Letters, Aug. 4, 1980

Universal Pain

To the Editors:

As I lay in bed suffering from a backache, my son tossed me your magazine with its cover story on backaches [July 14]. I found myself in your article—slightly overweight, engaging in physical activity only in spurts, then overdoing it, and unwilling to do the exercises recommended by my doctor.

Paul E. Kindig

Endwell, N. Y.

Murray Goldstein's comment that there is no evidence that spinal manipulation to relieve back pain is any better than singing Dixie is typical of the blinders-on approach the medical profession has toward chiropractors....

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