My facts come from published medical journals. not the first page of google which is mostly AI slop, paid advertisements, and "studies" that were all debunked or discredited weeks after being published.

but it's ok. I know that most people can't spring for the money needed to access Medical Journals (only about 28-30% of medical journals are open sourced and free).

Half the time when I read a medical journal that says that anything other than Western Medicine (pills and chemicals) are run by quacks... the study is paid for Big Pharma (obviously they will rarely publish anything that doesn't profit them). and 25% of the time... within a year there are multiple studies and medical journals published debunking the first one. the rest of the time the Medical Journals state that while Alternative medicine doesn't cure cancer or cure incurable diseases, the alternative medicines can slow down symptoms. Every Medical Journal I have found published over the last decade has even stated that Wholistic Chiropractors (different from mainstream chiropractors) can treat the aftermath of injuries including broken bones and torn muscles more effectively than Physical Therapy. they can't fix the physical damage but once the bone or muscle heals (please do go to the ER and get a cast or an immobilizer), the chiropractors can break the patterns your body gets used to when injured.

What most people criticize chiropractors for is feeling pain after a session. most of the time what really happens is that the body gets shocked and remembers to start using a muscle that it has been bypassing due to nerves screaming in pain. sure it does hurt at first sometimes... but it's like taking a new medication. you have to tailor the dose and type of medication to your specific situation. a doctor often tries multiple medications over time until one works since not everyone responds the the same medication the exact same way. chiropractors do the same thing. they make an adjustment, see how your body responds, and modified their approach till it works.

take Citalopram for example. In most cases it helps as an antidepressant. but there are cases where it doesn't work or makes things worse. or say different cancer treatments... same thing happens. not everyone responds to the treatment the same way 100% of the time.

Most people go to a Clinical style of Chiropractors which works for some but not others. and when that chiropractor's particular style doesn't work. they say all chiropractors are bad. it's like eating a bad batch of shrimp and saying that all shrimp are bad.

I've gone to 7 different chiropractors over a 20 year period. the Clinical ones that use tools... they don't work for me. my skin literally crawls after adjustments and my knee always hurts afterwards. But the wholistic ones that press on pressure points and make small adjustments to the spine and use that pogo stick looking tool (idk it's name) they work for me... no skin crawling and no joint pain. it's just that the closest one to me currently... is about 60 miles away. too far to drive over and back once a week. My best friend... any time she goes to a more clinical chiropractor, she's fine. but wholistic ones don't work well for her.