unfortunately many people in the medical profession have been brainwashed over the years due to the AMA's anti-competitive clauses. it's going to be a long time until that silly stigma has been erased.
http://www.yourmedicaldetective.com/public/237.cfm
this case DID go to the US supreme court and the ruling was AGAINST the AMA. go ahead, look it up. you'll probably be very surprised.
chiropractic care has been found to be VERY effective in low back pain and it is also VERY safe. compare the malpractice insurance rates for a chiropractor versus an MD. they are GREATLY different and indicates the relative safety between professions.
people seek out chiropractors as an alternative means rather than polluting their body with unnecessary medications with side effects.
chiropractic promotes a healthy, drug free approach with an emphasis on nutrition.
i had severe neck pain after a jetski accident, and saw at least 3 different doctors. they all did nothing more than prescribe me NSAIDS, and muscle relaxers.
i was in such severe pain, that it was extremely difficult for me to even go to work. it wasn't until i went to a chiropractor a year and a half later that i found any relief. there are a number of my fellow students with similar stories. allopathic medicine had failed us, but chiropractic had cured us.
regarding the difference in "quality of education", i challenge any of you to go to a chiropractic college and attempt to match wits with the professors there. i guarantee you that they'll win. they are EXTREMELY well educated.
ironically enough, there are also three medical colleges in new york state looking for graduates from our DC program to teach in their anatomy department. that's how well we are educated.
we are also accorded the title of "doctor" not ONLY because we have achieved a doctorate degree, but because we are considered to be physicians by medicare as well as in most states.
if you want evidence... search pubmed. you'll find an overwhelming amount of it. or you can ask people that have actually GONE to chiropractors rather than jumping to conclusions based on nothing more than hearsay.