YSK that chiropractors are not medical doctors and "Systematic reviews... have found no evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective"
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YSK that chiropractors are not medical doctors and "Systematic reviews... have found no evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective" - Lemmy.ca
“Systematic reviews of controlled clinical studies of treatments used by
chiropractors have found no evidence that chiropractic manipulation is
effective, with the possible exception of treatment for back pain.[8] A 2011
critical evaluation of 45 systematic reviews concluded that the data included in
the study “fail[ed] to demonstrate convincingly that spinal manipulation is an
effective intervention for any condition.”[10] Spinal manipulation may be
cost-effective for sub-acute or chronic low back pain, but the results for acute
low back pain were insufficient.[11] No compelling evidence exists to indicate
that maintenance chiropractic care adequately prevents symptoms or
diseases.[12]”
I am actually really torn about this one, on one hand I had one episode of back pain that lasted nearly a year, swearing up and down the whole time that chiropractors were basically witch doctors and that I would never go to one. However, when I finally caved and went to one he fixed my issue after two sessions. On the other hand, my more recent back pain was not helped after I saw my chiropractor four times. In addition, I work as a nurse and have now seen at least three patients come in with vertebral dissections, essentially a stroke, that occurred literally right after they had seen a chiropractor for neck pain. Anecdotally, I would say it isn’t worth the risk. Had I done physical therapy and used bought a tens unit the first time I’m sure it would have also fixed it without the chiro, but I was lazy
I’m 100% on board with science and evidence based therapies but I’ve had a similar experience with back pain. I won’t let them manipulate my neck at all though.
I’d say the science is clear: humans don’t understand what makes them sick and they don’t understand why they get better. We value our own anectdotal evidence over actual research almost every time, and we keep making the wrong conclusions. I’d go so far as to say that you can’t be “on board” with both science and with your own conclusions based on anectdotal evidence. It’s one or the other.
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