r/Chiropractic

When seeing disparaging stuff online it is best to leave it be. Here is a video (much out of context and too short to determine anything) that people jump all over down voting, telling anecdotal stories of their friend's cousin's, brother's neighbor that was killed by a chiropractic adjustment. Leave that stuff alone, don't respond to it except in an educational aspect to a single person asking you. One of the best ones for a logical arguement is the amount we pay for malpractice insurance, insurance is based on risk. We pay very little comparatively... (even lower than many PT policies)

Once you pop up on one of these reels in the comments and try to defend chiropractic you will be hounded and probably banned from one group or another. Pick your battles. Chiropractic is indeed safe, it works, it is valuable. Yes, like ANY profession there are goofballs.

Do your work, do your best to help others, let the rest go.

Dr. S (over 30 years experience helping many, from newborns to the elderly (oldest was 103)).

https://www.reddit.com/r/cringereels/s/0W1uzVldkS

Hello,

Could really use some help. Back in January of this year, I started to experience what felt like TMJ pain/neck pain/ear pressure. It wouldn’t start happening until later at night, but progressively over the full aching pain started at 8 am.

It feels like this pressure radiating from my sub occipital muscles, through my skull, into my upper jaw, ears and nose.

At times my teeth have gone numb. But that has stopped the past few months. But the pressure is still there.

I have been to my dentist, was told it was allergies and mouth grinding. So I got a mouth guard, was religious about Neti pots and allergy meds- didn’t work. Then he recommended me to two people for TMJ. One of the doctors made me see an ENT and they said my ears look fine and maybe it’s a neuropathy issue. The other said it was for sure TMJ and put me on a muscle relaxer and offered me to come in for a Botox shot if that didn’t work.

Popping my ears gives a very quick temporary relief for about 5 seconds. I feel like there’s a lump right under my skull but can’t tell if it’s a lump or just my bone.

I’ve been to a massage multiple times, I’ve been to a chiropractor twice. Both said my muscles are tight from lifting, but I’ve literally been stretching for 30 minutes a day, I sit at home and use heating pads all the time and stretch,

Nothing is helping and idk what to do anymore. So many different routes to go down. Has anyone experienced anything similar?

I used to see an osteopath in London who would start every session with a lot of hands-on muscle/soft-tissue work—basically getting everything properly loosened up before doing any adjustments.

It worked really well for me.

Since then, every osteopath/chiropractor I’ve tried seems to follow the same pattern:

30 minutes of consultation/assessment → straight into trying to adjust me → I leave feeling no better.

I’m honestly getting to the point of giving up because it feels like this style of treatment has disappeared.

I’m not just looking for someone who cracks/manipulates joints. I’m specifically looking for a practitioner who believes in properly releasing/loosening the muscles and soft tissue first, then mobilising/manipulating if appropriate.

Does anyone know of a practitioner in London who still works this way?

Ideally, someone who is genuinely hands-on and spends a decent amount of the session doing soft-tissue/myofascial work, rather than mostly assessing and then adjusting.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated—especially if you’ve personally had treatment with them.

Thanks!

I’m graduating soon and really want to be a good adjuster, any advice on how to hone my skills?

I feel like my school lacks in teaching adjusting since we barely get to adjust with professional feedback in school. And every time I did ask for extra help they say next tri it gets better but it’s the same thing.

WASC put them on probation back in February, with a follow-up visit planned for December. They announced this week that they are so concerned with the lack of progress, the bumped it up to September. Whoops...

https://wascsenior.app.box.com/s/hjazzj4xcas0od9ods1er5ax0wqj9eos

Oh, and CCE put them on probation this month as well.

https://www.cce-usa.org/uploads/1/0/6/5/106500339/2026-07_lccw.pdf

All this with a "plan" to move out of the main campus and into a building up the road at Cal State East Bay in "mid-2027" -but there is still no mention of it on their website. They are still selling the benefits of the Hayward campus.

Plus, WASC thinks they'll run out of money in a year or so.

Good times!

I am about to start my last trimester of chiropractic school, which will consist of an external internship outside of my school’s clinic, and I’ve realized that I no longer want to practice chiropractic after I graduate. I’ve already passed all of my NBCE boards, so there’s really no point in not finishing these last 3 months. For now, I’d like to explore the options I have in terms of pivoting to another career that’s either semi-adjacent to chiropractic/healthcare or maybe not related at all.

Has anyone here left chiropractic school during the program, finished and decided not to practice, or left the profession after years of being in practice? Or maybe you know someone who has?

Any advice on potential careers or how/where to start looking would be greatly appreciated.

A little bit of background on my education/work experience:

- B.S. in Biology

- 6 years of personal training

- 5 years of medical sales

- Currently own and operate a small/niche photography business specializing in commercial work, primarily shooting medium-format film. I’ve had a few big breaks with contracts for automotive brands, as well as some tech and clothing brands. My work has included photography for print/digital use, billboards, large-format custom photography artwork for corporate headquarters, etc.

To be completely transparent, medical sales paid extremely well, but I left in 2023 because of the terrible work-life balance and constant pressure from upper management to sell and increase profits, even when that sometimes meant being dishonest with customers. As for photography, I started the business in 2019, but I’ve never been able to consistently make more than ~$45k/year from it, so it hasn’t really been a viable option as a sole source of income to support myself and potentially a family in the future. I’ve continued doing it throughout chiropractic school.

I originally chose chiropractic because I wanted to help people and get them better through conservative management, without them having to deal with insurance companies, years of going back and forth with MDs, or potentially unnecessary procedures and surgeries.

