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This is good to read about, and nice that it has and research referenced. It's interesting to know that it's gas collapsing. And nothing to do with the bone ru

This is good to read about, and nice that it has and research referenced. It's interesting to know that it's gas collapsing. And nothing to do with the bone rubbing. And it makes you wonder what chiropractors are actually doing when they're popping your back... It's probably not doing anything to help you with your pain. And it's probably not actually adjusting anything.

selectodude 2mo ago
If a chiropractor could adjust something by pushing on your bone, imagine what tripping and falling would do.
- BenjiWiebe 2mo ago
  Tripping and falling can mess you up for a long time. And I don't mean broken bones.
  - danpalmer 2mo ago
    So can a chiropractor!
  - bryanrasmussen 2mo ago
    I think that's the joke?
  - UncleOxidant 2mo ago
    Just tripping a bit messed up my SI joint pretty bad a few years back. It didn't even seem serious at the time, just a bit of a stumble off of the curb, but the next day I could barely get out of bed and was in pretty serious pain for several days. Couldn't go up stairs and had a tough time getting my pants on. Still acts up sometimes.
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- ghosty141 2mo ago
  This can definitely happen, I had a like crooked hip for a few days after I bumped into a table while lifting something. I dont think this could ever result in something good though like chiropractors claim.
PaulDavisThe1st 2mo ago
I recommend reading up on the actual history of chiropractic ... I've seen articles that seem to make it clear that it was long con right from the start. I acknowledge that this is not the only view on the history.
- bena 2mo ago
  “You have a fever because of the ghosts in your bones”
  - genewitch 2mo ago
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- chneu 2mo ago
  Its a con that is trying very hard to become legitimate. Chiros started as a scam, continued as a scam, and are now a widely accepted scam. The legit work they do is often just physical therapy. Just go to a physical therapist.
  - burnt-resistor 2mo ago
    It's a con like osteopathic "medicine". D.O. should be shunned and rejected because it's pretending to be legitimate and/or legitimized.
    - dghlsakjg 2mo ago
      DOs are sorta weird in the US. They go to real medical school for 4 years like MDs and practice actual licensed medicine at the same level as an MD. They can even call themselves physicians. Non DO osteopaths are not trained with any sort of scientifically backed curriculum.
      - toast0 2mo ago
        I have a cousin who is a DO (in the US). It seems like it's basically an out to get effectively an MD with a slightly lower bar for admission. Once you're in the program, it's basically the same as an MD program, and then you go through residency programs on an equal basis with MDs.
LeoPanthera 2mo ago
It's surprising that it's not common knowledge that "Chiropractic" is not medicine, nor a science, and the field is associated with vaccine misinformation and unproven supplements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic
- emmelaich 2mo ago
  Sadly many universities offer degrees with chiropractic being a major part.
- burnt-resistor 2mo ago
  Osteopathy makes even bolder claims for similar shit and has been legitimized into the medical community as "equal" to medical doctors.
  - rsynnott 2mo ago
    Only in the US, really; some other countries have some sort of legitimisation of osteopaths, but the US osteopathic physicians are, as far as I know, unique.
wahern 2mo ago
Chiropratic can help with pain, but not for the claimed reasons. Studies show it's as efficacious as massage therapy. I believe the same is true of cupping. Insurers increasingly cover these sorts of therapies, and primary's increasingly prescribe them, because they're cheaper than a real doctor's time, especially a specialist's, and the patient is more likely to feel better than if they were subjected to a long diagnostic gauntlet with an inconclusive end.
ButlerianJihad 2mo ago
There is a chain of clinics here called "Emergency Chiropractic" and they advertise how they take insurance and get your adverse diagnosis fast, fast, fast. https://youtu.be/kOzwC5j7UkA?si=sHdHJzzEdn-E2a_N https://youtu.be/kOzwC5j7UkA?si=sHdHJzzEdn-E2a_N And their mascot is literally a duck! I think it took me ten years to figure out the quack part here!
iamthejuan 2mo ago
I have difficulty breathing sometimes but when bones were adjusted on my back, it was an instant relief, breathing like I have never experienced for a very long time that I almost forgot. Effortless and deep.
firebot 2mo ago
I've been to wonderful chiropractors and I've been to quacks. The good ones will discuss what's going on and individualize treatment. The bad ones will kind of just do the same exact routine every time you go there and they'll do the same thing to everyone that goes there -- wham, bam, ty ma'am style -- get you in and out the door as quick as possible! They'll probably pop just about everything they can, which accomplishes not much of anything at all. I guess you'd call that the bruteforce method of chiropracty? However, a single bad adjustment can painfully linger for weeks. A good chiropractor for me was Dr. Blake Meyer at DSMCore. He would take a whole half hour and do some targeted deep tissue glute massage and nerve flossing that really helped my sciatica. Then finish up with a few minor adjustments and send me on my way, walking a little taller and straighter and with appreciably less sciatic pain. But don't expect miracles. I tried a physical therapist near his office but she pushed me too far, too quick and made it worse. So I just stuck with Bob(RIP) and Brad on YouTube and did it at my own pace.
- adrianN 2mo ago
  All chiropractors are quacks. The whole thing is based on quackery.
  - firebot 2mo ago
    Says a duck like you? > Dr. Blake Meyer is an Iowa native with more than a decade of experience in biomechanics, rehabilitation, and patient-centered care. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa and his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic. > During his training, Dr. Meyer worked with the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics and Sports Medicine Research Lab at University of Iowa Health Care and the Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Department at Palmer College. He has also completed advanced coursework in physical rehabilitation at the board certification level. This guy is the real deal. More often than not he didn't pop a single thing on my body, buddy. He would get deep into my glutes and floss my sciatic nerves though and that's very evident-based work. And I referred plenty of people to him and we all love the guy.
    - 2mo ago
arcfour 2mo ago
It's not "probably not" doing anything, it's definitely not doing anything, because chiropractic is quack pseudoscience that has been thoroughly debunked and also has a bunch of other bizarre and fantastical elements to it beyond "cracking your back"

