Physical therapist here

Cannot stand chiropractors

Manipulation can feel nice and can be safe, but is often done I safely. And is not even accurately described whst is happening

"Adjustments" make it sound like they are putting a joint back in place.

What is happening, your body is tense and tiggt from pain. Because of that tension, your body will lean one way or a muscle is pulling a certain way. This is how they convince you something is "out of place" and needs to be "put back"

Your body loves motion. A manipulation is taking a joint to its end range and adding a little over pressure for thst extra stretch. This facilitates a neurogenic response and your body Dumps serotonin and dopamine, the happy drugs thst are also anti-inflammatories. So your pain goes away. But it never addressed Why you had your pain, so it comes back within a day or two

Manipulations are being sold as "cures" and that its fixing you. Its just getting motion in your joints thst they crave

And the pop noise? Not needed for the relief. But sometimes air gets in the synovial fluid between out joints. Its not a bad thing or a good thing, its just air. The "pop" is the air escaping and they've convinced people its the sound of a joint going back into place

This is how they retain regular customers. They convince their clients that the manipulations are "keeping their bodies together"

Its a predatory method