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> Chiropracty is a dangerous pseudoscience Maybe true on some level, and there are certainly a lot of scam artists or misguided ones, but I've seen too many an
by jimmaswell 4y ago
> Chiropracty is a dangerous pseudoscience
Maybe true on some level, and there are certainly a lot of scam artists or misguided ones, but I've seen too many anecdotal cases of people with major issues that couldn't be solved by physical therapists somehow resolved or greatly alleviated by a chiropractor to write them off.
- notart666 4y agoPlacebo effect is very real. Just as many people who believe in alternative medicines. An essential oil can not cure you of anything.
- jimmaswell 4y agoNot nearly the same thing. You can't fix these kind of things with a placebo. For one definite example I know someone who even took a dog after it got a vertebrae out of alignment and wasn't walking right and it fixed the issue.
- hprotagonist 4y agosure you can. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34051018/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34051018/ many chronic pain conditions respond well to placebo therapies. Because pain is more centrally mediated than you’d think.