[GqArtguy]

Originally Posted by Phaedrus49er

Not a fan of chiropractic. Sure, those "adjustments" make you feel better, but do you ever wonder why people (have to) keep going back to feel better? Because they treat a symptom (joint and spinal pain) without addressing the illness (muscle and postural imbalances).

Maybe its because I usually only seek out chiros who have athletic backgrounds and are ART certified (so they know my mindset and will do soft tissue work along with adjustments) but Ive been through a lot of chiros since Ive moved alot, and the only times I had to go frequently at first was because I subluxed my spine. Another time, I strained a psoas and that took a lot of soft tissue work to get back to normal. Other than that, I go whenever I fuck up in my lifting since I now can catch this stuff early and dont have to worry about the soft tissue getting fucked up being the acute issue.

In my opinion, sometimes you need both soft tissue and chiropractic work. Ive had shit that needed adjustment no matter how much good soft tissue work I had done.

Also, I think its a little unfair to throw postural or muscle imbalances onto chiros. Theyre not physical therapists or trainers so while I expect them to know about those issues and recommend things, its not really up to them to fix them (though they could recommend a trainer but then again most trainers suck).

And Ive never been to a chiro who has used magnets or titanium or any of that shit.