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So… when people bring up examples of chiropractic work helping them, it’s anecdotal, yet when you bring up “all the people who lost their ability to walk…”
It’s not?
Chiropractic work can absolutely be predatory, but so can pretty much anything in the medical field.
No, I'm saying an anecdote is no better than an anecdote of the opposite experience. In the end chiropracty isn't recognized as medical science and they didn't go so someone who is actually qualified to attempt to fix people's health issues.
It absolutely IS recognized as medical science. They’re just not recognized as MDs.
And I’m not arguing in favor of chiropractors, I’m just arguing against blanket assumptions and accusations.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic
No, it isn't medical science
Chiropractic is not medical nor is it science.
Okay.
Everything that isn't from a peer reviewed source is anecdotal.
With that said, being a chiropractor is not a reserved title, and the peer reviewed research doesn't shine a good light on the chiropractic domain in general. There is a few edge case where it might work, but is otherwise about as good as the placebo effect.
what if your peers are quacks too?
In the US, for sure. It doesn't have to be that way though.