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The origins of it was outlandish claims with no data to back it up, so it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with regulation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic

Back pain related therapy in general is filled with “qualified” people ready to dole out “treatments” in exchange for money, including MD surgeons who do back surgery.

The problem is succinctly explained in this clip, starting at 2min:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyugCJ40IIw

As the video says, we’re using a clothesline as a flagpole. Other than squats, deadlifts, and core workouts, keeping your weight low, and avoiding work that stresses the back, I doubt there’s real solution, and even those are probably just pushing the back pain into the future. It’s probably inevitable as you get older.



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