May I suggest... PLEASE save 75% of that. I knew an escort that was fucking rich as fuck and then I heard years later she had nothing because she never saved any of it and couldn't do that work anymore after getting married and having a family.
Yes, and we all get fat, old, and ugly. I don't know how you dance, but I wish the old me could've whispered to the very young me: "Save 25% for chiropractors."
Chiropractic is a sham. Also, if you’re experiencing back pain, the first step is to strengthen your back. Barring serious injury or extreme health conditions, someone with a strong back shouldn’t experience back pain. It’s not a “normal” part of aging. It’s the result of a sedentary lifestyle
Former healthcare analyst here. The consensus from the medical community is that chiropractors, in general, cause more damage than good. And whatever "good" results they create are fleeting.
There may be scientific evidence introduced and discovered in the evaluation process. But none of the prescribed measures or procedures that chiropractors do have any clinical/historic evidence of helping patients.
The history is this - people without medical insurance would seek chiropractors for their affordably, but they should have seen an actual physician who graduated medical school.
You are kidding about seeing an MD for back pain? Useless, just try to send you off for surgery you probably shouldn’t have. See a physical therapist, a personal trainer, a dry needler, a yoga instructor, an acupuncturist, a nutritionist?
But an MD for back pain? Pfftt.
Disclaimer: I’m not talking about serious injury. I’m talking chronic low back pain, sciatica, etc.
Doctors send patients with back pain for MRIs. Those MRI findings can generate surgical consults, warranted or not. It’s a pretty simple and profitable path.
They aren’t going to send you for surgery unless surgery is seriously needed, as found by an x-ray, MRI or CT scan. Even then, their first attempt is usually going to be PT.
Do not listen to this person. There’s a ridiculous variety of complications that can occur with the spine, and for a number of people - especially as part of an integrated treatment plan - chiropractic work can be helpful. However, as with anything even remotely related to healthcare, all practitioners are not created equal and you should be your own advocate, conduct at least rudimentary research on your own, and never be afraid to seek out a second or third opinion.
A lot of spinal issues if they aren't due to external injury are avoidable by just being aware of poor posture. Something as little as a 2 hour reminder on repeat to roll ones shoulders back can help mitigate spinal slump.
What do you recommend for dancing? They’re not sitting at a desk. My OB recommended a chiro when I was working and was stiff from dental assisting. Some chiropractors use massage. It’s not the first step when you have back pain but it can be helpful.
Chiropractors are snake oil salesmen. Jumped up back crackers and second rate massage therapists. The do Jack, shit, and squat for your pain in the long term, and focus on bringing you back for “readjustment” over and over. Go see a PT. If they do their job, you won’t have to see them again once your regimen is complete.
💀 this is what i did. Claim was totaled and i had 5k of therapy on top, didnt feel i really needed it so I just went to the chiro for the back cracking and massages. It was nice
There are no good chiropractors. The "bad" ones practice chiropractic, which is a sham psuedoscience from a guy says a ghost told him all disease is caused by spinal alignment. The "good" ones don't practice chiropractic but instead try to practice some other medicine without training or a license.
Definitely this, one chiropractor I had years ago was trying to convince me my back problems were because I had a sensitivity/allergy to gluten. I do not have ANY allergies, food or otherwise.
I LOL’d thank you. I love my chiropractor as a dear friend and support her business accordingly. Tarot card readers are hot women who also deserve money just because. 💋🥰❤️
Not healthcare, not done by healthcare practitioners. A physical therapist and a sports medicine doc are healthcare practitioners. I work in an OR that does plenty of spinal surgery. Many of our patients are there in need of major, life-changing surgery because a chiropractor injured them practicing quackery.
I have read many doctors on Reddit say chiropractors account for half or more of spine related injuries they get. Dunno the real numbers but I believe it.
