RORY SALAZAR | Finance | Contact
It is understood the practice of chiropractic therapy is the most complex medical science known to man.
No one understands this better than Lake Betoota-based Chiropractor, Dr Brent Tredlam, who owns and runs Rawness Energy Chiro clinic downtown. Dr Tredlam even told the Advocate this very fact while fingering our reporter’s spine as we laid face down on a massage table.
“Your C1’s locked up, bro,” the Doctor who has never studied medicine informed us. Across the open plan clinic were seven other patients laid on their own massage tables.
“Could be subluxation of the spine,” he continued before cracking our man’s neck without warning.
Severe shooting pain! Once subsided, the Advocate wanted to protest however Dr Tredlam was gone, off to another patient to do the same thing again. Our reporter even heard the same dialogue play out. All seven patients were seen in turn and all had what appeared to be a ‘locked C1’ due to ‘subluxation of the spine’.
Dr Tredlam returned and, when he thought no one was looking, grabbed some kind of white powder sachet from his pocket, shoved it up his nose and snorted whatever contents were inside.
“Phoaww, I love being a fucken Doctor, bro!” he exclaimed before asking if we have any kids. Responding in the negative, Dr Tredlam sighed, said: “Shame, cos I’ll crack your infant’s spine for half price.”
Struggling to sit up, our reporter queried Dr Tredlam as to why he cracked our neck when we only came in with ankle soreness? The Doctor who used to work in sales told us that any soreness we are feeling would take at least 12 sessions and $12,500 to understand.
Dr Tredlam then bragged about how no session took longer than 5 minutes, and that he prided himself on holding the record for most patients billed per hour in the entire region.
“That’s why my clinic’s open planned, bro. I can race around to more patients quicker. Seven sessions every five minutes, yea boi!”
With the chiropractic ranks filled with charlatans like Dr Tredlam, the federal government has relented to mounting pressure and commenced a Royal Commission into whether it’s wise to allow glorified masseuses to market themselves as Doctors.
Time will tell.
