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Preventing disease is obviously better than curing it. Chiropractors therefore claim that they put a particular focus on disease prevention.
You don’t just go to the dentist when you have a cavity, do you? Regular chiropractic care is maintenance for your spine.
—statement on Twitter by a chiropractor
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Ernst, E. (2020). Disease Prevention. In: Chiropractic. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53118-8_13
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