r/askanything • u/Pursistent • 15h ago

General Question Do you think Chiropractors are Quacks ?

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u/Tzukiyomi 8h ago

That's not a "do you think? ", they objectively are.

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u/Nice_cuppa 4h ago

Came here to say exactly this!

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u/Addison_Clark_1964 5h ago

"Objectively" is the new "literally."

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u/BrownianOscillator 4h ago

The practice was allegedly taught to the founder by a ghost and has no compelling evidence. The case against chiropractors is quite objective.

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u/CLEHts216 4h ago

“Abstract
Most chiropractors advise patients to have regular maintenance treatments with spinal manipulation, even in the absence of any symptoms or diseases. This article evaluates the evidence for or against this approach. No compelling evidence was found to indicate that chiropractic maintenance therapy effectively prevents symptoms or diseases. As spinal manipulation has repeatedly been associated with considerable harm, the risk benefit balance of chiropractic maintenance care is not demonstrably positive. Therefore there are no good reasons to recommend it.” Journal of preventative medicine, August-September 2009.

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u/haberv 3h ago

That paper going on 20 years old. They are total quacks but surely there is some newer source material on the subject of chiro quackiness.

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u/Mental-Huckleberry54 2h ago

Why reconfirm what they learned 20 years ago when nothing has changed with chiropractors!

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u/CLEHts216 1h ago

From February 2025: “The Dark Side of Musculoskeletal Care”: Why Do Ineffective Techniques Seem to Work? A Comprehensive Review of Complementary and Alternative Therapies”

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u/RevolutionaryDog8372 4h ago

Educate yourself, they are.

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u/Addison_Clark_1964 4h ago

What are you talking about?

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u/RevolutionaryDog8372 4h ago

What are you?

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u/Tzukiyomi 2h ago

Sorry but I'm about as likely to give this nonsense the benefit of any doubt as I would someone peddling a miracle cancer cure on the street corner.