You can also go to a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) who is an actual doctor and will crack your back in scientifically backed ways.
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Aeri@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Regularly scheduled warning but chiropractor is not a real doctor and can paralyze you for life.
Comrade_Spood@quokk.au 2 days ago
TransNeko@lemmy.world 2 days ago
regularly scheduled reminder that real Chiropractors are highly trained and not paid extra money to prescribe you a medication that has a warning label that includes the very minor side effects of… may cause: dizziness, nausea, rashes, cancer, and a mild case of death.
DragonAce@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Chiropractors are not doctors in any shape or form. There is no scientific data to backup the idea that popping random joints somehow cures illnesses. They’re nothing more than snake oil salesmen who have no clue WTF they’re actually doing.
Kage520@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Not to defend chiropractors or anything, but they legitimately have a doctorate degree and are given the title Chiropractic Physician.
Whether their studies they do in school are nonsense, they do get a degree for it. So they are technically doctors in some shape or form.
Honestly there is likely some small value in what they do, but that small value has almost definitely been absorbed into the Doctor of Osteopathy (actually medical doctor-like role), so I don’t see the need for them. Definitely think physical therapists are much more beneficial.
TransNeko@lemmy.world 2 days ago
correction: chiropractors are not backed by studies funded by people who own companies that require you to pop pills for long periods of time.
remember that. and stop burying your heads in the sand like republicans do. it’s a sad and pathetic look for you.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
The inventor of chiropractic practices literally said that a ghost taught it to him during a seance. Please educate yourself.
DragonAce@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Found the unlicensed chiropractor. Get bent dude. Chiropractors have caused more pain and suffering to people than they have ever helped. They’re nothing more than glorified physical therapists.
Also its a pretty pathetic look for you that you have to make this political.
eupraxia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
this is my general impression too, the origins of the practice is kinda bunk and it’s probably not worth the risk for a lot of people.
that being said, there are individual chiros out there that do good work. The main person I go to for non-chiro bodywork, who really knows her shit, sees a chiro and highly credits them for her recovery from pretty severe spinal issues.
but generally speaking there’s other alternative therapies I’d recommend over seeing just any random chiro. Acupuncture can be a game changer, craniosacral work is great for some people too, and both of those are a lot less focused on manual adjustment, lowering the risk significantly.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Acupuncture can be a game changer, and is starting to become less “alternative” as some PTs offer “dry needling” now.
Why would you let someone who doesn’t believe in germ theory put needles in your body?
There is no evidence justifying acupuncture.
Echolynx@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Craniosacral
“Craniosacral therapy (CST) or cranial osteopathy is a form of alternative medicine that uses gentle touch to feel non-existent rhythmic movements of the skull’s bones and supposedly adjust the immovable joints of the skull to achieve a therapeutic result. CST is a pseudoscience and its practice has been characterized as quackery.[1][2] It is based on fundamental misconceptions about the anatomy and physiology of the human skull and is promoted as a cure-all for a variety of health conditions.[3][4][5]”
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expr@piefed.social 2 days ago
Who are these mythical “real chiropractors” that you speak of?
It’s pseudoscience, and always has been.
TransNeko@lemmy.world 2 days ago
go for alternative and wholistic chiropractors not mainstream ones. and stop spouting the American chemical medicine propaganda that any and all alternative medicines are shit. sure you can’t fix genetic shit with a chiropractor… but you are more likely to heal faster from a physical injury with a chiropractor than using meds and a physical therapist (by about 2-3 months depending on the injury severity).
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 days ago
You know what they call alternative medicine that works? It’s called medicine.
Is the healthcare system designed to extract as much value as possible from people? Absolutely, but unlike a chiropractor they aren’t likely to leave your paralyzed from a routine visit. “Alternative medicine” only really exists due to a historical choice by the FDA to not regulate supplements back when supplements were an absolutely tiny market and now the supplement industry is as big as the regulated medicine industry. One of these things is regulated so it won’t kill you/destroy your life, the other isn’t. I’d rather take the safer route.
shane@feddit.nl 2 days ago
A highly trained phrenologist still cannot diagnose personality problems by feeling bumps on your head.
TransNeko@lemmy.world 2 days ago
they can however diagnose issues for less money than a doctor.
it took $10000 of scans and 10 years for doctors to decide that my constantly sprained ankle as in fact a permanent bone bruise. it took 3 different chiropractors (at 3 different events) 5 minutes to diagnose that same issue.
the difference between the doctors and the chiropractors? the doctors are trapped by modern medicine and textbook diagnostic techniques. the chiropractors can pull from sources that have worked for thousands of years before some nutjob with lots of money and a product to sell said no.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 days ago
the chiropractors can pull from sources that have worked for thousands of years
Chiropractic was made up in the 1800s.
LuceVendemiaire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
oh you’re also a racist, got it
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Bullshit. Chiropractors cannot prevent or cure any disease or condition. They can help you manage lower back pain. That’s it.
Thanks to immunotherapy, I am now four and a half years cancer free. See if a chiropractor can do that.
TransNeko@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Clearly you never paid any attention to chiropractic studies made in the past 10 years.
Chiropractors treat physical injuries and can manage neurological issues if properly trained. there are only 17 chiropractors in America who have that training as they received that training after the 2019 conferences. but it is widely used in Europe for more than 10 years.
the only “chiropractors” who claim to cure cancer are the same idiots had medical licenses revoked.
just because you and a few other idiots got scammed because you couldn’t even bother with a simple google search… does not make all chiropractors hacks. hell with a single google search I can find over 2000 quack doctors that mainstream medical professionals swear are real.
I find it sad that you lot are spreading misinformation and lies when it serves your own narrative. makes you sound just like the standard incel who says “Tylenol causes autism. it is truth. internets says it’s true. durr durr”.
how pathetic can you lot get?
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You obviously let that chiropractor crack your neck a few times too many.
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You’re feisty and assertive, pretty good, but your analogies need work. Less guessing more facts
Tetragrade@leminal.space 2 days ago
Ok your comment may have been dumb, but for $50 I’ll remove all the evil ghosts from your keyboard, and maybe you won’t get downvoted next time. Deal?
TransNeko@lemmy.world 2 days ago
and for the low price of free. I can remove the idiot who likes to spout RFK’s bullshit deal? deal. blocked you.
Ajen@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Are you aware that RFK is a big supporter of chiropractors? If anyone is spouting RFKs bullshit, it’s you.
Tetragrade@leminal.space 2 days ago
You can’t block me! Because um, I already blocked you first!
Cheesus@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Is that another name for physical therapy?
Back in my old city, which has a large Chinese population, I went to a physical therapist a few times for a hurt back. The staff didn’t really speak English, but it was covered by workers compensation so I gave it a go. Those people were absolute magicians, I tell ya. I’m not exactly sure what they were doing, as I was almost always laying face down, but I’m pretty sure it involved needles, and they definitely did some electroshock therapy, but boy did it work great. I just let them do their thing, and it really seemed to help along the healing process.
Aeri@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Massotherapy is like deep tissue massage and stuff. If I understand correctly it’s basically just really advanced actually medical based massage that people get licensed for. I’m just going off of memory though you might get better mileage out of actually looking it up.
The_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Also the guy who invented it learned the practice from a ghost during a seance
thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 2 days ago
you’re fucking with me, right?
tmyakal@infosec.pub 2 days ago
D.D. Palmer “received chiropractic from the other world” from a deceased physician named Dr. Jim Atkinson.