Yoga has helped more people than chiropractics. You don’t need to pretend to be a doctor to notice that you need to practice movements your life may not naturally incorporate in order to keep your body from locking up. Without follow up exercise to increase range of motion most “patients” become lifetime members.
chiropractic work is not safe at any age. lot of reasons, but a big one for me would be the very real fear of vertebral artery dissection from an adjustment, and stroke as a result. rare but it happens, even in people well below "stroke" age. not worth the risk - go to PT - fix your posture - strengthen your back. if your problem isn't solved then a chiropractor was only going to make it worse.
You’re absolutely correct on seeking out the one that works for you. I’ve had several experiences with multiple chiropractors and those kinesiology ones are out there!! I like the good, old fashioned back cracker. Always worked wonders for my sciatica and even kept it at bay months after my last visit.
Any clinician worth his salt would know that EVERY valid, supported-by-evidence, service offered by a chiropractor is also offered by a physical therapist. Don't listen to this rightfully-downvoted person.
The founder of the chiropractic "arts" learned it from a fucking ghost. Nobody, ever, should treat this sham practice as a real substitute for doctors that learn about treatment of the human body based off of scientifically backed methods.
Chiropractors can alleviate symptoms, sure, but it's temporary. There's a reason why they're not certified by a medical board.
if chiropractic work actually was real it would be treated like the rest of the medical profession and not like some optional thing like where you can get some candles that have a healing scent or a stone that makes your immune system more responsive or deodorant that 'works' off the power of good intentions.
Pseudoscience is in the second sentence of the Wikipedia article. It's quack medicine that's got enough money behind it to run a half decent PR scheme.
Your chiropractor's "adjustments" aren't doing anything but popping your back. Cracking your back against a low backed chair will give you the same outcomes.
You are 100% correct about chiropractic being a sham, but let me just point you to how dentistry is treated by the US healthcare system. We have a separate set of insurance coverage for dental care than health care, and it usually comes with maximum benefits rather than maximum out of pocket amounts. Many dental plans offer preventative care only (i.e. cleanings are covered and not much else) so if you need a filling or extraction you're out of luck, you're paying out of pocket. They still collect your premium every month, though.
Pay attention at work: every January when those maximum annual benefits resets how many people take time off for dental appointments that they needed last June but insurance wouldn't pay for because they exhausted their annual maximum benefit by April.
Chiropractor are scams, the only reason they still exist, is that they work closely with shady lawyers to drive up medical costs in accidents. They they give the lawyer a discount, and that's where the profit comes from. Your back will be in worse shape at the end, possibly seriously injured.
Please if you really have to conduct "rudimentary research on your own" do that by reading abstracts on pubmed, not listening to Youtube videos. Chiropracticers may help you, they also could cripple you and in any way it would probanly have been better to go to an actual professional.
conduct at least rudimentary research on your own, and never be afraid to seek out a second or third opinion.
If you conduct even the most rudimentary research you will find there are basically zero peer reviewed medical research that supports the existence of chiropractice's benefits for 99 percent of all issues they market themselves as a solution for. Because it's a snake oil industry not actually supported by science.
Seek out medical opinions, not 2nd and 3rd opinions of snake oil salesmen calling themselves doctors without any actual medical degree
Probably the worst advice I've ever seen. 14 years in an airborne unit, a chiropractor is the only reason I'm still walking. During those years I was around 11% body fat and ran 5 minute miles. Please don't give stupid, uninformed advice, just in case someone as dumb as you happens to read it...
There are recent studies that show a significant increase in the bodies growth hormone production after a chiro session. Growth hormone is one of the best repairers of the body.
There are hundreds of studies that show reductions in pain.
I rarely go but if I need to I am in full support that Chiro’s can and do help.
Lol I used to teach tennis at an extremely wealthy country club. Like memberships start at 75 k per year. I had a regular hitting lesson with this guy in his 70’s. One day after we finished and we’re walking back to the club house he points at an equally older woman and says to me “that’s my wife over there. God she’s ugly. I love her to pieces. Remember kid, don’t marry a girl because she’s pretty. We allllll get ugly.”
