Hate to burst your bubble...I was in serious pain from a pinched nerve...painful to the point where I was having trouble using a computer keyboard. A few visits to the chiropractor ELIMINATED the pain. This was several years ago, and I was NEVER pursued for additional "adjustments" once the situation was resolved. End of story. Are some crackpots? No doubt, but you'll find charlatans, crackpots, and outright thieves in EVERY field.
And that clearly includes conventional medicine.
Many people (like some who post to this thread) still have the Doctor-God complex.
Let me tell you. Anyone can graduate from Medical School. You don't have to be God, and you don't have to be brilliant, or even exceptionally smart. But you do have to work hard, and you do have to be determined.
They have a saying: "50% of the doctors graduate in the lower half of their class."
That is, someone has to be at the bottom. Some doctors are better than others, and the same case goes with any profession, including chiropractic.
"Hate to burst your bubble...I was in serious pain from a pinched nerve...painful to the point where I was having trouble using a computer keyboard. A few visits to the chiropractor ELIMINATED the pain. This was several years ago, and I was NEVER pursued for additional "adjustments" once the situation was resolved. End of story. Are some crackpots? No doubt, but you'll find charlatans, crackpots, and outright thieves in EVERY field."
Sure, a massage, a heating pad often helps in those situations.......glad it did for you....
Chiropractors get their money mostly in conjunction with lawyers. If someone walks through the door with an ache or pain, sure, they'll treat you, too. But you aren't the cash cow. Pain and suffering lawsuits are.