There are charlatans, and there are legitimate chiropractors; just like "real" doctors. Mine had medical degrees, and was also certified in nutrition and sports medicine, did not use bogus machines, or push pills. Did not hold "contests", did not advertise aggressively. A lot of his patients were by referral by others who were happy with him. I was referred by friends. One person's experience is not "proof" that all chiropractors are frauds.
In MY experience so far, medical doctors seldom actually solve a problem; they just treat symptoms with pills and hope your body heals itself. If that doesn't work, they replace a part! Or they "monitor" something until it gets bad enough where they have to try to treat it. They seldom seem to do anything proactive about a cause, which is why many people turn to alternative medicine. I've been told by my doctors, that when my joint pain REALLY starts to bother me, THEN they'll try to do something about it?
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