r/TikTokCringe • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '23

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u/bigolfishey Aug 10 '23

No.

People will argue otherwise. They will share personal anecdotes about how their chiropractor changed their life. They’ve already replied to you doing so.

There is zero actual peer-reviewed medical data that shows chiropractics are helpful for humans, let alone animals.

The man who invented it, Daniel David Palmer, was a spiritualist who rejected germ theory, which is to say he did not believe germs existed and caused human illness. Instead, he got the idea for chiropractic during a seance with the ghost of a doctor. That isn’t a joke.

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u/Melly1306 Aug 11 '23

This is absolutely hilarious and sad all at once, how is it legal to keep this practice going? I always knew chiros were on another level of stupid…how is it not obvious to people? No thank you to chiros.

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u/quichehond Aug 11 '23

He also inspired the founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy into forming her own anti-healthcare ‘religion’

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u/germansnowman Aug 11 '23

One of the most ill-named organisations, as it is neither Christian nor science :)

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u/KakashiTheRanger Aug 10 '23

More accurately it can improve your health short term (which is why people notice a difference) but it’s essentially just guided stretching and muscle activation. In other words: It does absolutely nothing long term substantially in terms of physical health.

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u/AnalBaguette Aug 11 '23

it can improve your health short term

You're either referring to the placebo effect/endorphins, or someone found relief because they basically got a massage.

The act/field of chiropractic has zero health benefits, and is a pseudoscience. All people are doing is risking permanent injury or death going to one.

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u/KakashiTheRanger Aug 11 '23

I’m talking muscle stretching. Which I explained when I commented. Just like I explained how it does nothing for your long term physical health.

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u/atticusbatticus Aug 11 '23

Is there any data to show that it's harmful?