Injured patients want new rules for chiropractors
When Brittmarie Harwe woke up with a sore neck and shoulder in 1993, she sought help from a chiropractor recommended by a friend. At her second visit, something went terribly wrong. "When he did the first (adjustment), I felt it, like a rushing noise in my head, dizzy," recalled Harwe. "He looked me in the eye and realized I was in distress. I was having a stroke, right then and there." Harwe, 26 at the time, was rushed to the hospital, where she learned that her left vertebral artery had been crushed. In the days and years that followed she suffered from paralysis, vision loss, weakness and coordination problems, a paralyzed vocal cord and an inability to swallow. Today, she still uses a feeding tube.
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