You’re mildly amusing.
Is it?
This.
Once they start talking about ‘subluxation’ or curing other things, walk away. Also, if they try to get you into a ‘come back every 2-3 days forever’ pattern, run the hell away.
It’s easier just to stay away in the first place. I would never let a chiropractor touch me. I think the entire field is nothing but fraud.
I believed it was all bushwah, and have never been to one myself. Did my boy’s screwed up back a lot of good after medications and PT failed to help. We got the referral from a friend whose daughter, a serious dancer, was also much helped. So now I believe in one chiro.
I believe that it was mentioned in another thread but - Why is chiropractic such a good profession? Patients don’t die and they never get better.
As others said, chiropractors are good for certain things, and not for others. There does seem to be a lot of quacks in the field pushing for bogus science and treatment. Sometimes even in cases where they can legitimately help, like back or other joint pain, it’s really just a short term benefit or even placebo. The one that I see is also a physical therapist and a sports trainer, and it’s common that I will visit him from a training related injury and the treatment is more along those lines instead, like stretches, exercises, pressure points, stim, etc.
Despite that, I will definitely say that if a chiropractor insists or even hints that he can heal an infection or treat diabetes or some of that other stuff, get the hell out. Or to a lesser extent, if you’re going often and seeing little or no benefit, you shouldn’t need a dozen visits to start seeing results. But I can also definitely say I’ve had some injuries where his treatment made a noticeable difference quickly.
About never dying, mostly true.
*it should be noted that the bit about patients not dying or getting better is a slam sometimes aimed at dermatologists. If you want to get in good with your dermatologist, just quote it and say ha-ha! They love a good joke. 
I had back pain, found out through x-rays (by my mainstream doctor) that one of my legs was about 1/4 inch shorter than the other and that I had a curved spine. I went to a chiropractor and the pain stopped - at least for about 15 years. Eventually, due to the fact that my leg was still 1/4 inch shorter than the other, the pain came back but at that point I didn’t need to be on my feet a lot so I never bothered to get it corrected again. I firmly believe that the chiropractic treatment helped me tremendously.
My mom used to go once or twice a year to relieve sinus pressure.
The youngest person ever to be published in JAMA did a science fair project in 4th grade, at age 9, destroying therapeutic touch under controlled conditions. Another group duplicated her study with the same findings.
She even got her own Wikipedia page
I have a friend who is a chiropractor and also a fully-licensed family practice doctor. I trust that he knows what he’s doing.
So the entire field isn’t fraud. I do agree that it’s much harder than it should be to tell the difference between the frauds and genuine artifcles. I’d say any doctor with a degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in San Jose is trustworthy.
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It’s easier just to stay away from all of them. That way you don’t have to worry whether are not they are “trustworthy.”
The only thing that grates me about chiropractors is that they refer to themselves as “Dr.”, it’s such a misnomer it borders on fraud. IMO, When you have to go to malls and grocery stores to peddle your medical expertise, you’re just another salesman trying to make another buck.
Good one!
An ex-GF, (who, to the best of my knowledge, had nothing wrong) was told by a friend that she needed to see a chiropractor. So she tried it. Immediately, she was told that she needed to come back once a week for “adjustments.” Then it became twice a week. Then, three times a week.
In fairness, the appointments weren’t long, and didn’t interfere with our dating. But as chiropractic care is not included among our provincial health care benefits, and the number of visits per week that the chiropractor claimed were necessary was increasing, and she was paying out-of-pocket for all this, I began to suspect “woo.” When I broached this to her, she denied it–but after a while, she admitted that I might be correct–sure, she felt good coming out of the chiropractor’s office, but only for about 15 minutes. Then, it was back to the same old, same old. She admitted that she could have gone to an RMT (Registered Massage Therapist), paid half the price, and got the same thing.
See my previous thread on this topic for similar responses. It’s all bullshit and the fact that they accidently seem to help some people with pain is no reason to go see them. A licensed massage therapist can do anything for you that a chiropractor can do.
I think it depends on each individual person along with finding the chiropractor that works for them.
When I was 17 years old (before Occupational Health & Safety rules were common knowledge) I messed my back up pretty bad at work. A year later I was still in pain so I went to various chiropractors over the next 11 years before finally settling on my current guy, who I’ve been seeing every other week for the past ten years. This guy fixed me after only a few appointments. I am no longer in pain as long as I get my regular adjustments.
This specific chiropractor works for me, but I can see why people would not get the same outcome and dismiss the whole practice as bullshit. I got lucky.
I dismiss the entire practice as bullshit because it’s founded on a bunch of bullshit ideas and its results are underwhelming at best.
Interesting belief.
I note from the school’s website that you don’t need a college degree to be accepted (90 semester hours will do, only 24 of which need be in some type of science class). Furthermore, it doesn’t seem that basic science knowledge is an important admissions criterion, seeing that Palmer boasts of having students with training in “psychology, marketing, anthropology, management, communications, mathematics, sociology, business, criminal justice, history, liberal studies, engineering, education and religion.”
Palmer is a prominent name in chiropractic, with a colorful history.
Hmm. I threw my back out badly more than 20 years ago. With rest, exercise and careful lifting technique, pain and stiffness only occur on a short-term basis every year or two. As long as I avoid seeing a chiro, I get along well. Which proves something or other.
