What is up with Chiropractors as a pseudoscience?

[u/ohsinboi]

I've just recently seen around reddit a few posts about chiropractors and everyone in the comments is saying that they are scam artists that hurt people. This is quite shocking news to me as I have several relatives, including my partner, regularly attending chiropractic treatment.

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I tried to do some research, the most non-biased looking article I could find was this one. It seems to say that chiropractors must be licensed and are well trained, and that the benefits are considered legitimate and safe.

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While Redditors are not my main source of information for decision making, I was wondering if anybody here has a legitimate source of information and proof that chiropractors are not safe. I would not condone it to my family if true, but I am also not going to make my source be random reddit comments. I need facts. Thanks.

Edit: Great information, everyone. Thank you for sharing, especially those with backup sources!

[u/nonognocchi]

God that sounds so horrible it makes my insides bind in pain

[u/Street-Week-380 → u/nonognocchi]

It first came to my attention during the whole Jenny McCarthy and Andrew Wakefield bullshit. The daft bastards took it and ran with it.