• regul [any]
    hexbear
    61
    1 month ago

    It's great that so many insurers in the US cover chiropracty, which has no scientific evidence of its efficacy, but do not cover gender-affirming care, which has mountains.

    • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
      hexbear
      31
      1 month ago

      Isn't it to the point where many insurers do cover chiropracty, but do not cover actual scientific physical therapy and recovery?

      • regul [any]
        hexbear
        22
        1 month ago

        According to my one friend on Medicaid who goes to a chiropractor, it's much harder to get an appointment with a PT.

  • @electric_nan@lemmy.ml
    hexbear
    36
    1 month ago

    I know a guy that went to chiropractor school. Halfway through he realized it was all bullshit, but he had sunk so much money into it that he saw it through. He's a working chiro now, and I think he has made himself 'believe' in it.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
    hexbear
    31
    1 month ago

    Everything i have to say about chiro constitutes and actionable threat of violence so i'm just going to stay quiet. marx-guns-blazing

  • CrackBurger [none/use name]
    hexbear
    27
    1 month ago

    Americans would rather get neck and spinal fractures from cracker boomer ring dinger than go to therapy

  • Des [she/her, they/them]
    hexbear
    17
    1 month ago

    my local doc who is right next to my house and in my network recommended a chiropractor when i went in for an acute back injury

    i did get the medication i needed but having a a GP recommend a quack did not instill confidence in me

  • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
    hexbear
    12
    1 month ago

    The funniest bit about Chiropractic is that they believe fucking with your spine can cure anything.

  • FourteenEyes [he/him]
    hexbear
    12
    1 month ago

    Actual physical therapists who also do chiropractory are okay because they actually know the anatomy and sports medicine

    The adjustments make my neck not hurt horribly so they can do all the fucking witchcraft they want

  • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
    hexbear
    11
    1 month ago

    people love chiropractors and it is so funny to me as someone whose parents have always been like "do not go to a chiropractor they will FUCK up your spine"

    have had multiple friends throughout my life who have been like "I need to visit my chiropractor" whenever their back hurts and I'm always like NO...YOU NEED TO STRETCH...

    • commiewithoutorgans [he/him, comrade/them]
      hexbear
      2
      1 month ago

      My back hurts like shit if I don't stretch for like 3 days. But 5.5 minutes of stretching and I'm good for 2 more. I'm fully convinced the people I know with back pain that a chiropractor fixes are actually just getting stretched by them and feeling better from that.

      Though cracking your back does feel great too, for me it's just something that happens as I stretch in stead of a stretch happening when I crack my back

      • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
        hexbear
        2
        1 month ago

        I'm fully convinced the people I know with back pain that a chiropractor fixes are actually just getting stretched by them and feeling better from that.

        Though cracking your back does feel great too, for me it's just something that happens as I stretch in stead of a stretch happening when I crack my back

        Yeah this is genuinely 100% it in my experience having talked to many friends who are intelligent enough to realize "hmm maybe I shouldn't be letting this barely 'licensed' dude twist my neck around" but will gladly keep going because they've correlated their back feeling better with the appointments. In my experience though if you invite them to a yoga class, or just challenge their ego by saying they can't do Downward & Upward dog into Bow pose and subsequently leading them into it if they happen to be one of your male friends; suddenly they'll realize "wow this is a lot safer and more relaxing....I thought getting my back cracked was supposed to be painful" -- actual thing my friend, whose mother used to take him to her monthly chiro appointments, said to the rest of us after we started doing yoga on the beach one day.

        • commiewithoutorgans [he/him, comrade/them]
          hexbear
          1
          1 month ago

          Holy shit that poor man! I don't do a ton of yoga, mostly because I stretch a lot for running and lifting so it often feels double, but it's a great way to get someone to stretch without it feeling like a chore. I hadn't considered that (though, as you imply, masculinity can get in the way). Keep healthy comrade :denguin:

  • D61 [any]
    hexbear
    2
    1 month ago

    In a moment of desperation I went to a chiropractor for about six months.

    I paid something like 75$ a visit to do light physical therapy on my own for 30 minutes. After I got a consult with my primary care physician, who pretty much gave me a printout with a list of exercises to do on my own I got to feel a bit silly and stopped the chiropractor thing.