[CWuestefeld]

My experience matches this as well.

I used to see a chiropractor for back pain, and honestly it did help a bit.

But I started exercising for other reasons, and that marked the real change. I felt better, even without going to the chiro.

I can still feel the difference today. If I go on vacation, say, and skip exercise for more than a few days, I can feel soreness and stiffness returning. But once I pick back up the exercising (and stretching, too, I suppose), the discomfort dissipates.

[a-priori]

I used to see a chiropractor for back pain, and honestly it did help a bit.

The real question is not whether it helped, but rather whether it helped more than the equivalent time to heal and possibly a massage would have.

And that's ignoring the risk of injury from a chiropractor's "corrections".