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Chiropractor Works On Wild Lion (Original Post) catbyte Sep 2022 OP
So cool. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2022 #1
Chiropractic is a lie. Archae Sep 2022 #2
The Mayo Clinic disagrees with you Thtwudbeme Sep 2022 #3
Really? Archae Sep 2022 #5
oh yes- your "rationalwiki" page has surely changed my mind Thtwudbeme Sep 2022 #7
None of the other things you mentioned have anything to do with chiropractors Thtwudbeme Sep 2022 #8
Nothing but chiropractors could ease my dad's back pain. Elessar Zappa Sep 2022 #4
One fixed my shoulder after a wreck Thtwudbeme Sep 2022 #9
Not a lie. Ironically, you are confusing chiropractic care with what chiropractors actually do. Earth-shine Sep 2022 #10
Chiropractic works very well for me. diane in sf Sep 2022 #6

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,843 posts)
1. So cool.
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 10:45 AM
Sep 2022

Animals, like people, need adjustments to function better. I think my daughter has done that as well.

Archae

(46,363 posts)
2. Chiropractic is a lie.
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 02:29 PM
Sep 2022

Every year I read about chiropractors who lose their licenses and/or go to jail for medical FRAUD.

And that is all chiropractic is.

This guy in the video is a quack, making a lot of money from the sucker owners of these pets or other animals.

Archae

(46,363 posts)
5. Really?
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 03:44 PM
Sep 2022

"Chiropractic adjustment can be effective in treating low back pain, although much of the research done shows only a modest benefit — similar to the results of more-conventional treatments."

A good massage can give the same results as these "adustments."

Every time I question chiropractic, someone mentions this Mayo clinic "study," or relates a testimonial.
And testimonials are worthless in medicine.

And every time, and this is EVERY time, chiropractic is tested properly scientifically, it FAILS.

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Chiropractic

"Chiropractic for your pets!"
Chiropractic for babies!"

Drain your wallet or screw over your insurance, for a wack job's fervent belief.

Should everyone take "homeopathic" stuff too?

Iridology?

Laetrile? (It still can be bought in Mexico)

That "Prevagen" over-advertised under-tested garbage "for your memory?"

 

Thtwudbeme

(7,737 posts)
7. oh yes- your "rationalwiki" page has surely changed my mind
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 03:50 PM
Sep 2022

I realize that any mention of anything other than conventional medicine tosses you into an online rant and tizzy....and I know you are dying to wrote "woo!" but- there are many Dr's that disagree with you.

Wake Forest Baptist (now Atrium) has chiropractors associated with them.

If you don't want to see one, don't. But don't broadbrush all chiropractors as "quacks."

 

Thtwudbeme

(7,737 posts)
8. None of the other things you mentioned have anything to do with chiropractors
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 03:51 PM
Sep 2022

Should everyone take "homeopathic" stuff too?

Iridology?

Laetrile? (It still can be bought in Mexico)

That "Prevagen" over-advertised under-tested garbage "for your memory?"

Elessar Zappa

(14,103 posts)
4. Nothing but chiropractors could ease my dad's back pain.
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 03:39 PM
Sep 2022

If it works for some people, I have no problem with it.

 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
10. Not a lie. Ironically, you are confusing chiropractic care with what chiropractors actually do.
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 04:09 PM
Sep 2022

What the video shows is the real deal. The practitioner is breaking up adhesions in the vertebrae that can cause pain and diminish the range of motion of those joints.

Have you ever cracked your knuckles? Feels good, yes? Fingers move better afterward, yes?

I speak from personal experience. A back-cracking chiropractor helped me through some difficult back and shoulder problems. I was all stuck and couldn't loosen myself. Now, I am unstuck and able to properly stretch without pain. If I keep stretching, I won't need to go back.

However, so many chiropractors go beyond this and use their credentials to do other things like selling hokey potions, vitamins, and spiritual retreat vacations. This gives chiropractic care a bad reputation.


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