# Chiropractic office called "Alternatives To Medicine INC" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020 "2014-06-17T23:18:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020/1 "2014-06-17T23:18:56Z")
Saw this on my way to a real doctor today: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/od3ow1u.jpeg "I") ](https://imgur.com/od3ow1u) Calling itself an alternative to medicine is kind of admitting it doesn’t work, right? It’s not calling itself “alternative medicine”, which would at least be a _kind_ of medicine. But this is saying it’s simply not medicine at all! I guess credit for honesty is deserved. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020/2 "2014-06-18T00:44:47Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Calling itself an alternative to medicine is kind of admitting it doesn’t work, right? Not really. Not unless you define medicine as ‘all the things that work to make you healthy.’ Some people probably believe ‘medicine doesn’t work.’ Others will think that it works sometimes, but is only one of different ways to reach the same objective. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020/3 "2014-06-18T01:18:22Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Calling itself an alternative to medicine is kind of admitting it doesn’t work, right? It’s not calling itself “alternative medicine”, which would at least be a _kind_ of medicine. But this is saying it’s simply not medicine at all! I guess credit for honesty is deserved. The second definition I get when I google “medicine definition” is: > [@](#): > > a compound or preparation used for the treatment or prevention of disease, especially a drug or drugs taken by mouth. So, by that definition “Alternatives to Medicine Inc.” is a perfectly reasonable name implying that you won’t be getting anything to swallow or insert into your body by other means. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020/4 "2014-06-18T02:09:08Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > The second definition I get when I google “medicine definition” is: > So, by that definition “Alternatives to Medicine Inc.” is a perfectly reasonable name implying that you won’t be getting anything to swallow or insert into your body by other means. _Quackery_ is also an alternative to medicine. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020/5 "2014-06-18T12:52:12Z")
I saw a sign for a place calling itself “Integrity Chiropractic”. It’s like he’s saying “All those other chiros are sleazeballs”. Seems that are at least a few other businesses with the same or similar names as the one in the OP. [Here’s one](http://alternativesmedicine.com/) offering “thyroid ozone therapy” and ultraviolet light treatments to “cleanse” your body - which sound alternative enough, if by alternative you mean “laughable quackery”. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020/6 "2014-06-18T14:51:16Z")
I find the honesty refreshing actually. > [@](#): > > By definition”, I begin > “Alternative Medicine”, I continue > “Has either not been proved to work, > Or been proved not to work. > You know what they call “alternative medicine” > That’s been proved to work? > Medicine.” - Tim Minchin, _Storm_ ---
**Author:** ![sara20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020/7 "2014-06-19T07:57:42Z")
I never understood how “manipulating” your joints is supposed to make them better unless you have scoliosis I think it would just just make them worse. However has anyone with scoliosis tried chiropractic treatment? I am curious if it worked for that. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020/8 "2014-06-19T12:01:44Z")
I first read that as Alternatives to “Medicine INC”, as in an alternative to the medical-industrial complex/Big Pharma. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020/9 "2014-06-19T12:05:58Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > I find the honesty refreshing actually. > > - Tim Minchin, _Storm_ You need to see the [whole video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U). It’s about ten minutes long, but it’s worth it. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020/10 "2014-06-19T12:36:16Z")
If you think that’s bad, t[ake a look at the advertisement I saw on my shopping cart a year ago.](http://64.136.20.22/3269227_l.JPG) “Unlimited visits” for a household for $100 a month and there’s a picture of the chiropractor “adjusting” a toddler. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020/11 "2014-06-19T12:39:57Z")
For real honesty, there should be a clinic called “Woo Inc.”\* There’s a business known as “Chef Woo Inc.” in Irvine CA, but they do Chinese food, not ozone therapy. \*House Of Woo" would be neat too. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020/12 "2014-06-19T13:46:47Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > You need to see the [whole video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U). It’s about ten minutes long, but it’s worth it. I saw him perform this in Washington DC at the Reason Rally a few years back.