Life hack for America’s medical dystopia: many chiropractic clinics will offer free xrays with their free introductory intake/assessment appointment, which they use to get your foot in the door and make more appointments with you. You don’t have to go back after the initial assessment, and even if you may have to jump through some hoops, those xrays are now a part of your medical record so you should be able to request copies. And voila! You don’t have to pay through your terrible insurance for them, and you can bring them to your regular doctor for follow-up.
Note that a lot of clinics will keep pushing you to make more appointments. Also note that this won’t help if, say, you need an xray of your ankle; they generally get a torso overview so that they can check out alignment of shoulders and hips and such.
