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		jimmaswell on Oct 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend health... Not nearly the same thing. You can't fix these kind of things with a placebo. For one definite example I know someone who even took a dog after it got a vertebrae out of alignment and wasn't walking right and it fixed the issue.

hprotagonist on Oct 2, 2022 [–]

sure you can.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34051018/

many chronic pain conditions respond well to placebo therapies. Because pain is more centrally mediated than you’d think.

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