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Chiropractic medicine is bullshit, right? (hexbear.net)
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My mother has been experiencing back pain for a few months now, and insists her chiropractor is making it "tolerable."

Whenever I plead with her to see a doctor or a physical therapist, or suggest that maybe the chiropractor is the problem she gets very upset with me. There is no convincing her of any alternative, she won't even get a second opinion and I'm not quite sure how to help at this point.

My sister got her got her an appointment to see a massage therapist, which she went to and said nothing but good things about, but she will not budge on the chiropractor.

I dunno maybe I'll just shut up about it, but it all just seems like quackery to me.

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[โ€“] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've heard that there are reasonable chiropractors but the majority of them are going to tell you you can cure ear infections by cracking your neck. There's been a number of people who die from sessions because they stroked out from pinched/damaged arteries.

https://the-health-site.com/has-a-chiropractor-ever-killed-someone.html

[โ€“] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

even the "reasonable" ones are just glorified massage therapists, and carry the same inherent danger of forcibly fucking with your spine

you can replicate all the effective things they do by getting some hot and cold packs and learning to stretch and relax different muscles