(March 11, 2014 at 8:47 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: Well, I have actually been helped by a chiropractor before, and for many spinal problems, mainstream medicine's solution is surgery, which is ungodly expensive and not even usually a permanent solution. The other is physical therapy, which is more expensive than seeing a chiropractor and generally takes several visits or days of self-directed therapy. So in that case, I'm inclined to think mainstream medicine is actually the one ripping people off.
My mother drives me crazy these days by trying to get me to use "home remedies" she's read about on Facebook. The latest is oil pulling. She thinks it will help me with my allergies and I'm like, what about that practice is supposed to be effective in treating allergies? It just doesn't make any sense. My mom is normally a skeptical person, so I dunno why she gets into this stuff.
I'll be honest that I'm more open to chiropractors than I am other alternatives. I've seen people who have had their backs completely screwed by chiropractors but I've also seen the same thing with surgery.
Unfortunately it happens to the best of us. In all honesty, I'd see a trained physiotherapist before I'd see a chiropractor.
Not saying they don't help people, because I've seen success stories.
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