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The main reason why the myth of subluxation refuses to die is undoubtedly the fact that it provides the rationale for chiropractors’ hallmark intervention: spinal manipulation and thus the financial basis for every chiropractor on the planet. The US ‘Practice Analysis of Chiropractic 2020’ showed that manual chiropractic adjustment of the occiput, spine and/or pelvis was the treatment task performed with the highest frequency.
The principal functions of the spine: To support the head.
To support the ribs. To support the chiropractor.
—B. J. Palmer
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Ernst, E. (2020). Spinal Manipulation. In: Chiropractic. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53118-8_5
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