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What popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] thelardboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What about osteopaths?

[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was not familiar with this term and had to look it up. From my brief search, it also seems like snake oil, and I don't know why someone would not go to a real physical therapist instead.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 5 months ago

Not saying anything about the source, but https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/osteopathic-medicine

I absolutely had a PT after a car accident that used spinal manipulation and it seemed to help. She also had me using elastic bands for stretching and hydrotherapy, so there's that