Who goes to a chiropractor?

[superqt4u2nv]

I don't really believe in them always though they were bunk. Since Monday I have been in a sick amount of pain and not able to do cardio or train to hard because of it. Basically from my left hip/glute throbing pain down to the knee. I got to get it taken care of soon or else my comp session could be out the window before it even started.

 

[anthrax]

I did and it was somehow helpful.

If it really hurts you'd better see someone right now than wait

 

[Smurfy]

Ive always kind of subscribed to the belief that "eh, they're not real doctors or anything"

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Ive always kind of subscribed to the belief that "eh, they're not real doctors or anything"

LOL me to a ceratin degree as well but real Dr. will just give me pain killers and that ain't going to help.

 

[NJjuice22]

I chipped a part of my vertebrae off in my back going over a huge mound of snow on a sled. (stupid yes, i was like 14) . My back was so swollen it pushed my spine to the side and i was crooked for a few months. fuckin chiropractor would make it worse everytime I went. I said screw this , I stopped all physical activities for 6 months, it healed up and never came back.

 

[outset2]

Works great for me, Instant pain relief in some cases like if you just put you’re back out or slept wrong

 

[wootoom]

i go to one that doesnt crack

 

[superqt4u2nv]

I chipped a part of my vertebrae off in my back going over a huge mound of snow on a sled. (stupid yes, i was like 14) . My back was so swollen it pushed my spine to the side and i was crooked for a few months. fuckin chiropractor would make it worse everytime I went. I said screw this , I stopped all physical activities for 6 months, it healed up and never came back.

6 months off all physical activity so not an option. I need to be good to go full swing within 2 weeks or I fuck up my chances for the first comp I have planned this season.

 

[sixxtoes]

had similiar prob, my hips were just a fraction off and the chiro moved it back, fine ever since. try it, if not, then try something different like acupuncture

 

[EnderJE]

I'm surprised that more people on here haven't offered to "crack your back". I used to go to one but I didn't notice any improvements. Other people I know swear by them.

 

[musclemom]

Have you taken anything for it? Advil? Tylenol? Tried ice, a heating pad or letting a hot shower beat on it??? Any or all of the above?

IMO, if you have tried Tylenol and it relieves the pain, it's probably a muscular thing, maybe overuse from cardio. If Tylenol didn't help much it might be neuromuscular. If you were doing something and you felt/heard a pop and/or had sudden onset of pain, they you could have a problem, but if this is something that's been slowly building up it might be fixable.

I'm extremely pro alternative medicine, but frankly, chiropractic isn't renowned for it's quick fixes. For your situation you really might be better off seeing a sports physical medicine doctor, they might be the most understanding of your situation/training schedule/competition deadline. You might need a muscle relaxant, some OTC anti-inflammatories, a couple of days of rest, and changing up/discontinuing certain exercises. You might need someone who understands body mechanics, like an exercise physiologist.

I mean, I see a chiro, he's a good man and a good healer. Chiropractic is kind of like anesthesia in my book, as much art as science of the technique. A good chiropractor will facilitate healing, a bad chiropractor, just like any other incompetant doctor, will do nothing for you at best, or screw you up more. And no matter what, chiros can't prescribe drugs, and generally don't advise the use of even OTC drugs ... sometimes the better way to heal, however, is a little OTC intervention ...

Whatever you do, best to find a chiropractor by word of mouth recommendation, picking one out of the book can lead to problems. I found the guy I see by contacting a very popular health food store in the area that's into alternative health/healing, they have a whole list of physicians they recommend.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

I have a sport MD but my appointment with him is not for 2 weeks my orginal intention was to see him for thyroid panel as well as my shoulder that I have on and off problems with. I haven't taken anything for it not big on abusing tylnol or advil. I have tried hot and cold therap nada relieves it.

Chiro I am going to call comes highly recommend from a friend that is a nutritionalist apprently a lot of athletes see this dude.

 

[JarheadChiro]

Love them or hate them, being a Chiro is ALL about getting paid.

Chiros fight daily for insurance money, only to get $7 for an adjustment.

