Dan Golaszewski is a chiropractor who appears to be deeply into all sorts of insane woo and pseudoscience. His business is “[a]ligning spines and lifestyles with God’s
ultimate intentions”, and he seems to believe that vertebral subluxion “results in a lessening of the body’s
God-given, innate-ability to express its maximum health potential.” Oh,
yes. That, and natural stuff – though it is not clear what makes the stuff he promotes any more natural than the alternatives except
that he says so. Golaszewski promotes the idea that most health problems and
diseases are caused by misalignment, in particular asthma and heart disease
(his particular ideas seem to come from one Josh Axe), which chiropractors can help
with because they often originate from the “arc
of life.” Oh, yes. But he doesn’t offer “to diagnose or treat any diseases or treat any diseases or conditions
other than vertebral subluxation…” or anything that might make him, you
know, responsible for the advice he
is offering (as per his disclaimer). It’s just that doctors don’t know
everything about health matters and you shouldn’t really trust them but instead
visit Golaszewski’s website, and so on.
Now, there are plenty of people like Dan Golaszewski out
there. The only reason he is singled out in particular, is because we noticed
the very typical manner in which his defenders responded to criticism.*
Diagnosis: Crackpot. And what he’s doing is certainly not
harmless.
*This entry is a result of the Streisand effect.
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