Nfgo3 – your remark that a “good chiropractor is an oxymoron,” was off the mark and also sounded a bit rude. Most medical doctors are full of hubris. I have medical doctors who not only acknowledge the benefit of quality chiropractic care, but have sent patients to them. There are poor practicioners in EVERY field. There are also outstanding ones. Several members of my family are or were chiropractors. Each one was an oustanding example of the profession and helped MANY, MANY people to get immediate pain relief when medical intervention and pill after pill did not help them at all.
When I was pregnant, we were having a simcha at my parents’ house and I had an acute and sudden attack of sciatica. It was excruciating, and I could not get up off the floor (it literally knocked me off my feet). My brother is a chiro and he gave me an adjustment right there on the floor, and in literally ten seconds I was completely pain-free. It was miraculous. Particularly as I could not take any pain meds then, it was a bracha that such a simple action as an adjustment, could help me. Some claims they make are outrageous, but some doctors’ claims and actions are equally outrageous. You have to know who is a true practicioner and who is just a quack. That goes across the medical board.