School is EXTREMELY tough, expensive and cultish.

Cool stuff, crappy profession.

Yep I'm, correct was, a Chiropractor.

I'm trying to finish M.D. school now.

 

[Island Son]

I have an AMAZING chiropractor, she's in mississauga. You can feel the change after just one treatment.

 

[wootoom]

I have an AMAZING chiropractor, she's in mississauga. You can feel the change after just one treatment.

lolol what else does she provide after one treatment

 

[bluepeter]

Put it this way. Every single person I know that has gone to a chiropractor to help them with back pain/issues is STILL going to a chiropractor to help them with back pain/issues. Many, many years later in most cases. Enough said.

 

[hardrock]

I've had a bad back since my late teens. I'm 29 now. I went to one about 8 years ago. He just wanted my money and didn't fix a thing. Went to one 2-3 years ago and i haven't had back problems since. Unless I sleep funny or something. BTW I stan on concrete all day. Good shoes help too.

 

[Island Son]

Put it this way. Every single person I know that has gone to a chiropractor to help them with back pain/issues is STILL going to a chiropractor to help them with back pain/issues. Many, many years later in most cases. Enough said.

like medical doctors, some are quacks and some are awesome

 

[scout69]

i need to start had a free visit once and shit was great

 

[flex229]

had a family member with a similar problem...spent one session at the chiro and the pain was all done with...

couldnt hurt to try one session to see if you like it.

I don't really believe in them always though they were bunk. Since Monday I have been in a sick amount of pain and not able to do cardio or train to hard because of it. Basically from my left hip/glute throbing pain down to the knee. I got to get it taken care of soon or else my comp session could be out the window before it even started.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

had a family member with a similar problem...spent one session at the chiro and the pain was all done with...

couldnt hurt to try one session to see if you like it.

Yeah that is what I am thinking.

 

[ShawnJohn]

I went to the chiro in the past but seemed like everytime I left I felt more messed up. The one place I went to the lady at the desk would always say "the doctor will be right with you", "the doctor is running a little behind today". That damn fool was the farthest thing from being a doc. He was just a chiro, not a Dr.

 

[Deterass]

I don't think i would have made it thru the pain without a chiropractor.
Now more than ever doctors belive in them and will refer you to a chiropractor,more insurance companies also cover chiropractors now.
They do work!

 

[gonelifting]

Put it this way. Every single person I know that has gone to a chiropractor to help them with back pain/issues is STILL going to a chiropractor to help them with back pain/issues. Many, many years later in most cases. Enough said.

I want to reply to so many posts here... Well, we go to dentists regularly and MD's regularly, why not go to Chiros regularly.

I was always in the camp of "Chiros are quacks" until I went to one for my back. I was EXTREME agony when I walked into his office with my neck literally on a 45 degree angle to the floor. When he adjusted me I was pain free and never looked back. He DID say I needed additional adjustments becuase it's just like any other medical field... you NEED to keep up with things... You need to do preventative steps for anything regarding your body and health. In the begining I was going 2 or 3 times a week because it was bad. Then once a week... nowe once a month or every few months. My spine is in pretty good shape compared to how it was before going.

I wholeheartedly support capable chiropractors.


When I walked in the office the first time, he felt my back and pinpointed to exact area of my pain without me telling him a word. I should have went to a hiro years before. I lived with unneaded pain for years because I too thought they were quacks. I just went to one because i was so "desperate" at the time, but it worked out great. Do it!!!

 

[superqt4u2nv]

I think it is Sciatica I been reading up and the symptoms for that a pretty much what I am feeling. :S

 

[harmonica]

The old joke....what do you call someone who barely got into medical school and graduated last in their class??? A Doctor.
I've seen 4 different chiros. 2 were just after my money. I dislocated 2 ribs onetime (painful as fuck) and the guy I go to now fixed me up in no time.
I'd check it out as long as you have references.

