Also the guy who invented it learned the practice from a ghost during a seance

You can also go to a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) who is an actual doctor and will crack your back in scientifically backed ways.

You might be left with only IBS. In a hospital bed and not able to control your bowels.

Cured of all ailments, including the terminal STD known as "life."

In most cases, it seems like temporary relief. Like when your bigger, older brother picks you up and cracks your back. Feels great in the moment, but not a long-term fix.

I understand chiro quack shit the same way I understand crystals and essential oils quack shit. It’s all just quack shit.

What I don’t understand is why insurance actually pays for chiro, at least sometimes.

Flip side:
Woke up in agony. I couldn't walk without aid. Why to GP, "it's sciatica. It'll be ok in a few weeks. Two months at most"
6 months later and I can't walk still.
Hospitals did the scans, X-rays, MRI, etc etc, but found nothing wrong. They did acupuncture, physio, hydrotherapy etc.
All slightly helped. However two years later I still couldn't walk without help and then just kept on offering me pain killers.
Nope!!

My mate, "Hey, try my new chiro guy. He did wonders for me"
Me, "Lol, quacks."
My mate, "What have you got to lose?"
Me, "Money..."
...
Mate, "Hey, told my chiro guy about you. He said pop in. The first month is free. If no improvement after then you go separate ways. What have you got to lose?"

Long story short.
On that first appointment he said he thought it was piriformis syndrome. Not back problems.
Within a month I was sitting almost pain free for the first time in two years. Within 3 months I was walking unaided for the first time in years. In 6 months I was running again.
Within a year I was 95% of what I was before the back issues. I'll never be 100% because it wasn't diagnosed in time and everything had 'healed' incorrectly.

Now, with that said, the guy was more than a chiro. He did sports body mechanics, and other things that I can't remember now. He worked with the local lower league football squad for about ten years. And whilst they were no Manchester United they wouldn't just let any quack work on their team.
Plus in the UK chiro's have to be registered and follow guidelines. If they do anything illegal they are fucked.

Flip side to my flip side:
The mother in law went to a chiro who said he could cure her spine curvature disorder. Anyways I find out when she's complaining of (extra) back pain, so I tell her to stop going as the guy is obviously a dodgy bastard. Within the year the guy was arrested for his illegal shenanigans.

Since Chiropractic medicine was invented in America by a spiritualist quack, I would say trying to use the same name for valid medical practices in another country is the mistake of whoever decided that was ok to do. It's like saying yes, wizardry is bullshit in America, but in many other countries it's a valid form of pharmacology. Just call it the valid term that has regulations.

Chiropractics literally started as an alternative to germ theory. The quackery was baked in from the start. They may couch their quackery in medical jargon now in some places but I've yet to see stats where people who went to chiropractors did better than people that went to massages or physical therapy.

Example from England last year:

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fitness/exercise/gymgoer-29-died-after-chiropractor-cracked-her-neck/news-story/96b8084d70755d577a44091c976066e7

I’m in Australia, it’s quackery here too.

It’s quackery everywhere.

Massive amount of misinformation, every country has a protected name and registration for real medical jobs. Chiropractic stuff is a US pseudoscience and a negative impact on patients the same as homeopathy.

No. This is wrong. I would like you to update your post to not spread wrong medical information :

• Chiropractic is based on pseudoscience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic
• Ostheopathy is based on pseudoscience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathy
• Physiotherapy is an evidence based medical discipline proven to be effective by a lot of studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_therapy

Everybody can be a chiropractor or a osteopath. I could even open a private school to teach both without even learning them. Same as acupuncture. If I want to be a physiotherapist, I need a university degree.

They’re insane in the US because the weirdo cult leader who started US chiropracty based on his dreams about literal ghosts was fucking insane.

It has nothing to do with medicine, and it should be illegal to impersonate medicine like that. It’s shameful.

Everyone who has been swindled by it (eta meaning every patient of it) should file a class-action suit, since that seems to be the only recourse under the US system.

AFAIK it's the same in Germany too. Unregulated. I could just go and call myself a chiropractor, trying my best to fuck you up.