I just read an article about Roy Jones Jr. getting his brain healed by a chiropractor. apparently he has had balance issues for a while now. I remember reading that when one receives a blow to the head, the most traumatic damage is received in the brain stems(because of the jerking motion) and it is the cerebellum(located near the brain stems) that dictates one's sense of balance. do you think this actually works? it almost sounds too good to be true
Chiropractics are basically scam artists with a university education: [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic[/ame] If you take away the placebo effect, there isn't much to the science.
As far as I know, damage to the neurons in the CNS and most of the PNS is irreversible, as they do not regenerate. The only hope for reversing the damage lies in getting stems cells to differentiate into new neurons, injecting them into damaged areas and getting them to regenerate into new nerve tissue. This sounds like a fraud.
Chiropractic medicine is an odd topic; some rate it as utter bull while others swear by it. There's not a huge amount of evidence to suggest either way at present. I saw an interesting video on it that made sense and had me tempted to visit one, until I heard the prices. Crazy stuff about all these different kinds of pressures and crushing motions, which inhibited nerve activity: each vertebrae has a specific set of nerves with a specific function, so one might be involved with the liver while another works the lungs etc. Spine manipulation, according to this video, meant that all kinds of problems could be treated.
Sounds like some cockamamie bull**** that only a chiropractor would spew, and only a delusional boxer would believe it.
I didnt know brain damage was even reversable. If Jones has balence issues now then he needs to seriously ****ing stop
chiropractics cannot fix brain damage, although if the brain makes it so that a person has balance affected on one side, helping align the spine might make the problem less noticeable if previous to the injury, the spine was not lined up. Or Roy Jones maybe figures it was a chiropractic problem. I am not a big believer in chiropractors, although I have good friends who swear by it and go 2 times a week. I do know that traction can help align the spine. I do not think it is all nonsense. It is almost psychological. I went 2 times once, and I felt ok after. More relaxed.
The human touch/messaging can stimulate healing and has done so for thousands of years but this sounds to much like promoter meets chiropractor and somehow they just happen come up with a marketing ploy.:roll: In fact, it sounds like something that could sell like hotcakes throughout the Florida panhandle
I think RJJ should go to a neurologist. Somebody needs to tell him that chiropractors do something else.