 

[gonelifting]

I think it is Sciatica I been reading up and the symptoms for that a pretty much what I am feeling. :S

I had the same thing too at a different time than my above post. I was scheduled for an epidural but my chiro said "Let me take care of it, if it doesn't work, then get the epidural." OK good enough. Long story short...He fixed it and i did'nt need the needle.

Is the pain going down your left leg? That's what was happening to me with the sciatica.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

I had the same thing too at a different time than my above post. I was scheduled for an epidural but my chiro said "Let me take care of it, if it doesn't work, then get the epidural." OK good enough. Long story short...He fixed it and i did'nt need the needle.

Is the pain going down your left leg? That's what was happening to me with the sciatica.

Yup sharp pain down the left leg. I am going to see a chiro I am not big on drugs for muscle pain. I do have an appointment in two weeks with a sports MD if the chiro hasn't helped by then I will let the MD take a carck at it.

 

[JarheadChiro]

Sciatica is usually a intervertebral disc problem.

Let me know if I can refer you.

 

[gonelifting]

Yup sharp pain down the left leg. I am going to see a chiro I am not big on drugs for muscle pain. I do have an appointment in two weeks with a sports MD if the chiro hasn't helped by then I will let the MD take a carck at it.

It was one of the most painful things I've been through, but I did come out of it OK. Good luck.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

It was one of the most painful things I've been through, but I did come out of it OK. Good luck.

That is good to know I thought I was being a wimp but seriously pain is awful and constant.

 

[genetic freak]

I had a back injury that was caused by stupidity. We have a horrible bumbell rack in our gym (bottom row directly under top) I injured my L4 vert. After 3 weeks of pain I finally went for the 1st time ever. After 3 weeks all was better. I honestly can say that problems would have continued had I not gone. About 4 weeks ago I suffered another injury that was also taken care of very quickly.

 

[bluepeter]

I want to reply to so many posts here... Well, we go to dentists regularly and MD's regularly, why not go to Chiros regularly.

I was always in the camp of "Chiros are quacks" until I went to one for my back. I was EXTREME agony when I walked into his office with my neck literally on a 45 degree angle to the floor. When he adjusted me I was pain free and never looked back. He DID say I needed additional adjustments becuase it's just like any other medical field... you NEED to keep up with things... You need to do preventative steps for anything regarding your body and health. In the begining I was going 2 or 3 times a week because it was bad. Then once a week... nowe once a month or every few months. My spine is in pretty good shape compared to how it was before going.

I wholeheartedly support capable chiropractors.


When I walked in the office the first time, he felt my back and pinpointed to exact area of my pain without me telling him a word. I should have went to a hiro years before. I lived with unneaded pain for years because I too thought they were quacks. I just went to one because i was so "desperate" at the time, but it worked out great. Do it!!!

I don't know about you but I do not make weekly or even monthly visits to any doctor or dentist to fix the same thing over and over and over.

 

[Deterass]

I don't know about you but I do not make weekly or even monthly visits to any doctor or dentist to fix the same thing over and over and over.

Its not the same thing over and over again.Its just an adjustment of the spine.It could be in your lower back one month and your neck the next month.These pains normaly come from things like how you slept on you pillow or from sitting too long in the office chair.

 

[Frisky]

Qt, I had to go when I was pl'ing.. One training session loaded the bar with 300 only half suited, wraps and a belt.. went down and on the way up my entire right side went numb.

Stayed like that for three weeks, so I went in and went thru all the bullshit first, Xrays.. blah blah. Finally he started the therapy, i'd go in twice a week and get adjustments in my neck back and hips. The heavy lifting had also did something to my hips but after they were adjusted it felt so damn good. No pain. It took several adjustments for me to get the feeling back though.

 

[musclemom]

I don't know about you but I do not make weekly or even monthly visits to any doctor or dentist to fix the same thing over and over and over.

There is no simple way to explain this, you either understand it, or are at least willing to TRY to understand it or not.

Our spine, from the very top vertebra that support the skull, all the way down to the coccyx, is dynamic. It is not a rigid structure, like a leg bone. And not only is it moving, it's a support structure. You handle a weight, even the weight of hoisting a gallon of milk, in one way or another your spine is hoisting that weight.

