I know so many people to go to a chiropractor on a weekly basis and either pay out of pocket or have benefits cover it BUT I seen articles or posts pop up that refer to it as junk junk medicine and on the same level as a holistic practitioner???
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People enjoy many things, and are willing to pay for them. I have a friend who gets a massage every Friday afternoon, and is certain that it improves his flexibility and mood. It’s working for him.
However, that’s quite different than someone who goes to a physical therapist every week to work on maintaining their range of motion in spite of their arthritis. That’s an evidence based medical treatment performed by a licensed clinician.
The term “holistic” has been taken up by a bunch of quacks that are not practicing evidence based medicine. I have a PhD, so in some context I’m a “doctor”. But I’m always clear that I’m not a medical doctor, and generally don’t use the prefix outside scientific papers. Chiropractors are not medical doctors either, and some tend to use the “Dr. Smith” naming convention in a potentially misleading way.
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