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Chiropractor on the good and the bad in chiropractic


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I recommend you change the title to:

“Beware of Chiropracters”

Simple rule of thumb:
If they are additionally schooled in Actiive Release Technique they can actually alleviate a lot of pain.
If they are strictly bonecrackers fugettaboutit...

Just took our 2 week older daughter to get adjusted. She has been noticeably calmer after the visit.
My wife has had chronic problems with her neck not staying curved, and our new chiropractor has suggested a course of action that will help keep her curvature without monthly adjustments.

But forget about real life experience. Just dismiss anything that doesn't fit in your tiny world view, and keep popping those Oxy while they're still around...

Used to do chiropractors when my back got bad. Then I learned about mind-body therapies I can do by myself. Basically, release tension with massage, addressing things that are bothering me, and light meditation. Works well enough that I haven’t hired a chiropractor in eight years.

Isn’t a chiropractor just a massage therapist who calls themselves a doctor. I think that is the problem.

tovarichpeter says

Isn’t a chiropractor just a massage therapist who calls themselves a doctor. I think that is the problem.

Maybe - but I the bigger problem is that we require an expensive and certified "Doctor" to take care of our basic non-life threatening needs.

The AMA and their credential process is one of the bigger cost drivers of US Healthcare.

The AMA and their credential process is one of the bigger cost drivers of US Healthcare.


Agreed. We could utilize physician assistants and nurse practitioners more. And massage therapists.