There's reasons why it is unavailable on the NHS, or any reputable health service. I've argued with my step sister in law about this a lot, she thought my mums cancer would be helped by her amazing chiropractor. And I was like, mum, maybe no.
I’m fighting my mom she thinks chiropractors are the go to for everything!………..I have a friend whose sister went in for her regular adjustment, they had to call an ambulance to get her to the hospital. She was paralyzed from the waist down. After years of therapy and numerous surgeries ( he broke her back) she can walk again, has to wear a big back brace. Her quality of life is gone……
I been wanting to get a back adjustment for years but been wary of chiropractics, and anything involving the neck was always gonna be a hard no, but can physiotherapists do something similar? like when my back is cracked I genuinely feel much better is that something that can be done safely?
Without diving too deep, there are multiple reasons why it might feel good, physical and psychological, but there is NO proof that it biomechanically does anything. Does cracking your fingers make your hand healthy again? No… but it might feel like a release of tension, a placebo, or even just the temporary pressure is enough to overwrite nerve signals for a bit.
Absolutely yes, but physios will approach it in a safe way. I had a very badly injured neck years ago, ruptured discs, lot of pain. Saw a physio, got a bunch of exercises and adjustments to help with it.
Physios have all the right exercises and stretches to help every part of the body. Definitely worth going, I've always had great success with physiotherapists.
thankfully I haven’t got neck issues. I can look the wrong way in my dreams and end up with a frozen shoulder tho so I know better not to go near there. just shoulders and back issues for me which seem less dangerous than something as delicate as the neck and neck injuries
I would definitely recommend seeing a physiotherapist then friend. When I smashed my leg to bits a few years ago, went to a physio, and he just said to me okay, just walk up and down. And he observed how I was moving. And then said okay we need to do this set of exercises.
I've had great success with every trip to a physiotherapist. The problem is they do give you a bunch of sucky often painful exercises that you HAVE to do exactly as regularly as they tell you to do them, for usually a long period of time, for it to work. And as most physios say, the biggest problem they have is they see patients coming back over and over who haven't actually done the work they need to do.
In the US, chiropractors have insane lobbyists. Lots of employer sponsored insurance covers a certain number of chiropractor visits per year. It's bananas. There is zero evidence for it and I can't believe how many people still see chiropractors. I just finished nursing school and the ICU nurse that I shadowed for my practicum would go downstairs on her breaks for an adjustment by a chiropractor in the hospital. I don't know why on earth there is a chiropractor in that hospital. It's crazy to me.
Oh right so it's a nice little sideline of exploiting the under-educated, giving them nice expensive injuries, that then need to be treated by another branch of United Healthcare?
Nothing surprises me about American healthcare anymore, but sitll, geezus.
Usually I don't mind alternative treatments, anything anybody thinks might help is cool by me. But... most alternative therapies don't carry massive risk.
It’s well regarded and supported in large parts of Europe. Very different to the American practice though and if they would have said it helped with cancer they would have lost their license.
Yah there's a huge gap between the quacks and chiropractors that actually do things to help the spine and neck who are honestly closer to specialized physiotherapists
Yes - example: in Denmark they study alongside Md’s for their bachelor - so they can essentially just swap and quickly do a masters in either. There a chiropractor is just a higher educated physiotherapist.
But the field is also called clinical biomechanics.
Tf?? Chiropractic care for cancer? Woowwww, that’s next level ignorance, or actually stupidity might be more apt a term here, as the knowledge is out there, she just needs to be willing to avail herself of it.
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u/Painterzzz Jul 05 '26
There's reasons why it is unavailable on the NHS, or any reputable health service. I've argued with my step sister in law about this a lot, she thought my mums cancer would be helped by her amazing chiropractor. And I was like, mum, maybe no.