selectodude 2mo ago

If a chiropractor could adjust something by pushing on your bone, imagine what tripping and falling would do.

BenjiWiebe 2mo ago
Tripping and falling can mess you up for a long time. And I don't mean broken bones.
- danpalmer 2mo ago
  So can a chiropractor!
- bryanrasmussen 2mo ago
  I think that's the joke?
- UncleOxidant 2mo ago
  Just tripping a bit messed up my SI joint pretty bad a few years back. It didn't even seem serious at the time, just a bit of a stumble off of the curb, but the next day I could barely get out of bed and was in pretty serious pain for several days. Couldn't go up stairs and had a tough time getting my pants on. Still acts up sometimes.
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ghosty141 2mo ago
This can definitely happen, I had a like crooked hip for a few days after I bumped into a table while lifting something. I dont think this could ever result in something good though like chiropractors claim.

PaulDavisThe1st 2mo ago

I recommend reading up on the actual history of chiropractic ... I've seen articles that seem to make it clear that it was long con right from the start. I acknowledge that this is not the only view on the history.

bena 2mo ago
“You have a fever because of the ghosts in your bones”
- genewitch 2mo ago
  [dead]
chneu 2mo ago
Its a con that is trying very hard to become legitimate. Chiros started as a scam, continued as a scam, and are now a widely accepted scam. The legit work they do is often just physical therapy. Just go to a physical therapist.
- burnt-resistor 2mo ago
  It's a con like osteopathic "medicine". D.O. should be shunned and rejected because it's pretending to be legitimate and/or legitimized.
  - dghlsakjg 2mo ago
    DOs are sorta weird in the US. They go to real medical school for 4 years like MDs and practice actual licensed medicine at the same level as an MD. They can even call themselves physicians. Non DO osteopaths are not trained with any sort of scientifically backed curriculum.
    - toast0 2mo ago
      I have a cousin who is a DO (in the US). It seems like it's basically an out to get effectively an MD with a slightly lower bar for admission. Once you're in the program, it's basically the same as an MD program, and then you go through residency programs on an equal basis with MDs.