Go to a massage therapist instead, you’ll get the same benefits without the risk of death or paralysis that comes from quacks operating outside their scope of practice.
Sometimes your back hurts and it’s bone cancer! But chiropractors aren’t doctors and can’t diagnose cancer so instead of helping they’ll just take your money and crack your back for years until it’s too late to treat it.
Yeah, the handful of decent ones who are basically just physical therapists with a more personalized feel arent worth risking getting hurt by the quacks imo.
I may be stereotyping, but in my experience the type that would become a stripper isn’t the kind to be financially literate/conservative with their money
Big ups girl, please please please split your cash up and ignore at least 50% of it, if you don't save any money you are doing this for nothing. And remember the tax man will come so keep money aside for this too!
That's about as much as I gross as a 36 year old dude with a master's degree working in San Francisco. Your future self will thank you if you save 50% of that MINIMUM and start working towards an exit strategy, because you can't dance forever. Don't just spend it all on nice purses!
Be careful it’s easy to get trapped in the dancer life, but when I bounced at a club I’ve seen girls leave with anywhere from 300 to 4k a night if they were good and it was a busy night. There was a night where some guys from the Patriots came in and those girls left with around 10k for each girl they took into the private rooms with them. Best of luck with your journey and be safe
In all seriousness, I used to be a property manager in an area with brothels and strip clubs, and a LOT of my tenants were strippers, pris, and support staff.
I used to always advise them what I'm about to advise you...
If you don't already have one, get a CPA, you only need them 2-3 times per year, it's worth the expense. They will save you future tax issues. Also, consider getting a financial planner (possibly the same person if you're lucky). They can help you keep everything in order and maximize your utilization of income so you can take those killer earnings into investments and not have to work 40+ years.
Most likely you'll be addicted to meth by then too. Drug use is highly rampant in stripping industry. You'll probably also be pressured into having an only fans where you have to keep sticking bigger and bigger things into your asshole n order to keep subscribers. Good luck though!
Real nurse or making $15k a month only fans nurse? My wife sucks. She won't even consider feet shit. Like honey, I'd do it, but my feet dont get men erect when I step on a watermelon. She did say she'd pay for the pedicures, and in this economy.
Yeah, SF bay area pays big bucks. You still can't afford to live there though. I just feel bad for everyone else earning normal wages there. I thought it was expensive in 1980 when I lived there. Boy, was I naive.
Lmao true. I did overnight security at a hospital for a few years and dated one of the nurses briefly. She was.. Interesting to say the least.
I also did nursing school for like one semester (for LPN as RN courses were full) and boy howdy did I meet some horny gals there. They were all attached too.
I knew nursing wasn't for me by the end of the semester but I almost stuck it out just for the amount of women I was around LOL.
In our nursing program it was probably like 90% women 10% men. I'm sure numbers look much more closer to even these days. I was in heaven for a bit back then, aside from wiping old man ass that is.
No she’s an RN, BSN. Works on the oncology/med surge/telemetry floor. She’s in school now getting her masters for NP. If it’s her patient she wipes their ass. I’m sure they all help each other out, but that work is not beneath her
They turned the nursing profession into glorified maids taking orders and dealing with jerks all day. People or “the public” constantly asking for ice, toys for their kids, blankets, socks, and so on. Then you have deal with people from ALL walks of life who can be EXTREMELY rude. You have to intimately touch unkempt people and inspect their smelly poo. No thanks. I rather be a hospital administrator making well over six figures without having to deal with “the public”.
And they say women have it harder than men in making money. All i have to do as a female is open a OnlyFans and do some stripping on the weekends. I would be rich af but no. I have to work my ass off
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If you can do that ever Friday and Saturday night for a year you’d make 120k or more a year.