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by michaelmachine 1865 days ago
Chiropractors don’t actually help with back pain or any of the other problems they claims to help. The practice is based on “re-aligning” subtle subluxations in the spine. Two problems: there is no evidence that these subtle subluxations exist, and there is no evidence that spine alignment even extreme ones cause any ailments other than pinched nerves. Here is a good summary about the history of this pseudo-science: https://theoutline.com/post/1617/chiropractors-are-bullshit
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so it's a high grade placebo placebo massage ?