Some of us were born with genetic/congenital conditions that make us predisposed to imbalance in the spine, and what happens when you have an imbalance on any weight bearing structure? Collapse. Same basic theory. I can only use myself as an example, I was born with a couple of congenital anomolies that make me particularly susceptible to imbalances. In addition, I am developing degenerative disc disease, which my older brother also has. My father suffered horrendous back trouble all of his life, my mother had neck pain and headaches all of hers ... I seem to have inherited BOTH of their conditions, and added a few interesting twists of my own.

I work for neurologists/neurosurgeons and orthopedists. One thing I know, operations for most chronic/degenerative conditions of the spine (as opposed to traumatic injury of the spine, I really want to make that clear) are almost a guarantee that you're going to be going under the knife for back surgery for the rest of your life. And you're probably going to be in pain and getting some sort of pain treatment until the day you die. Far better to find a way to maintain function and comfort without surgery or other intervention. For me that means regular weight training and seeing my chiropractor every three weeks. If I stop doing either or those I start to deteriorate within a month to six weeks.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Qt, I had to go when I was pl'ing.. One training session loaded the bar with 300 only half suited, wraps and a belt.. went down and on the way up my entire right side went numb.

Stayed like that for three weeks, so I went in and went thru all the bullshit first, Xrays.. blah blah. Finally he started the therapy, i'd go in twice a week and get adjustments in my neck back and hips. The heavy lifting had also did something to my hips but after they were adjusted it felt so damn good. No pain. It took several adjustments for me to get the feeling back though.

See the thing is like 3 weeks ago I was squating and felt something off on the decent came back up reracked that shit. It was kinda painful so I streched and just did some light stuff after that day so after it was fine tell this Monday started hurting like a MOFO not exactly sure what I did it perhaps jogging outside I dunno.

 

[Frisky]

See the thing is like 3 weeks ago I was squating and felt something off on the decent came back up reracked that shit. It was kinda painful so I streched and just did some light stuff after that day so after it was fine tell this Monday started hurting like a MOFO not exactly sure what I did it perhaps jogging outside I dunno.

it may be something as simple as a pinched nerve... but don't ignore it. Go get it checked out before it gets worse.

 

[musclemom]

I think it is Sciatica I been reading up and the symptoms for that a pretty much what I am feeling. :S

Sciatic pain would run almost perfectly from just about or below center of the glute to the heel of that leg. It is generally a burning pain, and can have an "electric" quality. It feels like the back of your entire leg has a rotten toothache.

There are charts that actually map which part of the body is innervated according to where the nerve exits the spine:

http://www.vcu.edu/mcved/pictures/dermatome1.jpg

This explains why someone who has carpal tunnel syndrome will have problems in just certain fingers and not others, things like that. If you look at that chart you'll see that our fingers are innervated by the nerves C8 and C7, our thumb by C6.

Nerve pain MUST follow a certain path, by it's very nature, and a nerve cannot hurt in one place and not everywhere, although it can hurt differently in different areas.

I just hope you feel better ASAP, SuperQ!!

 

[redguru]

We have a MD/Chiro office here. Thier schtick is they can see you today, refer you if necessary instead of waiting a couple days for your family practitioner to see you.

I've heard some good things about them, though. I'll hold off judgement.

 

[bluepeter]

There is no simple way to explain this, you either understand it, or are at least willing to TRY to understand it or not.

Our spine, from the very top vertebra that support the skull, all the way down to the coccyx, is dynamic. It is not a rigid structure, like a leg bone. And not only is it moving, it's a support structure. You handle a weight, even the weight of hoisting a gallon of milk, in one way or another your spine is hoisting that weight.

Some of us were born with genetic/congenital conditions that make us predisposed to imbalance in the spine, and what happens when you have an imbalance on any weight bearing structure? Collapse. Same basic theory. I can only use myself as an example, I was born with a couple of congenital anomolies that make me particularly susceptible to imbalances. In addition, I am developing degenerative disc disease, which my older brother also has. My father suffered horrendous back trouble all of his life, my mother had neck pain and headaches all of hers ... I seem to have inherited BOTH of their conditions, and added a few interesting twists of my own.

