A few years ago, you had to look in the phone book if you wanted a chiro. A few years before that you had to drive to another part of town. A few years before that, there weren't chiropractors.
And when I was a kid they were almost unheard of. They existed, but they might as well have been on the moon.
Now you throw a rock out your window and it will hit a chiropractor clinic. You walk in, and they're empty. The secretary is playing solitaire on the computer and the chiro is in the back room reading the paper.
The waiting room has aging posters and magazines about how it's important to get adjusted. There are a few posters of the spine and some fancy words that tell you how screwed up your are.
The chiros themselves are awkward people. They're just a bit off. You can't quite pinpoint it, but it has to do with social skills. Maybe they talk to fast or too soon or interrupt or don't look at you quite right in the eye. Hard to describe.
I did a quick interview of a chiro I know. Here it is:
Me: why are there so many chiropractors around?
chiro: We fall for the image of easy money easy job
Me: but where do they come from?
Chiro: Chiro skools all over north america. One in canada
Me: only one, but there are hundreds of thousands of them around
Chiro: Yup. No limits to how many. Md's were smart they have limits. So always busy. Chiros think the more the better
Me: but that means the market is saturated. more chiros then needed, means less business for chiros
Chiro:Yup
Me: idiots!
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