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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

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3. Except it doesn't.

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 13, 2024, 12:52 AM

Feb 2024

Every time people talk about chiropractic, they bring in testimonials, and testimonials in medicine are worthless.

"Standing on my head saying Jack Robinson cured my arthritis!"

And every time, and this is EVERY time chiropractic is put to proper scientific testing, it fails.

It's a legal scam.

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This guy is a quack. [View all] Archae Feb 2024 OP

Yes, it is. RockRaven Feb 2024 #1

I can see where it might help some animals, like some humans. But the video Silent Type Feb 2024 #2

Except it doesn't. Archae Feb 2024 #3

Chiropractic helps some people, whether it's like a massage, PT, placebo, trigger point release, etc. Silent Type Feb 2024 #4

Trained PT...fine. Chiropractic...Nope. progressoid Feb 2024 #5

There is another paper I used for part of an in-service about forward head posture and they found that gentle LT Barclay Feb 2024 #6

Chiropractic is BULLSHIT. AZ8theist Feb 2024 #7