Close to Home by John McPherson for December 16, 2021

Ah, the tradition of chiro-quackery goes way back, I see.

He’s going to need chiropractic treatment after bending over and dropping that heavy rock!

It took a long, long, long time until someone figured out that if you heat up the rocks first, you can charge more.

Now you may feel a little pain…

That patient probably only needed a minor adjustment in the first place., but it quickly got out of hand.

Early? Looks about the same as today. With a click click here and a snap snap there….$100

That’s gonna leave a mark …

REPEAT

Early morticians as a side job…

“You might not believe this, little fella, but it’ll cure your asthma too.”

Caveman with spears: Early acupuncturists

Hold still Zag… there’s a bug on your back!

There… got it! You can get up now.

Zag??

Some occupations change little over time. We just have more modern tools to do the same job now.

Subject on ground: You know, I think I just heard my back cracking…is that good?

I bet the success rate was still more than 0%

It has never worked for me. Physical therapy did the trick, tho.

Yikes!

or murderers as the case might be……

So when did one guy ask someone else to beat the sh1t out of him to make him feel better?

OW! now my back hurts even more! Chiropractor then says, Well then, we’ll have to schedule another appointment for next week and the next and the next……

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger! :D

Ouch!!!

Bet he doesn’t get a lot of repeat patients.

He’s rockin’ it!!!!!!!!! :)

That how Chiropractors got their name, Bone Crunchers.

As valid a treatment as is offered by contemporary chiropractors!

YIKES! You’re supposed to re-align the bones, not break ’em!

Then jump on the rock while it’s on him.

This could be the reason for their less than perfect posture back in the day.