[DIRTYSECRET]

Let’s see. Chiropractors are for the back right? What does it have to do with the jaw?

[Macho MAGA Man]

That’s what I’d like to know.

[Jamestown1630]

Chiropractors treat the spine entirely. They do neck adjustments, too.

I’ve gotten a lot of benefit from them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjJONLPzGfY

[healy61]

Different states allow different areas to be adjusted. I don’t know anything further.

[wardaddy]

Some claim they can help almost anything

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Chiropractic is a fraud, and should be abolished. I had severe neck pain that came and went for several years. In desperation I went to one, who wrenched me and twisted me and X-rayed me and did some sort of "hear mapping" of my shoulders and laid me on a machine that ran rollers up and down my back, and charged my insurance company a whopping sum every week for months. No relief.

I had to relocate for my job in the middle of this, so I quit going to him. I also quit eating Chinese for lunch. Viola! Pain was gone. What I was suffering all that time was a reaction to MSG.

[mabarker1]

It’s called TMJ an acronym for Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome.

https://tmj-relief.com/tmj-signs-and-symptoms/

Having worked for a Chiropractor I have seen several cases of TMJ and it ranges from irritation to debilitating pain, in short if You never have it consider yourself lucky.

Chiropractic involves treatment of the entire skeleton and muscles.

People that consider Chiropractic to be a scam and Chiropractors to be “quacks” have never been to a real Chiropractor. There are some “quacks” out there for sure but most DC’s (Doctor of Chiropractic) are not “quacks”.

A Chiropractor will start with questions about your pain, a full body exam including ROM Testing (Range of Motion), basic strength testing, Vital Signs followed by X-Rays that could be a set of Cervical (head and neck) pics or a Full on AP and LAT (front to rear and side pics of the entire spine) before making any Adjustments. Some DC’s also do Acupressure/Acupuncture, Laser Therapy.

A real quack will just start making adjustments without doing a PT (patient) exam first.

[Rdct29]

They claim to work on the whole body. I always left in more pain when they try to adjust me. Only one chiropractor ever helped me and he massaged muscle spasms in my upper back that were causing my neck to lock up. I went to him 25 years ago and I’m still good til this day.

[rlmorel]

Chiropractors can treat many areas of the body besides the back. I have had my shoulder, elbow, wrist, and knee treated over the years. Note that in all those cases, I had mixed results, which after a session or two with no resolution, have with the active encouragement of my chiropractor) sought out medical care and ended up having surgery in three out of those four cases.

Chiropractic isn’t for all things, but it isn’t just for the back, either.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Not true

[gitmo]

They adjust other joints, too.