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ChadTower:
When I got out of college I was getting nasty migraines a couple times a week. The rest of the week my neck hurt so bad I would come home from work and just watch TV. Doctor didn't see anything wrong, Xrays were normal, he told me "people just live with pain like this." He subtly accused me of seeking painkillers even though I was telling him I didn't even want them - I wanted the cause gone and not just the pain. I wasn't going to live like that at 23 years old. Eventually I ended up at a local chiropractor with a good rep. He took his own Xrays (he was also a licensed radiologist and had the equipment on site). He told me he saw the exact problem and could fix it. My doctor had told me chiropractors are crackpot con artists (his exact words) so I was skeptical but I was in so much pain it was worth a shot. Within three visits I was feeling somewhat better. It took a lot of visits at first but after 3 months I was in substantially less pain. After 4 months it was gone. Apparently I developed some major alignment problems from spending 14 hour days in college computer labs with crappy wood chairs and wobbly monitors. What the doctor couldn't find, ignored, and dismissed as made up the chiropractor spotted right away and was able to fix. I still go once every three weeks or so just to keep things in line since I've found over the years that since I still sit at a PC all day I start to develop the same issue after a few months without maintenance.
I agree there are some crackpot chiros out there that are selling crap like "chiropractic can make you smarter / taller / less constipated / help you stop smoking". There are definitely some really good ones out there too, though, that aren't selling snake oil and do excellent work.
shmokes:
It's worth noting that even the crackpot chiros I've been to did really good work and made me feel much better. ;D
rovingmind:
I just went to the chiropractor today. I moved snow saturday with a snow pusher. It hit a rock and sent the handle slamming into my hip a couple of times. sunday afternoon, i had the pain shooting down the leg to the knee joint and the stabbing sensations. Its from pressure on the sciatic nerve. He took xrays and it was quite plain that the vertebrae just above the sacrum was shifted sideways, he also said it was rotated a little bit. The disc gets inflammed and puts pressure on the sciatic nerve and walla, more pain than ibuprofen can take care of.
I'm going to get an incline board to lay on once he gets the main alignment problem out of the way. I figure i'll make one out of laminate shelf board from menards with some pipe fittings screwed together to form a great big T on it for a foot brace. I was going to buy one but most of the sights that talk about inversion therapy that AREN't trying to sell you a table mention that relief is often found from as little as 10 to 30 degrees of incline.
I figure i'll make a board to prop on the couch, that can hide behind it when not in use. I was exercising almost regularly for a couple months before thanksgiving. Oh the feasting. :D
shardian:
All the good Chiropractors I know went to Palmer College of Chiropractic, and are among the smartest, most normal people I know.
ChadTower:
The guy I go to went to UMass the same time my wife and I did.
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