Current Events > Are chiropractors helpful?

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Do the work? Have you tried any?

Placebo effect + pseudoscience
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They're still quacks, like the previous topics already established

NO!

Some asshat 4000 years ago or whatever said it cures diseases AND HE WAS WRONG therefore chiropractics have ZERO advantages and youll probably DEAD.
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Helpful is vague enough to say yes
Now if we get into what you're trying to help theres variation
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You can find one who just tries to help your back pain, but most of the time they are quacks trying to claim they can cure sickness and disease with adjustments and shady supplements.
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Yeah, I didnt have cancer after seeing my chiropractor. Of course, I didnt have it before seeing him either.
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It's extraordinary how much they overestimate their medical knowledge. The most popular chiropractor on YouTube literally has a video claiming "if you cut the nerves to the heart, it stops beating"
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daily reminder that chiropractic is not medicine and chiropractors are not doctors
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But sometimes they are helpful.

My wife's one helped her overcome some of her back pain and got us into using this exercise equipment called a Bodyblade which we'd never even heard of but has done well.

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They have approximately the same effect as a massage

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gloBal enemy posted...

But sometimes they are helpful.

My wife's one helped her overcome some of her back pain and got us into using this exercise equipment called a Bodyblade which we'd never even heard of but has done well.

Sometimes they cause death

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3804697/playboy-model-katie-may-family-suing-wrongful-death/
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But what if you have a hard bone to pop? My fucking hip joint feels so tight.

DarkRoast posted...

Placebo effect + pseudoscience

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Cocytus posted...

But what if you have a hard bone to pop? My fucking hip joint feels so tight.

Ask someone to help you pop that one bone and save yourself a ton of time and money.

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Mine did wonders for me. Couldn't lift my right arm above my head for weeks and after 2 trips to the chiropractor, I was good to go. Hes helped me out with a ton of other aches and pains too.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Cocytus posted...

But what if you have a hard bone to pop? My fucking hip joint feels so tight.

Ask someone to help you pop that one bone and save yourself a ton of time and money.

I don't know anyone strong enough or who knows the right way =\

NightMarishPie posted...

Mine did wonders for me. Couldn't lift my right arm above my head for weeks and after 2 trips to the chiropractor, I was good to go. Hes helped me out with a ton of other aches and pains too.

Misattribution bias is the chiropractor's best friend. Most musculoskeletal pain gets better within two months. We usually assume we need professional help before then, and then misattribute the improvement on the adjustment.
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I was gonna take a picture of my scoliosis and act like a chiropractor did it to me but it's really fuckin hard to get a good picture of your own back.
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I thought I broke some ribs and went to go see a chiropractor for an exam. He said the rib had been moved and he popped it back in place in a single visit. I had been in excruciating pain for weeks and he fixed it in seconds. Pain went away almost instantly. Same dude has fixed various neck and back pain I've had as well on numerous occasions.

I've been to other chiropractors who were scumbags just trying to milk my insurance. This guy actually helps people. It actually hurts his business because he's not trying to rip people off. It doesn't pay to be good at what you do these days.

Lost_All_Senses posted...

I was gonna take a picture of my scoliosis and act like a chiropractor did it to me but it's really fuckin hard to get a good picture of your own back.

o_O

DDirtyDastard posted...

I thought I broke some ribs and went to go see a chiropractor for an exam. He said the rib had been moved and he popped it back in place in a single visit. I had been in excruciating pain for weeks and he fixed it in seconds. Pain went away almost instantly. Same dude has fixed various neck and back pain I've had as well on numerous occasions.

I've been to other chiropractors who were scumbags just trying to milk my insurance. This guy actually helps people. It actually hurts his business because he's not trying to rip people off. It doesn't pay to be good at what you do these days.

That's the kind I need. I don't know how to tell the difference between the good and bad ones, where to start to pick one out.

You're probably better off seeing a physiotherapist. They can do similar work that a chiropractor does.
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we need one of those metal garbage cans, have someone push em over one. align the back real good. it's just outlawed because it was cutting into profits.
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Here's a good video going over the history and how it's a bullshit pseudoscience scam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NYG40oa7Eg" data-time="

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The chiropractor I go to is helpful. When I first started seeing them, I could hardly sitting up for 20 minutes without it hurting a lot. A couple visits later, the amount of time I could sit up greatly increased to the point I could go back to work. I have also had them fix my wrist that I hurt at work within a week when it hadn't got better for five days on its own.

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I had lower back pain for about a month. It was manageable, and a mild inconvenience at worst.

I finally saw a chiropractor after tons of recommendations

After the second time seeing him I was in the hospital the next day. Diagnosed with sciatica and the worst pain of my life. Been dealing with that for two months now.

I cant say with 100% certainty the son of a bitch caused it but I definitely dont think he helped.
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SwayM posted...

I had lower back pain for about a month. It was manageable, and a mild inconvenience at worst.

I finally saw a chiropractor after tons of recommendations

After the second time seeing him I was in the hospital the next day. Diagnosed with sciatica and the worst pain of my life. Been dealing with that for two months now.

I cant say with 100% certainty the son of a bitch caused it but I definitely dont think he helped.

we have to give 100% of the blame to mr chiropractor for not helping with your issue. because it's the right thing to do. sciatica was just the final nail in the coffer to send the problem right off the edge.

we know what lower back pain does, it's misery.
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When I was young, my dad had chronic back pain. one day apparently when I was like 3 years old, he was lying on the couch and I jumped on his back (I was 3, kids do stuff like that randomly) and there was a big crack noise and he didn't have back pain after that.
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Wetterdew posted...

When I was young, my dad had chronic back pain. one day apparently when I was like 3 years old, he was lying on the couch and I jumped on his back (I was 3, kids do stuff like that randomly) and there was a big crack noise and he didn't have back pain after that.

You chiropractic prodigy you
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Wetterdew posted...

When I was young, my dad had chronic back pain. one day apparently when I was like 3 years old, he was lying on the couch and I jumped on his back (I was 3, kids do stuff like that randomly) and there was a big crack noise and he didn't have back pain after that.

That's terrifying.