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> I take it you've never thrown your back out and had an adjustment that fixed a lot of pain? A _good_ chiropractor will only perform adjustments, but the foun

> I take it you've never thrown your back out and had an adjustment that fixed a lot of pain? A _good_ chiropractor will only perform adjustments, but the foundations of Chiropractic "medicine" is pseudoscience that many still practice to this day. Wikipedia has a good summary on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic#Pseudoscience_versus_spinal_manipulation_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic#Pseudoscience_ver... But, in my opinion, if you're only going to a chiropractor for adjustments you'd be better off finding a Registered Massage Therapist or Physical Therapist (depending on your level of pain).

pc86 5y ago
If you're reading this and haven't, please click the Wikipedia link. Scroll down to the photo labeled "A chiropractic manipulation of a horse." I hope it makes you laugh as much as it did for me.
- jayd16 5y ago
  There's a million videos of pets and animals getting adjusted on youtube. Hard to take any of it as a serious science. Search "Goose chiropractics."
- msrenee 5y ago
  Equine chiropractors are pretty mainstream nowadays. The one I use is an excellent vet to start with who also does adjustments. There's wackos out there, but there's definitely some properly trained individuals who do a lot of good. I get my mare done every other year or so. Her back gets sore, it's super obvious when you're riding her, the chiro comes out, and she's so much more relaxed and moves more freely when I get on her the next day. A year or two later, she's sore again and we repeat. Crap, even the old school Kansas cowboy I used to ride with uses them. When his ranch horses start acting sore, he gets a chiro out. The man can do pretty much anything else veterinary himself, and does, but calls in an equine chiro for his working animals.
wintermutestwin 5y ago
In the past, I spent a lot of money on chiros basically "cracking" my back. I eventually taught my partner how to do it and she does it so much better than any chiro ever did. One thing I will say after having seen ~10 chiros is that the ones who actually x-ray you are the only ones I would place any trust in.

pc86 5y ago

If you're reading this and haven't, please click the Wikipedia link. Scroll down to the photo labeled "A chiropractic manipulation of a horse." I hope it makes you laugh as much as it did for me.

jayd16 5y ago
There's a million videos of pets and animals getting adjusted on youtube. Hard to take any of it as a serious science. Search "Goose chiropractics."
msrenee 5y ago
Equine chiropractors are pretty mainstream nowadays. The one I use is an excellent vet to start with who also does adjustments. There's wackos out there, but there's definitely some properly trained individuals who do a lot of good. I get my mare done every other year or so. Her back gets sore, it's super obvious when you're riding her, the chiro comes out, and she's so much more relaxed and moves more freely when I get on her the next day. A year or two later, she's sore again and we repeat. Crap, even the old school Kansas cowboy I used to ride with uses them. When his ranch horses start acting sore, he gets a chiro out. The man can do pretty much anything else veterinary himself, and does, but calls in an equine chiro for his working animals.

wintermutestwin 5y ago

In the past, I spent a lot of money on chiros basically "cracking" my back. I eventually taught my partner how to do it and she does it so much better than any chiro ever did. One thing I will say after having seen ~10 chiros is that the ones who actually x-ray you are the only ones I would place any trust in.