The Association does not believe that spinal manipulation can be used to treat, nor alter the course in any way, conditions in infants and children such as infantile colic, skin eczema, learning disorders, ear infections, respiratory tract infections, strabismus of the eyes, asthma, any infectious disease process or any state of decreased immunity. Whatever effect manual therapy may have on the voluntary or the autonomic nervous system, the Association does not believe this affects in any specific way conditions such as bacterial or viral infections, cancer, states of decreased immunity, the common cold, diabetes, systemic arthritis, hear disease, high blood pressure, menstrual craps, liver disease or urinary tract infections. Orthopractic practitioners do not claim to treat nor do they claim to alter the course, in any way, of any of these conditions. It is unethical to manipulate a joint which essentially has normal mobility and function. The Society believes that immunization is the only safe and effective way to prevent many serious diseases such as polio, measles, mumps, rubella, meningitis, hepatitis A and B, diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus.
Orthopractic practitioners promote the benefits of immunization.
The Association considers it unethical to encourage personal testimony in the public media to promote the benefits of treatment. Any therapy promotion should be based on scientific principles. The consumer can be easily fooled by personal testimony.