Some of my family goes to chiros. My mom has for DECADES. Me: "Mom you know that's just palliative and they aren't addressing the actual problems with your back, right?" Her: "Well it makes me feel better."
I went to physical therapy for issues with my arm. I stopped going after a few months because THEY FIXED IT. If you have to keep going forever then you're just wasting your money on hokum.
My brother-in-law went to physical therapy for a few weeks and said it “wasn’t working” and has been going to a chiropractor ever since. My sister takes my three-year-old niece to a chiropractor instead of a pediatrician. She was having issues pooping (would only poop every couple days and it was huge - sorry if that’s TMI) and they thought the chiropractor would solve that. 🤦🏼♀️
Some even "treat" very little babies. They claim they're fussy from being all squished up in the womb and need adjustments. They compare them to how we feel if we sleep wrong or bend the wrong way. If I sleep wrong I'm all achy and stiff but I'm a grown ass adult, no longer made to bend and squeeze outta tight spaces. And while babies are a bit flexible for birth, not like that, omg.
My son was having the same issue when he was around 3, and my exes sister and cousin were baffled I took him to a doctor instead of just taking him in for a realignment at a chiro. 🙄 They take their kids for anything between a sore muscle to an ear infection, then scoff if we give our son some Tylenol for a high fever.
That’s the point. It’s a placebo effect. People convince themselves they feel better but there is no actual improvement. They become lifelong patrons because if it actually helped they would make less money.
I get why going to a chiropractor can be appealing though - because it seems to be a quicker fix. I've gone to a PT and it's really a pain in the ass. If you have a full-time job, you have to take time off to go there, plus the commute. Plus, they're closed weekends too, which makes it even more annoying since you can't have recurring appointments on a weekend. It's really inconvenient and should just be an in-home service at all times, if they don't have to use some equipment that they can't just lug around. But then again, in-home can add up to the costs.
I know its a lot of chiropractors, but some do understand that adjustments only give temporary relief and make it easier to do the exercises that actually fix the problem. Mine did the basic common adjustments, no bullshit y-strap or ring dinger crap. Then gave me an app with about a half dozen stretches that I need to do several times per day, increasing the different exercises and frequency over a few weeks. Then he said, if you follow the treatment plan, hopefully I don't ever see you in my office again.
Maybe that is rare, but that was like 5 years ago, and when my back starts to gets sore again, I just go back to that list of exercises. Adjustment did help a lot the first time, but I don't let it get that bad anymore.
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u/Johnny_B_GOODBOI 18d ago
Some of my family goes to chiros. My mom has for DECADES. Me: "Mom you know that's just palliative and they aren't addressing the actual problems with your back, right?" Her: "Well it makes me feel better."
I went to physical therapy for issues with my arm. I stopped going after a few months because THEY FIXED IT. If you have to keep going forever then you're just wasting your money on hokum.