Also the guy who invented it learned the practice from a ghost during a seance
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Aeri@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Regularly scheduled warning but chiropractor is not a real doctor and can paralyze you for life.
The_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
you’re fucking with me, right?
tmyakal@infosec.pub 14 hours ago
D.D. Palmer “received chiropractic from the other world” from a deceased physician named Dr. Jim Atkinson.
Comrade_Spood@quokk.au 13 hours ago
You can also go to a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) who is an actual doctor and will crack your back in scientifically backed ways.
TransNeko@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
regularly scheduled reminder that real Chiropractors are highly trained and not paid extra money to prescribe you a medication that has a warning label that includes the very minor side effects of… may cause: dizziness, nausea, rashes, cancer, and a mild case of death.
DragonAce@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Chiropractors are not doctors in any shape or form. There is no scientific data to backup the idea that popping random joints somehow cures illnesses. They’re nothing more than snake oil salesmen who have no clue WTF they’re actually doing.
Kage520@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Not to defend chiropractors or anything, but they legitimately have a doctorate degree and are given the title Chiropractic Physician.
Whether their studies they do in school are nonsense, they do get a degree for it. So they are technically doctors in some shape or form.
Honestly there is likely some small value in what they do, but that small value has almost definitely been absorbed into the Doctor of Osteopathy (actually medical doctor-like role), so I don’t see the need for them. Definitely think physical therapists are much more beneficial.
TransNeko@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
correction: chiropractors are not backed by studies funded by people who own companies that require you to pop pills for long periods of time.
remember that. and stop burying your heads in the sand like republicans do. it’s a sad and pathetic look for you.
DragonAce@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Found the unlicensed chiropractor. Get bent dude. Chiropractors have caused more pain and suffering to people than they have ever helped. They’re nothing more than glorified physical therapists.
Also its a pretty pathetic look for you that you have to make this political.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
The inventor of chiropractic practices literally said that a ghost taught it to him during a seance. Please educate yourself.
eupraxia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
this is my general impression too, the origins of the practice is kinda bunk and it’s probably not worth the risk for a lot of people.
that being said, there are individual chiros out there that do good work. The main person I go to for non-chiro bodywork, who really knows her shit, sees a chiro and highly credits them for her recovery from pretty severe spinal issues.
but generally speaking there’s other alternative therapies I’d recommend over seeing just any random chiro. Acupuncture can be a game changer, craniosacral work is great for some people too, and both of those are a lot less focused on manual adjustment, lowering the risk significantly.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Acupuncture can be a game changer, and is starting to become less “alternative” as some PTs offer “dry needling” now.
Why would you let someone who doesn’t believe in germ theory put needles in your body?
There is no evidence justifying acupuncture.
expr@piefed.social 16 hours ago
Who are these mythical “real chiropractors” that you speak of?
It’s pseudoscience, and always has been.
TransNeko@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
go for alternative and wholistic chiropractors not mainstream ones. and stop spouting the American chemical medicine propaganda that any and all alternative medicines are shit. sure you can’t fix genetic shit with a chiropractor… but you are more likely to heal faster from a physical injury with a chiropractor than using meds and a physical therapist (by about 2-3 months depending on the injury severity).
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 8 hours ago
You know what they call alternative medicine that works? It’s called medicine.
Is the healthcare system designed to extract as much value as possible from people? Absolutely, but unlike a chiropractor they aren’t likely to leave your paralyzed from a routine visit. “Alternative medicine” only really exists due to a historical choice by the FDA to not regulate supplements back when supplements were an absolutely tiny market and now the supplement industry is as big as the regulated medicine industry. One of these things is regulated so it won’t kill you/destroy your life, the other isn’t. I’d rather take the safer route.
shane@feddit.nl 15 hours ago
A highly trained phrenologist still cannot diagnose personality problems by feeling bumps on your head.
TransNeko@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
they can however diagnose issues for less money than a doctor.
it took $10000 of scans and 10 years for doctors to decide that my constantly sprained ankle as in fact a permanent bone bruise. it took 3 different chiropractors (at 3 different events) 5 minutes to diagnose that same issue.
the difference between the doctors and the chiropractors? the doctors are trapped by modern medicine and textbook diagnostic techniques. the chiropractors can pull from sources that have worked for thousands of years before some nutjob with lots of money and a product to sell said no.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
the chiropractors can pull from sources that have worked for thousands of years
Chiropractic was made up in the 1800s.
LuceVendemiaire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
oh you’re also a racist, got it
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Bullshit. Chiropractors cannot prevent or cure any disease or condition. They can help you manage lower back pain. That’s it.
Thanks to immunotherapy, I am now four and a half years cancer free. See if a chiropractor can do that.
TransNeko@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Clearly you never paid any attention to chiropractic studies made in the past 10 years.
Chiropractors treat physical injuries and can manage neurological issues if properly trained. there are only 17 chiropractors in America who have that training as they received that training after the 2019 conferences. but it is widely used in Europe for more than 10 years.
the only “chiropractors” who claim to cure cancer are the same idiots had medical licenses revoked.
just because you and a few other idiots got scammed because you couldn’t even bother with a simple google search… does not make all chiropractors hacks. hell with a single google search I can find over 2000 quack doctors that mainstream medical professionals swear are real.
I find it sad that you lot are spreading misinformation and lies when it serves your own narrative. makes you sound just like the standard incel who says “Tylenol causes autism. it is truth. internets says it’s true. durr durr”.
how pathetic can you lot get?
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
You obviously let that chiropractor crack your neck a few times too many.
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
You’re feisty and assertive, pretty good, but your analogies need work. Less guessing more facts
Tetragrade@leminal.space 15 hours ago
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TransNeko@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
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Tetragrade@leminal.space 13 hours ago
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Cheesus@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
Is that another name for physical therapy?
Back in my old city, which has a large Chinese population, I went to a physical therapist a few times for a hurt back. The staff didn’t really speak English, but it was covered by workers compensation so I gave it a go. Those people were absolute magicians, I tell ya. I’m not exactly sure what they were doing, as I was almost always laying face down, but I’m pretty sure it involved needles, and they definitely did some electroshock therapy, but boy did it work great. I just let them do their thing, and it really seemed to help along the healing process.