@Allamanda I don't buy the placebo effect when it comes to homeopathy---there have been plenty of remedies that didn't work in spite of my high expectations. Homeopathy works on the same principles as vaccinations, and most people accept that vaccinations work. You obviously are unaware that there are hundreds of trials that show that homeopathy can be highly effective. It just depends upon where you choose to look.
I do agree that certain chiropractic adjustments can be dangerous, especially when the neck is involved. But I have a chiropractor to thank for doing a badly needed hip adjustment---about 20 years ago I had so much hip pain I couldn't walk up stairs. One quick adjustment and I've been fine ever since.

@Allamanda

Yes, I'd worked with this woman closely to reverse it. She was severely osteoporotic and was advised by her doctor to take Fossemax.

The research on fosamax listed detrimental side effects, I had explained them to her, and she refused to take it. Within 1 year her T score changed from - 3.3 to -3.0.
With each passing year, osteoporosis typically becomes more severe. However, in this case, her T scores improved each year. Her spine had also elongated and she "grew" 3/4 of an inch.

She wrote an article about it and asked that I share her story with as many people as possible, to make all aware of the benefits of exercise to reverse this degenerative disease.

Her lowest score in one hip is now -2.4. The other areas are above 1.5.

No medication was taken. Pretty amazing, right?

Y'know what you call alternative medicine that's passed actual clinical trials?

You call it "medicine".

@MattChanning1

Are you calling exercise medicine? Sorry, I just want to make certain I understand your point.

@Allamanda

Exercise alone. Weight lifting and different forms of stretching.

@Allamanda

I should add that we increased protein intake and cut out sugar. Bone density can increase/improve with resistance training. This was the only case in which I'd seen the condition reversed to this extent. However, there have been many other cases in which bone density still improved considerably.

@Athena What I'm saying is that "alternative" medicine is bullshit. I can't believe I have to clarify that.

I didn't use the word "alternative" at anytime, nor was I promoting alternative medicine in the context you're suggesting. So again, I don't know what you're referring to.

@Athena No, you didn't.

But the original post did.

It's not about you. Imagine that.

@MattChanning1

In that case, you should have replied to the original message and not tagged me to make your point. When you tag someone, it's a direct reply to them. So my assumption that you were commenting on my reply, was correct.

"I can't believe I needed to explain that" to use your phrase.

You should work on your writing. Intelligent people like words in the correct order so points can be understood.

@Athena Still not about you.

@Athena, he’s a dick. You can’t argue with dicks, they are too self absorbed.

@Barnie2years

Haha. Thank you! He pretty much made that clear with his comments.

You don't mean those terrible commies?

@Allamanda OMG, I mean wow.

@Allamanda Absolutely! No offense taken. I just didn't expect you to be so blunt!

Big Pharma was a term coined by paranoid idiots to herd other paranoid idiots.