Clearly you’ve never been to a physiotherapist. It’s usually always a 30-60min appointment and they spend the entire time with you, bonus is they are actually trying to fix your problem instead of just temporary pain relief so you keel coming back forever.
They get paid a lot less per hour, have less support staff, and less equipment. Hence any given unit of time they spend with you costs less. Additionally you have more options of which to choose.
Been to a doc recently? Think of how fast they try to get you out of the room. Feels like you are begging them to please listen to you. Well a chiropractor can spend the time talking to a patient. Of course you feel better, someone heard you complain for over 30 seconds and really listened to you. And if you weren’t listened to you, you just go find another one.
ChronosWing@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I have not been to a chiropractor either. I am repeating what other people told me about them.
piecat@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Feeling listened to doesn’t mean the same thing as treatment.
DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
It doesn’t, but it might be perceived as treatment.
Suppose you ask your GP to make it rain because your garden is dry and they tell you to go away. Then you go to a chiropractor that talks to you about your garden and then performs a complex ritual that takes a half hour or so. 2 days later it rains.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I think people are misunderstanding your comment. I don’t think you’re suggesting this proverbial chiropractor made it rain, only that the patient felt listened to, which may make them initially view the treatment favorably, so when things go get better, as they always would have, they attribute it to the chiropractic treatment, not just healing over time
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Of course not but it makes you feel a bit better.