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4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 save your money Jun 08, 2008
One must wonder why Dr. Whitcomb, if he is so interested in helping people and has found a successful treatment for fibromyalgia, hasn't trained others to also administer this cure. After all he's just a chiropracter so any Chiropracter should be able to do it. Instead his book portrays himself, his discovery and treatment facility as the only salvation for the horrible pain and debilitation of fibromyalgia. If you read past the fluff reviews including the one from his own office, you'll see that most people are the same or worse once their expensive treatment at his facility ended.
Of course, the best reason for him to not train anyone else is force everyone to come to him and line his pockets.
Beware of single source providers, it means their work probably can't be duplicated or substantiated through clinical trials. Testimonials are never proof that something really works, if it were we'd all be internet millionaires by now.
2 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 His technique is Legitimate May 08, 2008
I am a recent patient of Dr. Whitcomb's and can say that they gave me my life back! They've never claimed their method to be a cure, but I do believe they are the first to treat the cause and not the symptom. I am home for about 2 months now and find myself getting better as time goes on. For those who relapsed, there usually appears to be a common denominator and that is not following the rules for the 6-month home care. The treatment is equal to having neck surgery and therefore the aftermath should be treated as such. Dr. Paul Whitomb's theory DOES make sense. It may not be for everyone and there are other factors involved if the patient has other physical ailments that could interfere with the treatment. These are all things to consider, but the most important is that I do believe that Dr. Whitcomb has stumbled on something and believe because of him the future of FM patients has a light at the end of it.
2 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Why does my review keep disappearing? Apr 06, 2008
I bought this book [...] from Amazon and I deserve to have my review counted. What use is this whole review system if Amazon is going to let the authors pick and choose which reviews get printed and counted in the rating???
These days anybody can write a book and publish it themselves. That is how this book came to be. Dr. Whitcomb published it himself. The only review of this book included on or in the book is on the back cover, by "New York Times best-selling author" Ellen Tanner Marsh. Her "NYT best-selling author" status comes from two paperback romance novels in the 80's. She currently works for BookSurge (which is a "vanity press" (a relatively new service in the digital age, also called "books-on-demand" or "print-on-demand") now a subsidiary of amazon.com, for amateur writers who want to see their manuscripts in print). Ms. Tanner is paid by BookSurge to write reviews of the books they publish; BookSurge is paid $399.00 by the author of the book being reviewed by Ms. Tanner. Ms. Tanner is said to be an especially prolific paid reviewer. And as far as I can tell that's the best qualification there is to recommend her as a reviewer of this book.
The lone reference in this book to anything or anyone medically authorized in any way (other than Whitcomb himself) is a short quote by a psychiatrist from a rural mental health clinic in Douglas County, CA. I have not verified the quote myself.
Paul Whitcomb's book is an essay of his opinions about FM (pages 1-37), and his theory of FM's spinal misalignment cause and its chiropractic treatment at his clinic (pages 37-95).
"The Whitcomb Technique", from page 37: "We do not claim to treat Fibromyalgia. We are moving on the premise that it is a condition of the cervical spine causing an uncontrolled firing of the nervous system. The aim of The Whitcomb Technique is simply to reduce the subluxation that causes the symptoms we know as "Fibromyalgia.""
There is a chapter called "Statistics." It describes a survey of fifteen patients, administered by Whitcomb's Center. The survey results are combined in a chart. The chart has three columns, the first is titled "Patient #" (from 1 to 15); the second and third columns have no title. Makes it a little hard to understand a very simple chart but I figured it out eventually. The survey consisted of 167 items, symptoms over various parts of the body, which the patient rated on a scale of 0 to 10, 0 being no pain and 10 being severe pain. The ratings were added together for a total score from each patient. The second column of the chart is the total score for each patient before the treatment began at Whitcomb's center. The third column is the total score for each patient at the end of treatment. The numbers are markedly lower in the third column than in the second.
That's the extent of any research to prove that Whitcomb's theory works. No follow up numbers at all. Just a bunch of testimonials which, according to people who have been through the treatment, are taken at the end of treatment and never again.
This book is bunk. The picture on the cover is nice, but you know what they say about judging a book by its cover...
4 of 7 found the following review helpful:
great book Apr 05, 2008
this book helped my wife understand this condition and also how to deal with it,....very well written in easy to understand english...WELL DONE!!!!!
6 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Changed My Life Mar 19, 2008
If visiting his web site did not convince FMS sufferes he's the real deal, the book, which is a quick read, will be a great back up to the info at [...]. I'm currently 4 weeks into treatment and my life is changing for the better with each passing day. This from a woman who was thinking it was time to bid my life goodby. Now I say HELLO to the new me and thank our God above for giving me a future via these wonderful doctors.....chiropractors. I have never read a more important book in my life and I don't hesitate in recommending it to anyone who suffers with FMS. If you are a lite sufferer, I can tell you so was I, until this last Oct when I was knocked down with every symptom imaginal, and no relief from any of it, even under a doctors care. All I can say, is prepare yourself for the future and think pre-emptive. Betty
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