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7. If they don't claim any health benefit besides realignment of the spine?
Fri Feb 7, 2014, 02:21 PM
Feb 2014

I had a touch of scoliosis when I was a kid; my dad had been referred to a chiro, by our family MD, as a non-surgical first attempt to repair an old slipped disk, so in I went too. Sure, it took about a year, but I'm straight as an arrow now. More to the point, this guy made absolutely zero claims for any greater health benefits, especially being able to treat or cure any diseases or disorders beyond spinal misalignment. Ended up fixing my dad, too, actually.

I realize that a lot, likely the majority, of chiros are preaching woo, but under all the BS there's a kernel of legitimacy. Hell, my insurance pays for 30 visits a year, I should probably take them up on it. My back does ache a bit these days.

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