There are good oneas and bad ones, as in any practicing field; but they ar enot fiundamentally quacks, and all you need is to have that damn pinch shifted out over two or three visits and you'll know that for yourself.

Treating muscles and bones and nerves as interacting systems is not quackery. NEither is trying to get a body to heal itself as much a spossible rather than be invaded with blades or outside chemistry. 'COurse every tool has its place in the armory; if you have really ruptured a disk, I doubt chiropractic can do much for you, but it sounds miore like a serious dislocation from what you have said. Get someone on it who understands dislocations and how to remedy them. Check out their patients for recommendations if you're worried abotu a bad one. Find a female one if you can, as they tend to be more understanding and approach things in a gentler gradient.
Not always, though.

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