its all about the evidence base. The BCA was really against giving a list of evidence at all to prove the effect of chiro, and when it did the evidence was really shoddy. Since our entire profession is founded on disregarding treatments that dont work or have no evidence, how could we, in good conscience, recommend a patient to go to a chiropractor?

I certainly dont hold the profession in low esteem personally. I've seen a fair few patients (for other, unrelated problems) who swear by a chiropractor for back pain etc, i'd never say 'oh you shouldnt do that, chiropractors are rubbish,' but if physio was to see the profession as an equal, there would have to be a pretty strong body of evidence to support it, and more of an open attitude to evidence in general. Maybe it exists and im just ignorant of where to find it, or biased against it though, being a physio.