More of the Same from the ACA

The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) gets an A+ for effort, however they fail quite miserably when it comes to accuracy. Attached is another letter from the ACA full of misinformation regarding which states preclude physical therapists from performing manipulation - this time to Health magazine concerning a a recent feature on the spinal manipulation paper recently published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Similar to their previous letter to More magazine (same song, different verse), their list of states whose practice acts preclude physical therapists from performing spinal manipulation is entirely wrong. Interestingly, he even left off one state that does actually preclude physical therapists from performing manipulation - West Virginia. I have contacted Don Krippendorf, President of the ACA, on multiple occasions to no avail regarding the inaccuracy. Given his lack of response, I have attached the letter I originally sent to him regarding the letter to More magazine. You never know - perhaps some of the ACA staff read the blog more than he responds to his email. The same letter could be sent regarding the most recent letter, but the ACA doesn't seem to be interested in correcting factual errors. You be the judge. Let me know if you have any questions.

John

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