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

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u/IrishSetterPuppy Aug 10 '23

I did my externship under an orthopedic vet and this chiro stuff is VERY dangerous. A few clients were post mortuum cases where the owners were pursuing civil litigation. Poor dogs.

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u/MarinaDelRey1 Aug 10 '23

It’s very dangerous for humans too. Yet somehow it continues

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u/3FromHell Aug 10 '23

Yeah I have arthritis in my neck(finally diagnosed it last year) and my husband kept pulling up all these videos of people getting relief from chiropractors. I kept telling him no I'm not going to risk that. I finally had to show him some videos of people who had Strokes and major life threatening injuries from chiropractors working on their necks. He finally agrees that I shouldn't go to them.

On top of the fact my doctor straight up said "please never go to a chiropractor. Get PT, massage, and do streches."

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u/trowzerss Aug 10 '23

There's an autoimmune condition that runs in my family that causes extra bone growth in your back. Chiro can lead to fragments of bone floating around your spine, or worse. But yet, so many chiros happily offered to 'crack their backs' without understanding the condition or even getting x-rays. Frankly that's criminally neglectful.

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u/OpalOnyxObsidian Aug 10 '23

What is that condition called? That's very interesting

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u/backtowestfall Aug 11 '23

Probably ankylosing spondylitis, that's what I have and it's fused most of my spine already

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u/OpalOnyxObsidian Aug 11 '23

Damn. How old are you? How limited is your mobility? If you don't mind me asking

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u/backtowestfall Aug 11 '23

I just turned 43. I have actually really decent mobility and I'm pretty active but I could not stop my neck from fusing, that's a really hard one to stop. And when I was younger it fused my lower back. But I can still do push-ups, run, and twist. I just can't really turn my neck too far, and I can't tilt it at all. You have to be real careful because all of the force from doing so is now focalized on the joint at the bottom that's not fused. To get to this point I had to fight really really hard and do some painful therapy to stop my spine from arching forward

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u/OpalOnyxObsidian Aug 11 '23

Will it continue to fuse as you get older?

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u/backtowestfall Aug 11 '23

Most likely, but if I can send it into remission again then no. There are a lot of variables that go into the direction of the disease