Mysterious Healing
December 10, 2008 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
Jesus asked the disabled man “Wilt thou be made whole?”
My chiropractor says he’s in the top 85-90% of fibromyalgia experts, having an 80-90% success rate for patients who follow his treatment plan.
My pastor says he has a 90% success rate when he prays for the previously infertile to become pregnant.
Makes me wonder . . . why aren’t people making a pilgrimage to this place begging for healing?
Tracee,
Amen sister! Lots of claims being made these days! Did you see my “no scam, no spam” post recently? I’ve witnessed some scary and/or questionable claims targeting the ill and targeting health bloggers.
Jeanne
P.S. Those rounded off numbers always make me suspicious too…
No dear, you misunderstand.
I believe them.
I believe in healing, miraculous or otherwise, and I really do wonder why people aren’t coming here for relief.
They don’t make outrageous claims in advertising and the pastor doesn’t charge money for prayer. But, you’d think word-of-mouth would get more people to their doorsteps.
Tracee,
A chiropractor in CA recently had his license revoked for making very similar claims about his “fibro cure rates”. He fleeced patients out of thousands of dollars apiece for uncovered treatments. His website even mentioned FINANCING options for his services! The attorney general took up the case.
See link:
http://theiciexperience.blogspot.com/search?q=whitcomb
There are patients being preyed upon by unscrupulous, unethical practitioners.
I get spam all the time from scammers trying to get me to plug for them on my blog. Health bloggers are a target. Illness is big business.
I am not judging your chiropractor. He may have some secret method that isn’t attracting flocks of patients for whatever reason.
If he has the succes rate he claims, I would think he’d do anything and everything to get the word out not just to patients but through professional organizations he belongs to!
I used to work in a chiropractor’s office and they worked on my fibro and I can assure you that their methods did not work as your chiropractor claims his methods do.
I’m NOT saying he doesn’t do what he says. I’ve never even met him. I’m just saying that maybe he should be telling other practitioners about his methods so doctors around the US and elsewhere can benefit from it… if those stats are accurate.
How is he calculating his numbers?
As far as the pastor is concerned, where do I start???? I personally have gotten to know dozens of women at in-person local endometriosis support group meetings who have struggled with infertility for many years.
Some have endometriosis as the cause. Others may have endo and PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome). Still others have a number of other factors. Yet others have partners with issues affecting fertility too. Maybe their husband has a low sperm count, for example.
I have gotten to know many infertile patients (in person and through my blog).
I know of women who have finally managed to get pregnant after years of infertility only to have a miscarriage or two or three…
I know of women who have had NINE miscarriages. My aunt had 6 miscarriages from endo. I know of women who carried 9 months and then had a stillbirth.
Your pastor may well have some “mysterious healing secret”. I’ve never met him. I don’t know where he gets his stats.
All I know is there are MILLIONS of couples suffering with infertility, miscarriages, stillbirths, and premature infants who would not appreciate his comments.
I DO>/b> believe there are cases of spontaneous healing.
I DO NOT agree with people making flippant remarks without evidence to back it up.
Maybe the people you mentioned have loads of evidence! I have no idea.
I’m assuming that neither the chiropractor or the pastor has the time or resources to scientifically study these issues and produce accurate statistics!
I really think we’re going to have to agree to disagree on this one.
I DO believe in healing. I DO NOT care for people making inflammatory remarks about illnesses when there are millions suffering in pain who have spent years hunting for answers. My perception is that both individuals you mentioned have made remarks some could find hurtful.
Patients suffer enough without people making false claims that invalidate their suffering.
If these two have the answers, they have a duty to get their answers out there to help the millions who are suffering.
Jeanne
Yes, profit is a suspicious motive. There are some bad apples. Yet, there are some gifted healers too and I think they can remark on their own success rates, especially if they believe they can help people. I have no reason to doubt the motives or the success rates of either of these men.
They don’t need evidence or statistics because they aren’t mass MARKETING their services. I don’t need evidence because I’m not marketing their services either – I’m simply sharing word-of-mouth information about possible healing. I have no evidence that the sinus wash miracle cure is an actually miracle but it works for me and provides immeasurable relief for my allergies and you’re free to try it or not at your own leisure. I got it word-of-mouth and share it word-of-mouth. It may not work for you. Same applies to these two healers. Free to hunt them down and try it and free not believe it without substantial evidence too.
They simply have – what they believe – are very high success rates and abnormally effective methods of healing.
I believe my pastor’s “mysterious healing secret” is good old fashioned “prayer.” I image it’s a Catch 22 for some patients because it relies entirely on Faith. Once a patient has been burned by the guy in California, faith is hard to come by.
My chiropractor says he has fibro himself and says that “if people follow his protocol and treatment plan” then his success rate is over 80%. He has a theory about a head-foreword posture. Patients often find “following a protocol and treatment plan” less than easy.
I agree Tracee – I know so many people that seek medical treatment after medical treatment, and aside from taking the pills they completely ignore all the other advice or instruction and then complain about not getting better. I used to work closely w/ Doctors and that’s their pet peeve..why have endless visits concerning your diabetes or knee problem or back condition and then never even listen to what he’s telling you to do? you know?
Also, I believe in miraclous healing too. I believe it because I’ve seen it in people close to me..people that went to their doctor later and the doctor agreed it was a miracle. That doesn’t mean I believe in EVERYONE claiming healing power, but to rule it out speaks volumes about a person’s way of thinking.
Speaking of which, I hope everyone reading this will pray for a lady named Valerie. She’s from my town, she’s in her 30’s, she has 2 boys, 1 husband and a bleak cancer prognosis.
The whole town is praying persistently for a miracle. I pray w/ my boys every single night for her. It has effected me so personally because she’s so similar to me – even used to work at my workplace. I’m begging God to spare her. I believe it’s in his power to heal her. I ask everyone who reads this to pray for her healing. please.
God bless that woman and her family That Girl.
My MIL is going to try the chiropractor for 8 weeks. I’m so proud of her. Now, if I can just get her to *believe* it will work – that’s the tricky part.
I’ve found older people very distrusting of the chiropracter. I dont’ really understand it – but most older people think of them as quacks..
I find a lot of logic in going to a BONE DOCTOR when your spine’s messed up – you know? Hopefully her attitude will get better about it.
I understand it – their actual doctors tell old people they could be paralyzed and scare them away from the chiropractor.
I believe because they fixed my back. She’s down with the chiropractor – just not sure she can believe in a life without pain.