Something about the clear institute

[public12321]

I am a new comer in this forum. I am 18year-old and with scoliosis of about 18 degrees. I have read the old posts and found that there seems lots of successful cases from the clear institute, but I found something strange on the clear's website

http://www.clear-institute.com/DCtestimony.html

For the before and after x-ray shown, the change in angle is indicated by the red line drawn, they all show great improvement in the angle, however, just looking by my eyes, I can't see any difference between the before and after x-ray =.=

Any comments?

[public12321]

any reply?

[proudmom2_2]

I really don't have much comment on the xrays...who knows....you hope that its legit. I do know that my daughter and I'm sure some others on this forum have went through with this treatment. I can only tell our experience...we started the treatments in September of this year and went every week until December. My daughter progressed for the worse in this time. Therefore, we discontinued the treatments and are looking into other alternatives. HTH
Tina

[txmarinemom]

Read the press release dated July 2007 - from two chiros allegedly trained at the CLEAR Institute.

Most interesting are the statements about surgery:

"Surgery includes implanting a Harrington rod for the correction of the disease. However, after many complications, including rusting and corrosion, bending, or breaking completely, proved that this method is ineffective. Some sufferers undergo surgery again to remove the rod. Every year thousands of post-surgery patients are legally defined as permanently disabled for the rest of their lives, and follow up x-rays in some cases reveal that their scoliosis returned to pre-operative levels. "

At best, the description of current surgical techniques is outdated (by, oh, about 15 years or so ...).

At worst, it's a deliberate, manipulative falsehood designed to round up patients for quakery (ala "Copes").

Personally, either one (whether they're uninformed or liars) would make me run the other way. It's just infuriating to see "so-called professionals" prey on parents and patients (and ultimately, your insurance company) with snake oil.

I'd have a really difficult time buying into their claims (especially with the first hand stories posted in other areas of this forum).

Regards,
Pam