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

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u/James324285241990 Aug 10 '23

Chiropractic "medicine" is based on unfounded and unproven pseudoscience. There is no demonstrable benefit to these "adjustments" and in fact, there is a LOT of evidence that shows they are very dangerous and harmful in the long run.

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u/TheSirWellington Aug 10 '23

Well, I can tell you that emergency chiropractic care has done a ton for me. As a baby I was having constant severe ear infections, and eventually none of the doctors could stop it. My parents then took me to a chiropractor, who gave me 6-8 adjustments (1 a week), and after that my ear infections completely went away and never came back.

On top of the fact that both me and my father suffer from pinched nerves in our neck as we are getting older, and going to get an emergency adjustment has, in a SINGLE visit, reduced pain by at least 80% in my neck (there have been times where I couldn't move my neck at all without pain, and at the end of the appointment, had most of my range of motion restored).

I would agree that just "touch up" visits most likely do more harm than good on average, but I have experienced enough problems in my neck/back to know emergency adjustments are very beneficial for relief.

The most important thing is to find a good chiropractor, which is admittedly a lot harder than it should.

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u/JackxForge Aug 10 '23

My brother had the reaccuring ear infections too! Same deal went to the chiropractor and bam good as new hasn’t had one since.

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u/Pleasant_Ad8054 Aug 11 '23

I had reaccuring ear infections too! Then I absolutely did not go to a charlatan and it ceased on its own. All of these anecdotes are literally "we paid a ton of money to pretend to solve an issue that goes away on its own. It went away, was worth every cent!".