LeoPanthera 2mo ago

It's surprising that it's not common knowledge that "Chiropractic" is not medicine, nor a science, and the field is associated with vaccine misinformation and unproven supplements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic

emmelaich 2mo ago
Sadly many universities offer degrees with chiropractic being a major part.
burnt-resistor 2mo ago
Osteopathy makes even bolder claims for similar shit and has been legitimized into the medical community as "equal" to medical doctors.
- rsynnott 2mo ago
  Only in the US, really; some other countries have some sort of legitimisation of osteopaths, but the US osteopathic physicians are, as far as I know, unique.

wahern 2mo ago

Chiropratic can help with pain, but not for the claimed reasons. Studies show it's as efficacious as massage therapy. I believe the same is true of cupping. Insurers increasingly cover these sorts of therapies, and primary's increasingly prescribe them, because they're cheaper than a real doctor's time, especially a specialist's, and the patient is more likely to feel better than if they were subjected to a long diagnostic gauntlet with an inconclusive end.

ButlerianJihad 2mo ago

There is a chain of clinics here called "Emergency Chiropractic" and they advertise how they take insurance and get your adverse diagnosis fast, fast, fast. https://youtu.be/kOzwC5j7UkA?si=sHdHJzzEdn-E2a_N https://youtu.be/kOzwC5j7UkA?si=sHdHJzzEdn-E2a_N And their mascot is literally a duck! I think it took me ten years to figure out the quack part here!

iamthejuan 2mo ago

I have difficulty breathing sometimes but when bones were adjusted on my back, it was an instant relief, breathing like I have never experienced for a very long time that I almost forgot. Effortless and deep.

firebot 2mo ago

I've been to wonderful chiropractors and I've been to quacks. The good ones will discuss what's going on and individualize treatment. The bad ones will kind of just do the same exact routine every time you go there and they'll do the same thing to everyone that goes there -- wham, bam, ty ma'am style -- get you in and out the door as quick as possible! They'll probably pop just about everything they can, which accomplishes not much of anything at all. I guess you'd call that the bruteforce method of chiropracty? However, a single bad adjustment can painfully linger for weeks. A good chiropractor for me was Dr. Blake Meyer at DSMCore. He would take a whole half hour and do some targeted deep tissue glute massage and nerve flossing that really helped my sciatica. Then finish up with a few minor adjustments and send me on my way, walking a little taller and straighter and with appreciably less sciatic pain. But don't expect miracles. I tried a physical therapist near his office but she pushed me too far, too quick and made it worse. So I just stuck with Bob(RIP) and Brad on YouTube and did it at my own pace.

adrianN 2mo ago
All chiropractors are quacks. The whole thing is based on quackery.
- firebot 2mo ago
  Says a duck like you? > Dr. Blake Meyer is an Iowa native with more than a decade of experience in biomechanics, rehabilitation, and patient-centered care. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa and his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic. > During his training, Dr. Meyer worked with the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics and Sports Medicine Research Lab at University of Iowa Health Care and the Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Department at Palmer College. He has also completed advanced coursework in physical rehabilitation at the board certification level. This guy is the real deal. More often than not he didn't pop a single thing on my body, buddy. He would get deep into my glutes and floss my sciatic nerves though and that's very evident-based work. And I referred plenty of people to him and we all love the guy.
  - 2mo ago

arcfour 2mo ago

It's not "probably not" doing anything, it's definitely not doing anything, because chiropractic is quack pseudoscience that has been thoroughly debunked and also has a bunch of other bizarre and fantastical elements to it beyond "cracking your back"