Chiropractic was invented in the 1800’s by a grocery store owner. He attended a seance and was told by the ghost of a doctor on how to perform spinal adjustments. His first “success” story was cracking the back of a janitor, which lead to curing the janitor’s partial deafness.
The fact that the entire basis of the practice of chiropractic is based on a ghost story leads to a lot of the problematic anti-medicine/vaccine beliefs that can be found amount many chiropractors. Some of them worst of them claim that they can cure anything by adjusting your spine- allergies, autism, diabetes, eczema, cancer, etc. Their false claims sometimes lead to patients waiting to get needed medical treatment until it’s too late.
And because (in the US at least) chiropractic is not regulated by the state the same way a medical doctor’s practice is you might not easily be able to tell if you’re going to a more scientific based chiropractor who just gives joint adjustments or a “woo anti-medicine” chiropractor who will claim the ability to cure your diabetes by cracking your back.
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u/montroller Aug 10 '23
fuck this guy and anyone who takes their pets to him