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Chiropracter persecuted for Healing peoplw with spoken words

ElevenBravo
11-04-2006, 02:53
I think this guy is onto something and the Ohio Chiropractic Board are being pigheaded morons to not investigate it further


A chiropractor who claims he can treat anyone by reaching back in time to when an injury occurred has attracted the attention of state regulators.


The Ohio State Chiropractic Board, in a notice of hearing, has accused James Burda of Athens of being "unable to practice chiropractic according to acceptable and prevailing standards of care due to mental illness, specifically, Delusional Disorder, Grandiose Type."

"My foot hurt and, knowing anatomy, I went ahead and I told it to realign and my pain went away," Burda said Thursday.


Burda calls his treatment "Bahlaqeem."


"It is a made-up word and, to my knowledge, has no known meaning except for this intended purpose. It does, however, have a soothing vibrational influence and contains the very special number of nine letters," Burda's Web site says.


The board alleges in three counts against Burda that the treatment is unacceptable and constitutes "willful and gross malpractice." Burda has until May 1 to request a hearing. The board can levy penalties ranging from a reprimand to revoking his license to practice, said Kelly Caudill, the board's executive director.


Caudill said she could not discuss the board's allegations while the investigation continues and could not comment on whether any of Burda's patients had complained. She said the board began the investigation when it learned of Burda's Web site. Burda said he likely will seek a hearing.


Burda said he charges nothing for his first "visit," usually by phone or Internet, and subsequent treatments are $60.


"All treatments are satisfaction-guaranteed. Treatment is always done before payment is made," Burda said, adding that one patient "just wasn't satisfied, and I tore up her check.


The Web site describes the treatment as "a long-distance healing service (not a product) to help increase the quality of your life that can be performed in the privacy of your home or other personal space. There is no need to come to my office."


The treatment is not telepathic because the patient does not have to believe in what he's doing, Burda said. He has treated hundreds of patients and reports nine out of 10 patients are satisfied, he said.


While he knows of no other people who have his particular skill, he said lawmakers and regulators should allow alternative forms of treatment for the patients who seek them.


"People who are in need cannot go to these people because they are not allowed to practice. This is terrible," Burda said.

AOL News: Strange but True - Chiropractor Claims He Can Go Back in Time
Iztatepopotla
11-04-2006, 03:04
Reminds me of that homeopath who discovered that the healing power of homepathic cures can travel over the internet, so all you need to do is hand over your credit card number and the cure will use the TCP/IP protocol to reach you. He even won an Ig Noble award for his discovery. This one should at least be nominated this year.
ElevenBravo
11-04-2006, 03:07
Reminds me of that homeopath who discovered that the healing power of homepathic cures can travel over the internet, so all you need to do is hand over your credit card number and the cure will use the TCP/IP protocol to reach you. He even won an Ig Noble award for his discovery. This one should at least be nominated this year.
its sickening the way alternative healing methods are shunned and mocked while corporate funded toxic medicine with much lower success rates are put on a pedestal
Lunatic Goofballs
11-04-2006, 03:11
I can kill with a word. Why can't this guy heal with one?

P.S: I'd tell you the word, but then you'd be dead and I'd be sad. :(
Ladamesansmerci
11-04-2006, 03:13
I can kill with a word. Why can't this guy heal with one?

P.S: I'd tell you the word, but then you'd be dead and I'd be sad. :(

but shouldn't you be dead for saying it, because you have to hear it too?
Sumamba Buwhan
11-04-2006, 03:14
at least:
"All treatments are satisfaction-guaranteed. Treatment is always done before payment is made," Burda said, adding that one patient "just wasn't satisfied, and I tore up her check.
Lunatic Goofballs
11-04-2006, 03:20
but shouldn't you be dead for saying it, because you have to hear it too?

It's in a language I don't understand. :)
Zarathoft
11-04-2006, 03:22
Eh? This is like me saying everytime my shoulder pops out "Hey shoulder would you pretty please with a cherry on top go back into place? I really don't want to have to put you back in myself...."

I guess if you want to spend your money on it go ahead...
Rotovia-
11-04-2006, 03:26
I'm with the Chiropractors on this one. If you want to practice hokus-pokus, fine. But do not do it under the guise of established medicine.
Free Mercantile States
11-04-2006, 03:31
You can't be serious. This guy is either an idiot, a scam artist, or both. Homeopathic medicine, alternative therapies, etc. are just the placebo effect. Minor, ubiquitous positive psychosomaticism. "Reaching back in time"? "Telling the injury to heal"? It's just superstitious bullshit people who don't want to live in the real, logical, empirically definable world indulge their "minds" in.
Lacadaemon
11-04-2006, 03:40
I'm with the Chiropractors on this one. If you want to practice hokus-pokus, fine. But do not do it under the guise of established medicine.

That sort of rules chiropratic out in general then.
Rotovia-
11-04-2006, 15:18
That sort of rules chiropratic out in general then.
I know alot of Doctors who would disagree. The point is, he's qualified to do one thing and he's missusing the respect that affords him to do another.
Khadgar
11-04-2006, 15:46
A fool and his money are soon to part.

Snake oil salesmen know this, and exploit it. Stupid people being broke, not gonna break my heart. Shockingly enough twigs and moss won't cure your cancer.
Moto the Wise
11-04-2006, 15:57
You can't be serious. This guy is either an idiot, a scam artist, or both. Homeopathic medicine, alternative therapies, etc. are just the placebo effect. Minor, ubiquitous positive psychosomaticism. "Reaching back in time"? "Telling the injury to heal"? It's just superstitious bullshit people who don't want to live in the real, logical, empirically definable world indulge their "minds" in.

The placebo effect is very strong though. It can cause some tremendous healings, due to the body's own abilities being used to their full. Plus perhaps he is triggering within the mind of the partitioner the memory of what it was when it was whole, speeding the fixin process? I don't know. But this sort of thing has been known to have very interesting effects. After all, voodoo curses were just be the placebo effect, but they could sometimes kill...
Grave_n_idle
11-04-2006, 16:19
Eh? This is like me saying everytime my shoulder pops out "Hey shoulder would you pretty please with a cherry on top go back into place? I really don't want to have to put you back in myself...."

I guess if you want to spend your money on it go ahead...

Just as a curiousity, of course....

Is it still a joke, if it works?