Are chiropractic neck adjustments safe?

anyone get seriously hurt or killed because of them? if so, please cite source so I can research

Yes, they are safe. It is estimated that 1 in every 2 million adjustments has lead to a death by stroke. Compare that to the 6,600 people die YEARLY from taking NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). You are many, many times safer than following popular medicine. Why else is the US ranked 37th in health?

The medical community is so quick to bash on the few times a stroke occurs by chiropractic adjustment (a stroke which would have also occured in a hair salon when leaning back during a shampoo, or checking before changing lanes) when medical procedures have caused more deaths than chiropractors have caused (see links below). The medical community tries to mask its numerous deaths by pointing out and advertising the very few deaths caused by chiropractors.

As for calling chiropractors quacks, that's just a stereotype. That would be like calling medical doctors "killers" since they are one of the top leading causes of death. EVERY profession has a few bad seeds. Anti-chiropractic people complain about having to go to a chiropractor many times before they get better (like with orthodontists), yet they don't mind having to take medication with toxic and possibly irreversible side effects 3 times a day before meals until the SYMPTOMS subside (not the root cause of pain) or until the bacteria (even good ones in your body) are destroyed by antibiotics. Yes, chiropractors don't go to medical school where they learn how to drug you. They go to chiropractic college, to learn how to assist the body in healing itself, without drugs.

I encourage you to read the links below about facts on chiropractic, in addition to the responses on Yahoo Answers. The last link is particularly interesting, siting the illegal conspiracy of the AMA against the chiropractic profession, a conspiracy that has led to a prejudice and misunderstanding of the chiropractic profession even to this day.

From a happy chiropractic patient, who obviously hasn't been killed by cervical adjustments. Source(s): http://chiropracticissafe.org/
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/200...
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicaln...
http://www.health-care-reform.net/caused...
http://www.svpvril.com/amavchir.html...

Chiropractic neck adjustments are very safe! A chiropractor goes to medical school just like a medical doctor, they are just more specialized on the spine and nervous system and on the body healing itself. The motion and force that a chiropractor use do nothing more the align the cervical spine and cause a positive movement in the neck releasing the pressure that it has on it that often causes headaches and allergy problems, which is actually more effective and safer then taking medications, tylenol and ibuprofin are very bad for your body. If you want more information then just let me know.
I'm sure there have been rare instances where someone was seriously hurt by chiropractic neck adjustments. They are pretty rare. I have to have neck adjustments once in a while, and to date have had no problems. If more people had their backs and necks adjusted once in a while, less people would suffer from chronic back problems in later years.
Personal experience tells me it's pretty safe. It's much better than the alternative. Pain and suffering.
A mis-aligned spine, and neck, if not treated, can cause your nerves to be pinched. Pills may relieve the pain temporarily, but will not solve the underlying problem. A medical doctor will most likely suggest, and prescribe this method of treatment, and/or traction.
There is probably a small chance that you could get hurt, just like there is a small chance you could get hurt walking around your house.

I have been getting treatment regularly on my cervical vertebrae (upper neck bones) for over 10 years now and all chiropractic adjustments have ever given me are RELIEF!

It is a more natural alternative to surgery and medication. It works!
Chiropractors for the most part are quacks... They did a 20/20 report on them back in the early1980's and it showed that they fain education that does not exist. The Chiropractic colleges that put them out charge exorbitant tuition's and fees from 13 to 22 thousand dollars a year, but do not "fail" anyone. One class was asked what was your educational preparation, and the prestigious school said they must have at least a baccalaureate degree to enter into studies there. Further investigation indicated only a small number even had a college degree, and that one student admitted she only had graduated high school. Then they investigated the faculty and found that only four could come up with a real college diploma. What these people preach borders on malpractice in some instances, as so much of it has no scientific basis in fact. There is no body of knowledge in Chiropractic, nor is there viable peer reviewed research going on at anytime that would qualify this as a profession. Yet these people make $30-60,000 a year average and many really slick ones rival legitimate doctors. Some go so far as to claim to cure cancer with back adjustments. At best they provide an alternative to mainstream medicine, and some people swear by them... But at their worst they are a dangerous group of charlatens who do nothing truly useful, except that even in mainstream medicine there is a known quantity called the "placebo effect." That can be discribed as much as 30% of those in clinical medicine trials who receive the placebo "sugar" pill get relief from their symptoms as though it was real medicine... Good luck with your adjustments...
Firstly, chiropracters do not attend medical schools.
The first patient I saw when went for training in Anesthesia was a 22 year old young lady being rolled into the Operating Room on a guerny after having her neck 'adjusted' by a Chiropracter. She was quadriplegic. Paralyzed from the neck down. Bones of the neck are not 'adjustable'.
UC Davis Sacramento, CA circa 1974.