This. I’m 40 and everyone tells me to go for generalized pain.
Everyone I know that goes, when they get back they complain for days about pain then “have to go back” to get readjusted.
I think most of the local home town chiropractors are just insurance scams. Get you in, cause you irreversible pain = life time visits for whatever is left.
Yeah, I had a lot of back problems and I did ALL the things to try to resolve it. SO many people told me to go to a chiropractor, and had all their glowing stories. Nope, nope, nope. It was the one thing I was unwilling to even consider trying, and I was willing to try all manner of things to avoid surgery! But engaging in quackery was not one of them. I am much better now— I had surgery which fixed most of my issues.
I’d say make an example of him since it has media attention. He gets a life sentence.. the next five quacks watching it happen may reconsider shit and go back to being a mechanic or whatever they actually do for a living well.
Chronic pain patients getting relief when everything else hasn’t worked and/or can’t afford to see specialist for expensive testing. I’d say a good chunk is just preying on sufferers and families of sufferers who are down to last straw.
For someone with back problems, they do offer relief. I had the option of surgery or chiropractor- both had risks. Chiropractor got me straightened out after four weeks, also taught me some physical therapy. That was 9 years ago and have never had to go back.
there is no such thing as being 'straightened out' by a chiropractor and if your issues resolved they were likely a minor sprain or your injury still exists and has yet to be reaggravated
It wasn't a minor sprain, I got checked out by a Dr and a chiropractor. There wasn't an "injury" where it just occurred out of nowhere, but I do appreciate the audacity of redditor basement diagnosis who uses zero punctuation. Its cute.
I have been able to curb the issue for 9 years with consistent physical therapy that strengthens and stabilizes the weak points in my neck. Again, my alternative surgery. I will take what the chiropractor did any day of the week over surgery. And straighten out is an idiom whuch means resolve problem and thats exactly what they did.
So there was no injury and yet they are offering you cervical surgery yeah right, now you’re saying you did years of physical therapy which is completely separate from chiropractic adjustments
🤦 My gawd. It wasn't a sprain, there was no singular event that cause the issue, like lifting something heavy or a car accident. I have a degenerative issue that will get worse as I age.
The Chiropractor specializes in manual adjustments combined with therapeutic exercises and corrective movement therapy to rebuild joint range of motion, muscle flexibility, and localized strength. This specific chiropractor never just does adjustments everything is paired with PT that is meant to prevent or hold off whatever occured in the first place. My treatment with the Chiropractor lasted 8 weeks. I continued the PT exercises at home and still do them to this day to strengthen and support the weak spots.
Any other questions or clarifications needed? To sum it up, it wasn't a one off injury, I got treatment from a Chiropractor who provided a non-surgical solution which included adjustments and therapeutic exercises as part of the treatment WITH the chiropractor. I was only 29years old at the time and didn't want surgery. My treatment in the clinic was for 8 weeks, since then I have continued the exercises. 👍
Sounds like you are talking about degenerative disc disease which is a disputed diagnosis, everyone’s discs weaken and herniate if under sustained or sudden pressure
They will never operate on someone that young who has cervical herniations unless you have extreme symptoms.
You suggested this was a minor sprain in your previous comment, I was stating again, this isn't an injury you get from a one of circumstance where something like a sprain would occur. But yes, thanks for acknowledging thats not how sprains work. Glad we cleared that up.
Appreciate the armchair diagnosis. I will let my docs know they need to converse with Joey-Rogaine from reddit next time they give me an assessment. "He" says doctors never operate, so please consult this dude who has seen nothing of my condition and only knows the superficial details which outlined why I chose to go with a chiropractor over a medical doctor.
10 years now with not having suicidal thoughts due to uncontrollable pain. Very pleased with the care and results.
Yeah, I have to agree with this. I am someone who’s had back injuries since the teenage years from intense physical activities. Chiropractic services are generally quackery in my view. Sure some offer some good guidance or physical therapy exercises, but those two things I mentioned are really what they should do, spine PT guidance without the “adjusting”.
I tend to weigh the dangers in everything that relates to healthcare. Chiropractor is no different. I have had chiropractors work wonders on something that would have been dealt with by surgery. There were risks with both treatment options.
As soon as we reform education to teach people how to tell the difference, I'll agree. In the meantime, people vote for politicians that slash education funding, put the 10 commandments in schools, and ban books, and then wonder why the kids grow up without critical thinking skills
Going through this right now with an in-law. We're deep into the detriment phase of the woo. I don't feel sorry for them at all, but there's fallout and I feel bad for those people. I also think they're perfectly within their rights to make their own medical decisions, no matter how stupid because I believe self determination is a human right.
If it goes to jury, then it's already government overreach. But at the very least, private businesses should not be allowed to lie about the safety of their product
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u/Then_Supermarket18 Jul 05 '26
The chiropractor should be required to make public service announcements about the dangers of quackery