Chiropractic treatment is pseudoscience

He'll be banging on about energy and unblocking your chi before you can say "How f**king much!?"

Go and see a doctor: it's what they're for.

Posted By: yarmyyarmy on February 24th 2010 at 13:39:02

Message Thread

osteopath or chiropractor (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 24, 13:23:55
- Neither - ever (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Feb 24, 14:40:40
- Yeah, also, as prudence says too, it'll be about ?30 a session (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 14:32:07
- quack then physio (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 13:44:57
  - The strain in the middle of my back flared up yesterday. I couldn't look down (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 14:04:37
    - Shouldn't of had that rib removed. (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 24, 14:53:02
      - Have a good night with Lurd on saturday? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 14:59:36
        
        Did I meet him on Saturday? Blimey, must of been drunken. (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 24, 15:19:03
    - i just don't see the logic in this... (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 14:14:55
      - Because when a footballer gets an injury, they're out for 6 weeks (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 14:17:32
        
        occupational hazzard (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 14:20:10
      - he means that people buy painkillers because they can't find the time to get treatment (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 24, 14:16:29
        
        and it's wrong therefore that pharmaceutical companies make a profit? (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 14:19:11
        
        I didn't say it was wrong (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 14:21:26
        
        An example to prove your theory. I've just come back from the Pain Clinic. (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 24, 14:31:23
        
        oh ok then (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 14:26:05
    - how about muscle relaxants instead of painkillers? They might help IF it's a muscle prob (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 24, 14:14:41
      - if it's a prolapsed disc then the muscles go into spasm for a good reason (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 14:23:00
      - To be honest, I usually only use pain killers as a small method of anti inflammatory (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 14:19:57
      - ^^^ Trying to groom TM onto amyl nitrate. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 24, 14:18:58
        
        darn you meddling kids (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 24, 14:29:23
  - Picking up an empty crisp packet is indeed stupid. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 24, 13:47:02
    - haha! (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 24, 13:52:04
    - yes but i have OCD (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 13:49:37
      - you could make citizen's arrests (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 24, 14:05:36
    - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 24, 13:48:50
- I've used chiropractors for years. It's a bit of a personal minefield really (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 13:42:37
  - ok cheers pants (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 24, 13:45:01
    - If you're interested I can tell you some of the stretches (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 13:51:03
      - tried this one? (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 13:53:43
      - ah i'll give them a go. I dont think (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 24, 13:53:40
        
        The stretches in this book are brilliant (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 13:58:14
        
        link (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 13:58:31
        
        cheers pants i'll have a looksee (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 24, 14:02:50
        
        erm (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 13:58:01
- 30 quid massage down dereham road will do u the world of good(: (n/m) (General Chat) - selwyn, Feb 24, 13:39:38
- Chiropractic treatment is pseudoscience (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 24, 13:39:02
  - Thing is, I'd be careful about going the GP too, because I ripped all the joints in my (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 13:46:27
    - Ok, so you got a bad doctor who gave you poor advice (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 24, 13:53:11
    - chiropractors don't just want your money (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 13:52:10
      - Yet physios will do the same correction therapies as chiropractors (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 14:00:06
        
        no it isn't small minded idiots that decide what they do is mumbo-jumbo (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 14:09:51
        
        You are such an idiot (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 14:16:15
        
        No he's not (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 24, 14:49:44
        
        That's almost an oxymoron in itself (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 14:58:53
        
        What is? (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 24, 15:15:54
        
        Believing in evidence based medicine (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 17:06:22
        
        Just about the only evidence for chiropractry working is anecdotal (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 24, 17:46:06
        
        I've been to both though. They both do the same thing (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 18:04:48
        
        "he's constantly on here rubbishing just about everything unless science approves" (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 18:28:27
        
        drivel (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 18:42:25
        
        and you'll no doubt conclude I have no reply to you (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 18:44:52
        
        no pants, what makes discussing any subject with you is your inability to treat my posts (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 19:52:14
        
        I guess in summary I find it really irritating in this believing nothing other than (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 17:24:31
        
        No, it's totally different (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 24, 17:51:44
        
        Belief in (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 18:07:36
        
        for trying to converse meaningfully about anything with you? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 14:41:11
        
        Funny how you highlight this very point so much (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 15:03:09
        
        ok... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 15:10:18
  - ok that doesnt sound like it would work for me then (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 24, 13:45:25
    - Thing is, if you go to a physio with back pain, they'll only do the same thing as the (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 13:54:46
- i recommend seeing your doctor first (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 13:31:38
  - lol i think that would make my back worse (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 24, 13:34:32
    - ok then, go to a 'massage parlour' (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 13:37:47
      - In Thailand you have to ask for 'a happy ending' allegedly (n/m) (General Chat) - Claygate_Canary, Feb 24, 13:39:29
- why not go to your GP first? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 24, 13:29:23
  - they just fob you saying to take painkillers (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 24, 13:33:49
    - sounds like your doctor is a total twunt (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 24, 14:07:34
      - A lot of quacks are like this because the correct treatment costs (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 14:38:38
        
        I know a few doctors back home, and they all geniunely want their patients to get better (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 24, 14:42:57
    - Then go and pay stupid money to a charlatan who does nothing useful (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 24, 13:40:27
      - I dont want to do that, they are our promotion rivals - the less money they have, (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 24, 13:46:47
        
        I had recurring back pains for months a couple of years ago, doc said nowt wrong (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 24, 13:55:29
        
        ok cheers, i feel like it needs losening up so perhaps a massage is required (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 24, 14:16:44
        
        Great advice (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 14:06:17
        
        probably depends exactly what the problem is - mine was muscular (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 24, 14:08:56
- I use an osteo regularly. (General Chat) - dear prudence, Feb 24, 13:26:08
  - hmm ok cheers, i found this one in my town through googling it... (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 24, 13:30:24
    - You'll only pay the ?85 bit once (General Chat) - pants, Feb 24, 14:33:50

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