@Njord
Thanks for the link, I’m not a med pro and not particularly interested in this so just read it briefly a couple of times as way too many figures for me to take in but I cant see where it confirms your point? In fact in the conclusions it states;
Among Medicare B beneficiaries aged 66–99 with neck pain, incidence of vertebrobasilar stroke was extremely low. Small differences in risk between patients who saw a chiropractor and those who saw a primary care physician are probably not clinically significant.
This is referenced again in @granger1’s post and it also states that the risk of stroke increases after spinal manipulation, however it repeatedly seems to say this risk is no higher being done by a chiropractor than any other person.
Granger1’s post has a study that deals with people under 45 being at greater risk, however this post only deals with 6 people (in a sample of 582) so as it states
Furthermore, we caution that such rate estimates can easily be overemphasized. Statements about attributable rates imply a causal association and assume that observed relative risk values are unaffected by bias. This study design does not permit us to estimate the number of cases that are truly the result of trauma sustained during manipulation.
And
While the observations here are compatible with the argument that there is an increased risk of VBA in young adults from cervical manipulations as performed in clinical practice in this province, they still do not provide conclusive evidence.
The post titled Neurologists warn (sorry it doesn’t like me linking it twice) seems like it should be good but uses a quote from the above paper
A recent study by researchers from the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Ontario found that patients younger than 45 who had experienced stroke related to posterior circulation are 5 times more likely than controls to have visited a chiropractor within a week of the event
But doesn’t mention that the paper they reference states there isn’t enough evidence in this study to confirm this.
Leaving out a major part of an argument so you look better is human, but not medically sound.
Again, I’m neither for or against having people click your back if that’s what you want done and personally I wouldnt get it done, if I was these papers would make me ask questions at a chiropractors but not stop me going.
Again, not a med pro so may have read these wrong.