in this community.”

 

[lovedogs]

I'm a bit weird with Chiropractors. I hate that they call themselves doctors when they hold no medical degree, and THEN they also F*ck around with your bones! It scares the crap out of me. There are definitely a lot of coo-coos over there...

That doesn't make you weird..I think many people feel this way (including me). They should not be able to call themselves Doctors without any medical training. I thinkunk they are largely hacks (saying largely instead of all, because I'm sure there are some OK ones out there. Maybe)

 

[redwood66]

I don't like chiropractors either, it is kinda creepy. This guy is a loon. But I do love the automated massage table that my chiropractor had. I need one of those!

 

[telephone89]

I'm a bit weird with Chiropractors. I hate that they call themselves doctors when they hold no medical degree, and THEN they also F*ck around with your bones! It scares the crap out of me. There are definitely a lot of coo-coos over there...

That doesn't make you weird..I think many people feel this way (including me). They should not be able to call themselves Doctors without any medical training. I thinkunk they are largely hacks (saying largely instead of all, because I'm sure there are some OK ones out there. Maybe)

Whew. Sometimes I tell people that I 'don't believe in them' and they look at me like I don't believe in coffee

 

[lovedogs]

I'm a bit weird with Chiropractors. I hate that they call themselves doctors when they hold no medical degree, and THEN they also F*ck around with your bones! It scares the crap out of me. There are definitely a lot of coo-coos over there...

That doesn't make you weird..I think many people feel this way (including me). They should not be able to call themselves Doctors without any medical training. I thinkunk they are largely hacks (saying largely instead of all, because I'm sure there are some OK ones out there. Maybe)

Whew. Sometimes I tell people that I 'don't believe in them' and they look at me like I don't believe in coffee

I get that look sometimes too hah. It's one thing to treat a chiropractor as a masseuse (which I personally wouldn't do, but I can understand) versus treating them like a medical doctor. My issue with chiropractors is that I think they use false advertising. IMHO they are masseuses (whatever the plural is haha), but they are marketed as something (better), which I strongly disagree with.

 

[Dee*Jay]

I have to give one positive story about chiros... I herniated a disc in my back several years ago and had no idea what happened although all Dr. Google kept leading me down the path of kidney stones. I ultimately went to the ER (this was Easter morning... what an interesting group of people you find in the ER on holidays... but I digress!). The doc pumped me full of pain pills (which I promptly puked back up) and sent me on my way. The release paperwork (which I did not read until I got home) said I had a severe UTI. Not sure how that conclusion was reached because I never even so much as peed in a cup...???

Anyway, a week late I was still walking around like something come to life from the cro mangon era, my knuckles getting bloody from dragging on the ground, and a colleague suggested I go to her chiro. I poo-poo'd the idea for another several days and finally I went. I told him right up front that I considered chiropractory to be life voodoo medicine, but I would give anything a shot at this point. He took an x-ray (which is more than the ER had done!), manipulated me a bit, and within a day I was standing upright like a normal person with MUCH less pain (and that subsided very quickly).

I'm not saying chiropractor is the end-all be-all or that it is a full replacement for other medicine, but in my case Dr. Pop 'n' Crack helped me out!

ETA: my menstrual cycle didn't come up one single time while he was fixing my back, LOL.

 

[telephone89]

I have to give one positive story about chiros... I herniated a disc in my back several years ago and had no idea what happened although all Dr. Google kept leading me down the path of kidney stones. I ultimately went to the ER (this was Easter morning... what an interesting group of people you find in the ER on holidays... but I digress!). The doc pumped me full of pain pills (which I promptly puked back up) and sent me on my way. The release paperwork (which I did not read until I got home) said I had a severe UTI. Not sure how that conclusion was reached because I never even so much as peed in a cup...???

Anyway, a week late I was still walking around like something come to life from the cro mangon era, my knuckles getting bloody from dragging on the ground, and a colleague suggested I go to her chiro. I poo-poo'd the idea for another several days and finally I went. I told him right up front that I considered chiropractory to be life voodoo medicine, but I would give anything a shot at this point. He took an x-ray (which is more than the ER had done!), manipulated me a bit, and within a day I was standing upright like a normal person with MUCH less pain (and that subsided very quickly).

I'm not saying chiropractor is the end-all be-all or that it is a full replacement for other medicine, but in my case Dr. Pop 'n' Crack helped me out!

ETA: my menstrual cycle didn't come up one single time while he was fixing my back, LOL.

I like this name

I know some people DO find them helpful, moving bones around still freaks me out LOL

 

[azstonie]

There are chiropractors out there who do amazing things for their patients. My husband has had great benefit from one chiropractor and woe is him because we moved away from that city. Hasn't found anyone that good since.

Then there are the chiropractors who cause strokes while doing neck manipulation. I saw this too frequently in the ER. If I were being treated by a chiropractor I would not allow them to do the neck manipulation. Too much at stake, too little room for error. No neck work, period.

 

[Missy]

Ha look at this law in Kentucky. Lol. I guess States vary.




"If you move to Kentucky you better be prepared to bathe at least once a year. A state law that mandates people bathe at least once in 12 months is just one of many unusual statutes that are on the books. Another state law stated that "No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she be escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club." The law was later amended with: "The provisions of this statute shall not apply to females weighing less than 90 pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds, nor shall it apply to female horses."


I don't have the energy but maybe a thread discussing the weird laws in some states. We could all use a good laugh right about now.

 

[arkieb1]

The medical industry & large drug companies run by men in general have a lot to answer for, they spend billions on Viagra but can't spend the same amount on women's health products.