Cracking Down on Chiropractic Pseudoscience
Wellness: Fact vs. Fiction
Danielle Belardo
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2022
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Summary
Join Dr. Danielle Belardo and her highly requested expert of the week, board-certified chiropractor Aaron Kubal, for a myth-busting episode on musculoskeletal health. After enrolling in school, Aaron realized the chiropractic profession was filled with pseudoscience and began using his social media platform to debunk misinformation about the field. Aaron and Danielle discuss the simple red flags to watch out for when choosing a practitioner, the future of the profession, the power of exercise for musculoskeletal health, and much more. With the abundance of cracks in the system (pun intended), maybe it’s time to rethink your next visit to the chiropractor.
Aaron has been an advocate for evidence-based practice long before completing his Doctorate of Chiropractic degree at Northwestern Health Sciences University with special interests in rehabilitation and chronic pain. Utilizing education & exercise, Aaron runs his own telehealth clinic, Twin Cities Rehab & Performance, where he delivers patient-centered care virtually that is tailored to each individual he works with, all under the umbrella of evidence-based practice.
Myths and misconceptions discussed include:
- The truth about back cracking and why it feels so good
- Misleading x-rays and long-term care plans
- Spine realignment, SI joints, and spinal manipulation in newborns
- Whether chiropractors can treat other medical issues
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:07.6 | It really does range from everything as far as like I've heard cancer and autism and anxiety, depression, like claims to treat just about everything under the sun, which is, like, if you're looking for a Cairo and you |
| 0:20.9 | truly want to see one, like, that's usually the first red flags. They're advocating for treating |
| 0:25.8 | conditions outside of the umbrella that is musculoskeletal, aches and pains and pain stuff. That |
| 0:33.7 | should be the first red flag. Like, you shouldn't be seeing that. |
| 0:42.0 | Yeah. That should be the first red flag. Like, you shouldn't be seeing that. Welcome to wellness, fact versus fiction. |
| 0:44.9 | I'm Dr. Danielle Ballardo, and I'm a cardiologist who loves evidence-based medicine and |
| 0:49.2 | nutrition science. |
| 0:50.1 | But as a millennial, I've watched endless wellness veds take over social media. |
| 0:55.0 | It's my mission to get to the bottom of things by bringing on the top expert physicians and scientists |
| 0:59.6 | to help us determine what is fact versus fiction when it comes to your health. |
| 1:04.4 | It's time to leave the pseudoscience behind and become empowered when it comes to our wellness. |
| 1:17.4 | Thank you. and become empowered when it comes to our wellness. Hey, everyone. |
| 1:18.6 | Welcome back. |
| 1:19.4 | This week's guest is an exciting one and highly requested. |
| 1:23.9 | So today we have Aaron Kubal. |
| 1:25.6 | He's a board certified chiropractor with special interest in |
| 1:29.0 | rehabilitation and chronic pain. As soon as Aaron got to chiropractic school, he realized |
| 1:34.6 | the profession was filled with tons of dangerous pseudoscience, lacking any rigorous evidence |
| 1:39.1 | for various different methods and practices. And so we made a total career change. After graduating from school, |
| 1:45.8 | he started studying evidence-based guideline-based medicine for musculoskeletal health, |
| 1:50.4 | rehabilitation, and chronic pain. And he started using his social media platform to debunk a lot |
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