The alternative to chiropractic

I don't want to offend people who swear by chiropractic but this story sums up what I think.

A friend was suffering from shoulder pain and decided that he would go to a chiropractor for help. She gave him thorough examination and advised him what to do. In fact, she tried several different therapies but nothing seemed to work.

A few weeks later his wife insisted he decorate the kitchen he had been putting off for ages and guess what? The pain disappeared. The up and down movement of painting cured his aching shoulder - but not for long. About a week after he had finished the pain returned.

He took painkillers for a while but could not bear it any longer. He rang his chiropractor and told her how decorating had eased the pain but it had returned. Had she any more advice. She had tried everything she knew and all she could say was, "Decorate the bedroom."