my son's Tourette Syndrome has benefited greatly from chiropracty, and after my husband's car accident, chiro with specialized massage really helped relieve much pain. He does have disc herniations and so the chiro was exceptionally careful in any of those areas

I had a shifted atlas vertebra and suffered bad headaches and neck/back pain and careful chiropractic care resolved it for me

we use NUCCA certified chiros only (www.nucca.org)

I agree that, as in ALL branches of medical/health practice, there are good and not so good docs

sorry you got a bad one and hope your pain eases......

but IMHO it's a bit extreme to call a recognized branch of healthcare, that many can attest to helping them, "evil" or "quack"