Good chiros aren’t chiros.
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ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
I have known a few chiropractors. Two were decent naturopaths who were also nutritionists, physical therapists, and masseuses. Whole body and nervous system health. Never cracked or popped a joint.
The third charges $35 bucks, no insurance needed, and just pops your middle back and gropes you. Absolute worst and he bought the business from one of the first.
Good chiros are about nervous systems. Bad chiros, the vast majority, are witch doctors selling bunk cures.
themaninblack@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Comrade_Spood@quokk.au 13 hours ago
Yeah, they are DOs
themaninblack@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Great point, why do I never see any DO discussion in these threads. Also could have accepted DPTs
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
I mean, that’s kind of the implication.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
The inventor of chiropracty said that a ghost taught it to him during a seance. Yes, really, I’m not making that up.
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Yeah I think he also said he fixed a deaf janitors hearing by popping a neck vertebrae into alignment, if I remember the lore. This was ‘drink heroin for medicine’ era too.
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 15 hours ago
Just a heads up, but anyone can call themselves a nutritionist. It is not a protected term. You don’t have to pass any exams. The only thing you need is to be interested in the subject.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritionist
The actual professional term is dietitian.
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Yeah I was using common nomenclature. I don’t recall if they were licensed dietitians or not.
The one sold supplements and vitamin tinctures his wife made, so they weren’t far off from the unlicensed category. But they were both also licensed/certified physical therapists and masseuses. He had done some kind of sports medicine if I recall correctly before starting his business.
The other guy was really into the whole gambit of chinese herbology and such, but he kept himself grounded with physical therapy regimens and promoting tai chi every other sentence.
username123@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Iono chief, still doesn’t sound great to me. Being good at physical therapy by a different name? Great! Also misleading patients into wasting time, money, and energy on stuff that doesn’t work? Find a new person. The willingness to believe bs will lead to some big error in judgement, sooner or later.
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
It’s been over 20 years, but I do remember the acupuncture was beneficial. The physical therapy exercises helped with a shoulder injury, and it was accessible for a laborer without insurance.
I should also mention they were also religious and gave you a pocket bible every visit. It was a very different time and location in my life.