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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,804
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Ouch ! It sounds painful !
The first reference I found said........
"Irrational and Unsafe
There is no published scientific evidence or logical reason to believe that NCR is effective for treating any of the conditions for which it is recommended. There is no reason to believe that the sphenoid bone can be safely manipulated or that moving it would provide health benefits. In addition, although few complications have been reported, there is good reason to believe that it can be harmful.
In 1983, during treatment with Bilateral Nasal Specific (a variant in which a finger cot is used as the balloon), a Canadian baby was asphyxiated after the finger cot slipped off the syringe on which it was mounted and lodged in the child's windpipe. The practitioner was found guilty of manslaughter, fined $1,000, and ordered to stop using BNS [5].
A case has reported of a 51-year-old woman who sustained fractures in two sectors of her nasal septum (the bone between the nostrils) during an NCR treatment in which balloons were inflated inside her nostrils. During the procedure, the patient heard a crunching sound and experienced severe midface pain accompanied by nosebleed. Surgery was required to reposition her nasal septum. The authors noted that if the balloons had been placed more deeply into the nose, disastrous complications could have occurred [6].
The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners has concluded that Nasal Specific Treatment is within chiropractic's scope as defined by state law. In 2001, the board stated:
Nasal Specific Treatment appears to be a correction of the cranial bones and, as such, appears to meet the criteria of being within the scope of practice of a Texas licensed chiropractor.
Please be advised that Occupations Code, 201.502 states that it is ground for refusing, revoking, or suspending a license for "failure to use proper diligence in the practice of chiropractic." In other words, the Board expects a licensee to be properly trained in any technique that the licensee uses on a patient. [7].
The board did not specify how one can get "proper training" in an improper procedure. "
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Gee, this looks like a great place to sit and have a picnic with my yummy bone !
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