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My brother is a chiropractor who mostly agrees with you. He thinks that most chiropractors do about as much harm as good, or more. Of course, he believes other
by hirundo 5y ago
My brother is a chiropractor who mostly agrees with you. He thinks that most chiropractors do about as much harm as good, or more.
Of course, he believes otherwise about his own particular school of chiropractic, the Gonstead Technique. As a long time beneficiary of that method I've come to agree with him. It has helped me quite a bit, and the long list of his vastly improved patients (many or most who are refugees from other chiropractors) is impressive and convincing to me.
Some healers are quacks; in some disciplines, most are. But that doesn't make them all quacks.
- cmiller1 5y agoI've done some research on this and it seems there is some evidence that what chiropractors do, Spinal Manipulation Therapy, is effective when combined with traditional medicine and physical therapy at reducing chronic back pain (and can help some people manage it with reduced pain management medication which is a plus!) However if a chiropractor tells you they can fix your stomach or headaches or anxiety by cracking your back they're a quack.
- hirundo 5y agoStrong disagree with regard to headaches. I've had immediate relief from debilitating headache pain after an adjustment.
- abz10 5y agoI have hEDS hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (so does possibly 2% of the population.) The vast majority don’t who have it don’t know it. My stomach issues and headaches are caused by joint problems with a likely vagus nerve link. It’s entirely possible that the kind of people the go to chiropractors could benefit in this way. They may be on to something without knowing exactly what.