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Of late and after years of brutal criticism, JC Smith has hopped in bed with Gentempo.

In a sudden & senseless reversal, Smith points to Gentempo as a character witness against Dr Terry Rondberg.

Because the tension between Gentempo and Dr Rondberg is surrounding the efficacy and advertising claims of the Subluxation Station, Smith now defends Gentempo and his Subluxation Station in order to continue his attack on Dr Rondberg.
Manic in his zeal,Smith plows head first into the most stupid, self-stultifying, logical cul-de-sac. After saying the following on his website:

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According to Joseph Ventura, D.C. of VenturaDesigns in his letter, “Static sEMG: Is This Smoking Gun Shooting Magic Bullets or Blanks?” there’s no real proof that the Subluxation Station can detect subluxations:
“…a little more than 11% chance that the readings on the sEMG machine are the result of a chiropractic subluxation. If even that high, since some authorities think there are even more conditions that can contribute to abnormal readings. So, the next time you are using sEMG at a spinal screening and you are thinking about using the results to explain a clear indication of the presence of a chiropractic subluxation, think again. Unless, of course, you have already performed the multi-point differential diagnosis to eliminate the above as possibilities.
Hardly the “Certainty” the clinician is looking for.
This is why I call static sEMG a “So what” technology. The results should have no impact on the diagnosis or treatment in the office of the average doctor of chiropractic. Show me that a change in EMG measures is related to some factor of patient wellness or functional improvement.”

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Apparently the Subluxation Station is just another effort to gouge the patient or insurance company for more money when it may not even detect subluxations. But at $40 per visit, this gimmick will certainly add to your bottom line even if it’s seen by some as unnecessary, inappropriate, and simply a case of up-coding. Indeed, is it clinically necessary to use such instrumentation at all, let alone charge a ridiculous fee? Whether it’s this Subluxation Station or the old BJ device, the NCM, or Vern Pierce’s DTG, are these devices accurate and necessary in the standard chiro practice? Probably not!

Smith attempts to counter Dr Rondberg by posting Gentempo's defense of the Subluxation Station as a NASA derived product and the accompanying advertising claims!

http://www.activeboard.com

So Smith, in quoting Gentempo, thinks the following is an appropriate response to Dr Rondberg's charge that Gentempo is exceeding ethical boundaries in his claims:

Smith via Gentempo: quote:

Not only have we proven that Mr. Brody was involved with NASA research, there is no dispute that patented EMG technology and know-how used in the NASA sponsored research cited in the NASA Spinoff article was licensed to CLAs manufacturer (Brodys company). The question that NASA is reevaluating is whether or not the licensed EMG technologies meet the specific technical criteria for NASA Spinoff status. Before our competitor (Marcarian) sought to make trouble with NASA, NASA did indeed approve the Insight as a Spinoff technology. Please note, all this is independent of the Insights Space Certification designation which is what you see in our ads and on the label of our instrument.

Now ask yourselves who is being more reasonable here? It's clearly Dr Rondberg as Smith violates his own stated principles in order to lash out at Dr Rondberg.

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