@jafo2010
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Both homeopathy and chiropractic are (sadly) still around.
Some chiropractors only treat muscular skeletal issues and they may be helpful for some with lower back pain if combined with more traditional physical therapy technics such as core strengthening and stretching exercises, heat, massage, etc, but FWIW, after myself having gone to one, the cure was worse than the problem (the snapping of my neck did nothing nor did that thumping hammer thing that only left me bruised, sore and stiff) and when I got worse after going to this chiropractor who had me come 2 times a day -5 days a week for several weeks – right up until my insurance stopped paying, I went back to a board certified orthopedic for my back problem who referred me to a very excellent physical therapist who helped me immensely. The muscle relaxers also helped : )
But many chiropractors including the one I saw on a recommendation of a friend, also try (and by try I mean used strong arm marketing ployes) to get you to buy all sorts of sketchy dietary supplements and vitamins or diet plans and even “healing crystals†and “stones that aline your chakras†and ridiculously expensive aromatherapy candles and herbal teas from China (yes weird imported Chinese teas made from god knows what) accompanied by all sorts of claims of their ancient and mystical healing properties, or some even worse, claim they can cure by spinal manipulation all sort of illnesses. Hey you have Endometriosis? Liver problems? Gall Stones? Let me do a spinal manipulation that will cure that. Geeze and you think Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP is bad?
Homeopathy – now that’s an even bigger scam and quackery than chiropractic.
There ain't a single farmer, cowboy, construction worker, dock worker, or any other kind that actually work for a living that will believe you. In fact, they will laugh in your face.
I have worked for a living my whole life, in all those jobs, and more, And
I don't know a single guy that does so, that does not have a chiro on speed-dial.
That little spring-hammer thingy has it's purposes - For instance, tightening ligaments on my right knee - a therapy that got me walking in a week when no medical doc had helped at all...
But by and large, yeah - Your doc was a quack. You need one willing to give you a real rip... Ask anyone who works hard and they will tell you who... One rip, maybe two, maybe three, and 9 chances out of 10, you are on your way. Somewhere between 35 and 50 bucks a whack.
Only one time was I subjected to lengthy treatment by a chiro, and that only when I would not let the surgeons at my lower back... That time was two weeks straight in chiro-instructed traction, PI excercise and adjustments three times week for three more weeks, then once a week for a month, and then once monthly for around 5 months thereafter... And the whole shootin match cheaper by an order of magnitude than medical doctors... with resulting complete recovery.
And the same can be said of alt med generally. Seven years I was in that wheelchair, mostly in a 12x15 room, under the instruction of medical docs - SEVEN YEARS, never to walk again... Guess what? The sonsabiches were wrong. I admit my primary healing was an act of Yah, but ever since, and implicit to that in healing and recovery, hill-folk and native meds, food-as-med, essential oils, and homeopathy, have done far more for me than Western med by FAR.
Western med is great if you need things bolted on, or cut off, and it is great in emergency, but that's about it... But then, like most, I doubt you will believe me until you are desperate enough to look elsewhere... And then, my, but your eyes will open!
