So he was being really super-conscientious? Actually, "doing X-rays" is one of the ways chiropractors make money. Who read the X-rays? Mainstream doctors generally feel they need radiologists to interpret X-rays, but chiroprators, in their infinite wisdom, read their own. Brilliant guys they must be. Here's what I think is sound advise - from a chiropractor, no less:

"Remember that x-rays made in a chiropractor's office are not likely to equal the quality of those made in a department of radiology. If an x-ray examination is needed, it's usually best to have the films done and interpreted by a medical radiologist and then have them and the report made available to your chiropractor."

When Should Chiropractors Take X-rays?

I don't doubt that you benefited from your visits to the chiropractor, and I'm glad you did. A lot of evidence supports that chiropractors do have something to offer with respect to musculo-skeletal problems.

Unfortunately, some will claim they can treat even an infection by manipulating the spine. (And that's what traditional chiropractic does teach - that vertebral subluxation underlies all disease.) So one must be wary.

Then, again, mainstream (allopathic) physicians have been known to mess people up, too. We all see those lawyer commercials on TV everynight suing doctors and drug makers for this, that and the other thing. I haven't seen any adverts about suing chiropractors. So I guess they're not doing any huge amount of harm.