Do you buy into this "new age" medicine?

[Ardentfrost]

Originally Posted by Publius

They aren't cracking bones though, they're realigning them in their joints. Yea, I'm sure if you went once or twice a week for 30 years that might cause wear and tear on the joints that could result in rheumatoid problems, but getting it done 3 or 4 times a year is probably helpful in avoiding those problems because it helps make sure the bones are sitting correctly in the joints.

Aligning bones in joints?

I'm just saying what my rhuma told me here: the idea that a joint gets "misaligned" is flawed, because the tendons around that joint would tighten considerably and you'd know it. A lot of times this can happen and the tendon just fixes the joint (it tightening is acting like a splint to make sure the joint doesn't actually get hurt is our bodies' natural defense). If you sprain your ankle, for instance, you have bent your joint too far (or twisted it too far) and the tendons reacted, holding the joint in place until any torn tissue is repaired.

I think we need to be more conscious of fitness moreso than some magic "joint alignment." You need to work with your body's evolutionary developments, not against them.