Frequently Asked Questions in Amsterdam NH

Yes. Research studies have proven the safety of chiropractic adjustments, but only when done by a licensed, board-certified Doctor of Chiropractic. The methods used by Doctors of Chiropractic have been researched and developed for over 100 years in the United States. Major medical websites in the United States now recommend chiropractic as the first choice for neck and back pain (check our Links page for more information)

D.D. Palmer discovered chiropractic in 1895 in Davenport, Iowa.

Chiropractic need not be a long term treatment requiring numerous visits. Many problems can be fixed in just a few short visits with a careful, precise, and focused approach.

This myth is particularly popular in Holland. The opposite is true. Walking around with untreated problems in the joints is what causes faster degeneration.

Few people have an anatomical difference in their leg lengths. However, many back pain patients have been told that they have a short leg by someone. Why is this? Muscle imbalances around the pelvis commonly cause one leg to appear to be shorter. The imbalances may be a symptom, or a cause of back pain. Therapists who do not understand this generally inform the patient that they have a short leg.

Many patients have been told that they have scoliosis, when in fact they simply have a small curve in the spine, which is rather common and usually not a problem. The diagnosis of scoliosis should never be made unless the curve is 30 degrees or more.

Applied Kinesiology is an advanced method of quickly diagnosing and treating human health problems. It was developed in the 1960s in the United States. It is now used all over the world by doctors, dentists, and other professionals. Many people claim to practice AK, but very few people have any sort of certification.

No. In NL, only chiropractors who have doctoral-level diplomas may legally use the word doctor. Chiropractors who trained in EU schools often have lower level degrees. (In the U.S., only full Doctors of Chiropractic can get a license. Not so in EU).

This issue has been decided by the highest court in the Netherlands after American-trained Doctor Servando Molina was sued for using his correct title. Dutch courts studied this issue and found that US-certified Doctors of chiropractic actually have an equal or higher higher level of education and clinical training than Dutch huisarts. Doctors of chiropractic are now legally recognized in NL as specialists in musculoskeletal complaints.

The ones who sued my colleague did the chiropractic profession a big favor. All insurance companies in NL must now offer coverage for chiropractic care. Any health care professional who questions another’s credentials simply has an inferiority complex.

In NL, medical care is treated as a scarcity. If 10 patients need an MRI, the doctor has to choose only 1. The others can’t get one. Almost no preventative care is given. There is very little screening for major diseases. Not even regular check-ups for simple things like blood pressure and glucose to see if a patient is starting to develop diabetes or high blood pressure. Doctor Drewry often see patients in advanced stages of an entirely preventable disease. In NL, the system fails people by severely limiting choice. There is very little or no choice of doctors. This is a huge problem.
Every profession has competent and incompetent people in it. In NL, most patients are stuck with a doctor who may or may not be competent. This is a needless game of chance with patients’ health. NL should be doing much better.

How is this compared to the U.S.? According to recent studies done in the US, about 1 in 4 patients is misdiagnosed. The number for Netherlands is probably higher. This would be a high error rate for most any other profession. But medical conditions are notoriously tricky to diagnose, so that is not bad. That still leaves 1 in 4 with an undiagnosed problem. In the US, patients do have a choice of doctors. And they can go to as many different ones as they want to find the right diagnosis. The 1 out of 4 patients who don’t get a solution can keep trying. The US system has big problems, but patients there do have a better chance of getting the correct care simply because they can easily switch doctors.

Data exists showing that the health outcomes in NL are similar to US, where care is much more expensive. This is a great example of how statistics can be misinterpreted by failing to look at the context. Netherlanders are much healthier overall than Americans. NL residents have a lower baseline rate of obesity, cancer, and many other diseases because of healthier lifestyles. The Dutch health care system can take no credit for that. The outcomes in NL would have to be much better for there to be a true equivalence in outcomes.

Neurologists are utterly clueless when it comes to musculoskeletal conditions. They never actually touch a patient. They just know theories from their books. Neurologists are the greatest source of medcial misinformation in NL. Every patient who has been to a neurologist comes in to their chiropractor with false assumptions.

Dr Drewry is a FUNCTIONAL neurologist. That means he knows how neurology actually works, not just theories out of a book Dr Drewry is national board certified in neurology in the US and Australia. No Dutch neurologist even comes close to his level of education and training.