Many migraines are not migraines but stem (no pun intended) from spinal cord problems that chiropractors can easily treat. Doctors hate this fact and will gladly put people on meds or tell them to change their lifestyle or their career rather than tell them to visit a chiropractor. Doctors are not immune from the effects of ego and hubris.
> Doctors are not immune from the effects of ego and hubris.
And that's why you recommend someone who isn't a doctor at all for issues with the body?
Sounds like ego and hubris to me: "I can fix things that I've never studied like actual Medical Doctors have simply by twisting someone's back suddenly!"
> from spinal cord problems that chiropractors can easily treat
Please no. Chiropractors are mostly pseudo-scientific pretend-doctors that should be allowed anywhere near a nervous system. They are not "back doctors".
In 2021 they're a huge source of anti-vaccine misinformation.
Not interested in arguing this because I used to suffer from the same false impression. But here are a few questions for you and others to consider. Insurance will pay for chiropractic treatment most of the time. Why? Another question worth pondering: people go back to chiropractors for repeated treatment. Many swear by them and credit them with fixing problems that doctors couldn’t. It’s extremely common. Why?
Doctors often suck. Look into malpractice lawsuits and draw your own conclusion about the perfection inherent in modern medical practice. They’re often bested by the quacks. A rational person should fear a doctor more than a chiropractor, if they’re numerate.
> But here are a few questions for you and others to consider. Insurance will pay for chiropractic treatment most of the time. Why?
It's popular.
> Another question worth pondering: people go back to chiropractors for repeated treatment
It feels good and they think it helps. But people are very bad at judging whether treatments are effective. That's why we need double-blind placebo controlled trials. And chiro fails those.
How exactly do blind or placebo test chiro treatment? I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt but a blind, let alone double blind!, placebo controlled test of chiropractic treatment strains credulity. Again I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt.
From my standpoint, if many people think chiropractic treatment stops their migraine and makes them feel better, I’m inclined to believe them. You and the mainstream medical establishment are free to insist those people are wrong. No real harm in that. I do think it’s a bit absurd to say these people are wrong about it making them feel better, but we can agree to disagree. I’m merely posting my views because maybe another migraine stufferer who has been failed by traditional medicine will read this and decide they’d like to be mistaken in such a way also. Being mistakenly pain free when you’re sufferering from migraine pain is pretty great. Even if you’re wrong, at least you think you feel better.
I strongly agree about DOs and note that many MDs denigrate the DOs as being less than. My experience is that they are much better than MDs on average. Ymmv
The best take on chiropractors IMO comes from physical therapists who tend to take a more pragmatic view on chiropractic. It can help but shouldn’t take the place of mainstream medical care.
In terms of one of the other comments about chiros being anti-vaccine, so are many doctors, nurses and other highly trained medical professionals. Again, my point isn’t that chiros aren’t quacks, it’s that they often resolve problems that mainstream doctors can’t or won’t, migraine being a good example. That says more about doctors and mainstream medicine IMO than it does about chiros who I acknowledge can be a bit like witch doctors or even worse, immoral witch doctors.
