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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€“] D61@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I side with the "its bullshit" crowd but also there are people who open a chiropractic shop with backgrounds in like, sports medicine and physical therapy.

In a moment of desperation I went to a local chiropractor for a bit who did have a background in actual physical therapy stuff. It was nice to be taken seriously about the pain and discomfort but outside of having an actual person with some background knowledge saying "hey, here's some light exercises and stretching to do on your own and here's some machines you can use" paying them 50 bucks for 30 minutes of "me using their equipment on my own and ending the time with 5 minutes of having a vibrating popping gun thing on my back" once or twice a week was way too much money.

[โ€“] Keld@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

but also there are people who open a chiropractic shop with backgrounds in like, sports medicine and physical therapy.

There are doctors who give acupuncture.