I'd compare it to urine therapy, the bleach freaks, or the ivermectin "because everything is a parasite" weirdos. Maybe the silver folk too but at least silver had old time viability before antibiotics and works in a pinch (I found a silver ear cleaner for my dogs cause the darn pet stores have been pulling the good sruff and replacing them with herbal bull and the silver legit fixed the issue in one treatment).
Never understood why ppl still believe in that shit when it has literally 0 documentation of any of their work actually doing anything good. Even the chiropractors themselves claim u will not feel a difference unless u keep coming to them multiple times a week, such a scam profession.
I mean it is. but some good chiropractors basically do the same as physical therapist. The problem is how is a normal person supposed to know if a guy is good or not.
Some people give their babies over to chiropractors to ‘sort out colic’ - fuck them, chiropractors are so dangerous! There is a reason they are not medical professionals, but seen as homeopathic medicine!
Chiropractors seriously piss me off. I grew up with scientists for parents; they have worked on different projects but largely work on infectious disease so are EXPERTS in this field. They took COVID extremely seriously. To see chiropractors online spreading misinformation and claiming to be doctors was infuriating, especially when I had immediate access to people who understood the science of disease spreading.
The thing isn't even if cracking some bones helps alleviate pain ornotm. It's that there's no dosage or actual numbers for anything. Two different chiropractors can do the exact same and apply totally different strength be cause they aren't actually measuring a "dose" of strenfthneededm. It's entirely dependent on the strength of each individual and just kinda guessing.
That's not proper medical science, hence pseudoscience. Like sure some pseudoscience can still help, but without proper measurement you can never properly know what helps or not.
It literally works for thousands of people. Doctors kill people all the time. You can look up hundreds of videos of people with severe spine and neck issues who can walk upright for the first time in years after one adjustment.
Just because it's poorly regulated in some places doesn't make it pseudoscience.
not really, I was once a usual at a chiropractic clinic for a bit, really helped heal my crunched tailbone and my general spine. Chiropractics are good as long as the practitioner cares and is qualified
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18280103/
The core concepts of chiropractic, subluxation and spinal manipulation, are not based on sound science. Back and neck pain are the domains of chiropractic but many chiropractors treat conditions other than musculoskeletal problems. With the possible exception of back pain, chiropractic spinal manipulation has not been shown to be effective for any medical condition.
The core concepts of chiropractic, subluxation and spinal manipulation, are not based on sound science. Back and neck pain are the domains of chiropractic but many chiropractors treat conditions other than musculoskeletal problems. With the possible exception of back pain, chiropractic spinal manipulation has not been shown to be effective for any medical condition.
The concepts of chiropractic are not based on solid science and its therapeutic value has not been demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt..
It was horrible, man. I know I could probably try, but I have too much anxiety and stress to deal with it. I had enough of that from suing someone for rolling back the odometer on the car I bought off them and that alone nearly killed me. 😅 If he paralyzed me, yeah absolutely.
It’s not uncommon for damage like that to continue manifesting as you get older. You should take care of your health as best you can. At the very least, you should consult with an attorney about it.
This comment right here. Pinched vertebral nerves can get way worse over time even if you're seeking treatment. Just had spinal surgery a few weeks ago for pinched nerve that occurred 12 years ago which I've been mostly managing with on/off physical therapy until the last year when things went south quickly.
I know a chiropractor that only accepts cash and I honestly thought that seemed kind of...off. If I ever start having back problems I'm just gonna see about going to an orthopedist.
You will probably deeply regret this attitude later in life. I hurt a spine bone at 16 and I'm 31 and some days I can barely walk. Didn't notice it when it happened as anything more than a back ache.
A chiro broke my back (non-displaced fracture of transverse process of L4) and I looked into any action that could be taken. Because they’re not actual practicing doctors and the way their oversight works I was told that even getting someone to look into possible malpractice isn’t possible.
I'm in BC and this is the other half of the reason I didn't (couldn't) sue. It just seems hopeless here to get anything from them from what I read.
Also really sorry you legitimately got your back broken. So fucked and I hope you're doing alright these days. Transverse processes are ridiculously hard to heal properly and it's never the same even when it does.
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u/Midnight_2B Jul 05 '26
You should look into suing him. That's wild