Posted: Thu Aug 9 2001
Chiropractor Quits, Becomes Real Doctor

James Nelson announced that he intends to leave chiropracty after 35 years.

Nelson, a 55 year old chiropractor of the Bones'nStuff clinic in Lenexa Kansas, says that he intends to enroll in medical school and "become a real doctor."

James is not alone. Over the past few years, a growing number of chiropractors are leaving thier chosen field in favor of real medical degrees and practices. But in a recent press release, David Rubinski, president of the Karmic World-wide Association of Chiropractic Caregivers, or KWWACC, said said that although chiropractic firms have lost 20% of their practitioners in the last 3 years, there was no cause for worry. "I'm not worried," says Rubinski, "as long as people are still mostly scientifically illiterate, I'll still have a job."

Chiropractic patients are saddened by the news, but are not surprized. Hellen Smith, a patient of Nelson's for the last 30 years, explains "I knew this would happen eventually. They where forced out by those quacks who call themselves 'real doctors' because of that 'science' and those 'peer reviewed studies', like that really means anything."

As for James Nelson, there's no turning back, "I just couldn't keep living a lie."