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by bodhi 4043 days ago
> Still, essential services like [...] chiropractors

Is it just me that finds this odd? Or are Chiropractors much more common in Denmark?

2 comments

Many chiropractors in Scandinavia are basically physiotherapists specialized in back/neck problems, so the normal criticism about chiropractors doesn't necessarily apply to them.

But yeah, some of them are the same quackery as you are thinking about. Not sure why the "real" ones use the loaded name.

That really is odd, considering there was never a solid proof for chiropractic procedures helping people in the long term. I may have mistaken but as far as i know its just a momentarily relief.
Treating symptoms rather than the 'cause' is in fact common practice; Consider the case for Ambien.