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Of course, as with all 'methods' (quacks or no-quacks), there is always the placebo effect, it has been proven in countless studies. But NUCCA just tops it off... they even compare themselfes to Harvard Medical School. As for theories, just take a look at the nucca site, you'll find answers for everything sure enough If anyone claims to know by scientific means how humans function in such detail, he can not be taken seriously. I don't have a theory... probably nobody has. All we can do is live and see how to do it in a good way. I can not possibly judge what makes someones head move more freely after a nucca treatment, but I will voice my opinion about this. Perhaps he can move his head more freely, because something in the treatment worked? I haven't heard of many documented instances of placebos that can improve a person's range of motion. I believe that acupuncture has never fully been understood by the medical profession, although there is good evidence that it works and it is even offered by the NHS. Are you also going to scoff at anyone who gets results through that? There's certainly a lot of nonsense going about (not least homeopathy- which has never faired well in scientific testing) but I don't think it's particularly wise to just casually scoff at everything that you don't understand.

I am well aware of the power of self-suggestion and the placebo effect. I was trained many years ago as a hypnotherapist, (though I don't do that now). I could no more have corrected the difficulty with turning my head by positive expectation than someone could reset the bones in a broken leg by prayer. I guess I can count myself lucky that I didn't dismiss the whole idea of NUCCA because of some cheap promotionals before I began treatment with my chiropractor--just as I'm lucky I didn't lose interest in piano after hearing my childhood friends play chopsticks and Heart and Soul. I have absolutely no problem with the idea that one can expect better results from highly experienced, skilled and/or talented practitioners of the system than from beginners or trained wannabees. This kind of chiropractic does involve considerable "art" in its execution, including fine manual dexterity (the adjustments are delicate and precise). There is also considerable judgment, informed both experience and intuition, involved in deciding how to proceed with individual treatment. It is exactly the same situation we find in piano. I'd much rather listen to the Horowitzes and Gekics playing a technically difficult piece than some mediocre music school graduate, even if the latter has the latest degree. My experience has been that my chiropractor's work is at least partly evidence-based. She did take X-rays before treatment which showed the displacement at the Atlas, and she continued to take X-rays at intervals during the treatment so she could clarify what her adjustments were doing. Although it is proving hard to keep my alignment right on the money, the overall displacement now is much less, and the twist is reduced enough to remove the block. I agree that the claims made for NUCCA are likely exaggerated. I have not posted about NUCCA here in order to advance those claims, or to win anyone over to NUCCA as a method of treatment. I just wanted to share something I had experienced that seemed relevant to Andrew's complaint of a physical asymmetry earlier in this thread. --Rush