Yeah and guess what? There is no scientific proof that my back hurts. Guess what it? It does. Me against science? I just won.
Tell that to the doctors I went to when my back was killing me. They could find absolutely nothing wrong with my back, but it sure as well was hurting me. I guess science made the Vicodin they'd prescribe since that's all they could do. But X-rays and MRIs sure didn't reveal any anatomical/scientific explanation as to why my back hurt. I couldn't care less about this science debate. All I know is that I've seen firsthand what good chiropractors can do for someone in pain. Those physical therapists and doctors could do nothing to alleviate the pain my mother was in that was so bad she could barely walk, much less work or do anything else. Tell her that chiropractors cannot be beneficial.
Yep, a placebo has enabled my mother to return to a normal healthy lifestyle that months of physical therapy could not do.
Just make sure the chiro you see is actually good and actually knows what he/she is talking about. I hear horror stories of chiros pointing to an X-RAY claiming that nerves are pinched. Must be some magic X-RAYS...
I have a few slipped disks and I would NEVER see a Chiropractor. I have spent days at at time on the floor, unable to get up where I had to piss in a bucket and I would still never go. Chiropractor don't know anything. They will make you worse. A Chiropractor ruptured my sister's disks and she ended up with spinal fluid in her brain. Don't do it...
A little shortsighted to lump ALL chiropractors into one category...some are good, some are bad like every other profession out there. Sometimes their services might work, sometimes they do not.
Of course it's shortsighted. My own doctor has a real prejudice against them because he went to one when he was young and had a bad experience. Because of that, using his "logic," they must therefore all be bad, terrible, awful charlatans. Worthy of a firing squad. What can you do? If I used my own doctor's logic, I'd never go see a doctor, because some of them are bad, terrible, awful charlatans, who prey on the weak and crap on the world. Sounds pretty over the top, doesn't it? You can't prevent prejudice. Just become well informed, get referrals to chiropractors and doctors from people you trust, and make your own decisions.
