I’m a medical worker, and I’ve been trying to read about the history of chiropractice. It’s fascinating to me how the field was started as a spiritual practice. But with the background of chiropractic care being challenged by modern science, and spinal manipulation being disproven to have any benefits, how is chiro so mainstream today? It’s covered by health insurance, even though medical researchers are regularly publishing data that disproves the benefits. DISCLAIMER: IM NOT TRYING TO HATE ON ANYTHING, I’m genuinely interested in the history and how the practice became so mainstream with a somewhat unsteady foundation.
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Here in German-speaking countries like Germany, Austria, etc., homeopathy is a big thing, although everyone knows that it doesn’t work beyond the placebo effect. It is sold in pharmacies and in Germany there are attempts to prohibit health insurance companies from paying for it. When I buy a medicine in my pharmacy, I always have to ask twice whether it really contains an active ingredient or whether it is homeopathic mumbo-jumbo.
People are stupid.
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