Unfortunately, I’ve come to the realization that I don’t think I can be a chiropractor. It’s not necessarily because I think chiropractic doesn’t work. Rather, I’ve realized that I no longer feel comfortable fully buying into the profession or seeing patients all day and being constantly face-to-face with people. I’m trying to figure out what career path might allow me to make use of the education and experience I’ve accumulated without necessarily putting me in a traditional patient-care role.

And just to get ahead of it because I know someone will say it… no I do not want to teach lol

Where is the best place to place ads for young chiropractors looking for opportunities? Schools? Trade mags? Is there a social media preference or page for this type of ad?

I got accepted into University of Western States, woohoo! Im a non traditional student, 30 married with a kid will probably have 1 or 2 more while in school. Any advice out there for me? Any UWS graduates wanna tell me their experience or how UWS did or did not prepare them for profession? Should I focus on seminars and workshops while im in school? Should I shadow different clinics throughout my time in school? Excited for this journey. The two specialties that pulled me into this profession were Sports Medicine and Functional Neurology and I cant wait to learn everything I can. Should I budget to go to different seminars while in school? Whats the first year like, etc. I welcome your comments, even the ones that say debt is too high for income, I AM NOT going into profession to become an employee, will be self employed coming out of it.

I work on the motor/drive side of powered treatment tables, and recently I've gone a little too far down the rabbit hole of reducing motor noise.

In one test setup, we got maximum operating noise from about 42.1 dB down to 38.9 dB, measured 15 cm away with roughly 32 dB ambient noise.

It wasn't one big change. It came from a combination of lower motor speed, a large reduction ratio, FOC control, and some structural damping to deal with vibration/resonance.

As an engineering problem, getting it below 40 dB was satisfying.

Then I had the obvious question:

Would anyone using the table actually care about the difference between 42 and 39 dB?

We've had the same debate around movement quality.

Speed variation dropped from roughly 4.8% to 3.0%, and the motor became better at maintaining speed when the load changes.

You can see both differences clearly in the measurements.

But I'm starting to think the numbers themselves may matter less than how the movement feels.

For example, a small jerk when the table starts moving might be more noticeable than a 3 dB noise reduction. Same with vibration, motor pitch, or a change in speed when a patient shifts their weight.

For chiropractors who use powered/hi-lo tables all day:

Which of those things do you actually notice in practice?

I'm especially curious whether you've ever used a table that looked perfectly normal on paper but just somehow felt noticeably smoother, quieter, or better built than another one.

The noise control

I just got back from a new chiro hoping for treatment for neck strain, and aside from balance exam from their new patient coordinator, the chiropractor recommended I come back for X-rays and no adjustments.

Now I totally get if he had done an exam and talked me through why it didn’t warrant an adjustment today, but he only talked to me, didn’t observe me or look at any movement from me, and said he’d need to come up with a treatment plan before he possibly did an adjustment.

Is that the typical experience a patient should get? He said at minimum he’d put me on spinal decompression machine but I declined.

i recently applied for front desk coordinator and i have a phone call with the owner later today. i was wondering is there anything i should know before? i know there is a sales portion of the job, but what does that all entail? are they really pushy about sales? also, keep in mind i have no experience with chiropractice at all.

What's better? Decompression before or after adjustment? What about roller table? E-Stim? Ultrasound?

Hi everyone,
I’m currently a tri 9 about to be tri 10in the St. Louis area. I am precepting at The Joint. I chose here because I wanted to treat all different kinds of patients and accelerate my adjusting skills. In that regard it’s been amazing. The doctor here gives me tons of feedback and opportunities. The clinic I am at though is not busy enough to necessarily to justify two doctors at a time. When the doctor and I first talked about precepting here it was to get experience and then come on full time.
This is my second career and I have two children. For those that precepted somewhere and then ended up gaining employment elsewhere what were your thoughts and strategy behind it? Any advice period would be appreciated.

Hi all,
I’m looking for someone to talk me in or out of a career here. I’ve been on the fence for a while solely because of financial commitment. However, everything I’ve done on my resume seemingly points me in this direction and I think I would really enjoy it.
I have my BS in biology and am currently a massage therapist. I owned my own holistic center for a few years, but sold it when I got pregnant and wanted to dedicate my time to my little one. So I do have experience running a practice and running a business, having contractors working for me, taking insurance, all that stuff.
I really enjoyed having my own office space and creating a community, I miss running a business and I absolutely love working with clients and problem solving their issues.

The only thing that scares me shitless is finances. I have a little one, I am scared to mess everything up, however massage isn’t necessarily where I want to end up long term.

Thank you to anyone who read this!!

Currently my office presents Insurance financial obligations verbally.

Example: Your co-pay for your Chiropractic adjustment is $25 per visit with your insurance and your laser treatment is an uncovered and is $30 per session. If you decide to do both, your co-pay will be $55 per visit.

Its been how i have been doing it for the last 10 years and it’s been low stress all around. As I have gotten super busy, I think I need more structure.

How are you guys doing yet?
Fill in the blank paper template? Excel sheet template? Financial software? EHR does it?

Hello!

I am currently in the process of moving from NY to FL. I currently hold a NY and MN license and I am wondering what other docs experiences have been getting licensed there?

NY was absolutely insane for how long it took for the whole process to take.

Thank you!!

I read some place that it is illegal in Canada to perform. Is this accurate? Is it illegal in some US states? What schools are teaching this? Who here is performing this in clinic? Are there evidence based protocols on it? What is your protocol for this adjustment? What is your incidence for negative outcomes?
I graduated from Logan and it was not taught.
Thanks.