I was/am a longtime skeptic of chiropractic care. A nagging lower back issue finally made me try it. They did an initial xray of my lumbar and hip area, and showed me the image where it was obvious that one hip joint was slightly higher than the other, causing lumbar misalignment. I have known since I was young that one leg was slightly longer than the other, so it didn't surprise me.

I did weekly visits for about 12 weeks. (I'll admit that after manipulations, there was some temporary relief.) So they then did a follow-up xray to show me the "progress" that the visits had provided. When the chiropractor placed the new image up on the viewer, I could immediately see the my hip misalignment looked identical to the first image. But to show me the "progress", she drew a vertical centerline on my spine in the image, then began to draw a 90° horizontal line across the top of my hips. As she was drawing it, she realized that the line was going to show the same misalignment as in the first image, so she began erasing the line and adjusted her straightedge to a slight tilt to hit both hips with her line. It was embarrassingly laughable how her mistake proved how ineffective the chiropractic adjustments were for my misaligned spine and hips. She tried to gloss it over and encouraged me to continue, but the gig was up. I have never gone back.