So this might be a weird one, and I don't actually know if this is the place to ask, but here goes:
I fully understand that chiropractic medicine has pseudoscientific roots, which it hasn't done that much to move away from in other parts of the world, but I live in Denmark, and it genuinely seems like things might be slightly more legit here.
Here, a chiropractor is a person specialising in joints and their associated muscles. According to the ministry of education's own site it's synonymous with "clinical biomechanics", becoming one (e.g. becoming licensed) means earning a bachelor's degree, and the education includes lectures and lab work. Not to mention that our doctors are more than happy to refer you to one for certain issues, whilst insurers will cover treatment.
On top of this, on a personal level, my mom's favourite story to whip out when I question their validity is how for the first few weeks of my life I cried relentlessly, and slept for no more than an hour or two at a time, before being "adjusted" for a misaligned vertebra, which apparently solved the issue.
I can't get any of this to square with the fact that when I hear stories of their treatments, it seems to be the same cracking of joints as it is everywhere else, and I have yet to encounter a person (besides myself (allegedly)) who have actually been cured of anything by one. It always seems to devolve into weekly treatments, which either go on forever or leave the patient exactly where they started.
Is there anyone who knows if there is a difference between the obvious quacks from elsewhere in the world, and the much less obvious (potential) quacks of my country?
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