Is chiropractic a legit practice?

>>37448909
It is, but there is also a lot of room to scam.
Really depends on your chiropractor.

>>37448909

Yes the train to snap city needs a conductor

>back shamans

>>37448909
yes, it's right up there with reiki. back crack quacks can even cure cancer by cracking your back.

>>37448909
Regular stretching and rehabilitative exercises are more effective at protecting spinal health.

A physical therapist or athletic trainer are better to see about lifting-related back injuries than a chiropractor.

>>37448931
I fucking died 10/10

>>37448909
if its done over and over again your whole life it will help but theres a lot of idiots

They can treat a lot of back problems, but are not a substitute for an orthopedic surgeon if you've damaged your spine. People that see them like a GP and go to them with non-back problems are extra stupid.

Reminder that it was invented by a green grocer in new york who thought he could cure small pox by snapping your shit.

Reminder that chiros have killed and maimed people through "treatment"

Go to a medical professional, OP

>>37448999
for treating back problems:

weight training > everything else > chiroquacktic > bed rest

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Yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mkvVFBmSRk

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>>37448931
based reply

>>37448963

So so so much this.

Ask a medical doctor their thoughts on Chiropractic medicine.

The muscles of the back can be massaged and soothed, and a person can work on posture, and back injuries/weaknesses, but cranking and twisting the spine seems like total nonsense.

Plus the DC's claim spinal health cures all kinds of shit that could not possibly be related.

I think what happens is, people go in for an adjustment, get some cracking and it releases some pressure points in the spine. Then the person feels good for a few days. But then that pressure builds again and they just have to keep coming back.

Time will tell how real chiropractic medicine is.

Parapsychology was a "legit" field for like 30 years, before rational people closed it down.

>>37448946
Laughed much harder than I should have.

Most physicians I know consider it to be a joke, but I'm applying to DO schools soon and I'm going to have to learn OMM soon so who am I to judge xD I just hope to god I don't go into a field that can make use of it.

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>>37449113

>that guy has had more female physical contact in 3 minutes than you've had in 6 years

I had a work related injury so I got my sessions paid for thankfully. The place did the whole roundabout for me with physical therapy, massage, and chiropractor.

The physical therapist definitely did the most help.

Absolutely not.

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>>37449242

Gfs graduating chiro school next summer. My jobs physically demanding and I pop my ribs out weekly. She fixes them every weekend I go see her. Also fixes my leg and other back issues.

It's great.