I work for neurologists/neurosurgeons and orthopedists. One thing I know, operations for most chronic/degenerative conditions of the spine (as opposed to traumatic injury of the spine, I really want to make that clear) are almost a guarantee that you're going to be going under the knife for back surgery for the rest of your life. And you're probably going to be in pain and getting some sort of pain treatment until the day you die. Far better to find a way to maintain function and comfort without surgery or other intervention. For me that means regular weight training and seeing my chiropractor every three weeks. If I stop doing either or those I start to deteriorate within a month to six weeks.

I'm familiar with all this, my mother has been under the knife 8 times. She even ended up having her tailbone removed.

I stand by my opinion.

 

[musclemom]

I'm familiar with all this, my mother has been under the knife 8 times. She even ended up having her tailbone removed.

I stand by my opinion.

And what's her level of function and pain?

 

[bluepeter]

And what's her level of function and pain?

She was close to bedridden for a few years. She's better now than she's been in a long time albeit she still needs to take it easy and not push it.

 

[gonelifting]

I don't know about you but I do not make weekly or even monthly visits to any doctor or dentist to fix the same thing over and over and over.

You can look at it like getting a massage. You don't just go once and you're "fixed", because the same symptoms keep coming back. Your spine gets a little out of whack from time to time and needs to be adjusted. That's all it really is. I don't go anymore, but if money were no object, I'd definately have my own Chiro coming to my house a couple times a week. It definately helps. You don't HAVE TO clean your teeth every six months at the dentist, but people do. It's some maintenance and some necessity. The unknown is sometimes ignored. Only the few of us who've been injured and have received great care from chiros have good things to say about them, because others just don't know about them and what they can do.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

I used to... actually thinking of which, I should make a damn appointment.

My back got messed up big time sleeping on shitty college dormatory bed for too long (2 years to long). It's great for me, I feel like a new person walking out of there perfectly upright (my back). I pay mine "under the table" but really it's across the counter... $15 for 2 visits... 1 initial and 1 follow up if I need it. The dude owes me like 5 follow ups, so I think i'm just going to show up and tell him to fix my back again!

I like what gonelifting said about the dentist. I'll offer my own: It's like an oil change, you don't have to do it... but you run a helluva lot better when it's performed.

 

[gonelifting]

Going to the chiro is like a blowjob. You don't need to get it swallowed, but it sure as hell a lot cleaner.


ummm wtf? Not even close.

 

[Frisky]

Going to the chiro is like a blowjob. You don't need to get it swallowed, but it sure as hell a lot cleaner.


ummm wtf? Not even close.

wtf

lol

 

[gonelifting]

wtf

lol

wtf?

wtf.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Going to the chiro is like a blowjob. You don't need to get it swallowed, but it sure as hell a lot cleaner.


ummm wtf? Not even close.

I have an appointment for Modnay night. I hope I can hold out tell then.

 

[musclemom]

She was close to bedridden for a few years. She's better now than she's been in a long time albeit she still needs to take it easy and not push it.

You stand by your statement, and I stand by mine. I am sorry for the suffering your mother has gone through. My father lived every day with the results of back surgery and I saw first hand the hell he went through. That partly made me decide to find an option to keep myself functional and painfree. Doctors tell you to learn to live with your limitations and take another pill, and don't seem particularly upset if you need those pills forever.

I fail to see how taking pain medication every day is any better than seeing a chiropractor once every three weeks.

 

[gonelifting]

I stand by my blowjob analogy.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Chiropracters are scam artists in a way. They fix your back, joints, etc. but then leave the muscle/tendons surrounding them so weak from the twisting and popping that the slightest movement will throw it out again. So you're fixed as long as you don't move much at all for a week or so. Yeah. Tough when the first thing you have to do is sit down in your car to drive yourself home. My back always pops after sitting in a car or even any seat for a while.

 

[musclemom]

I stand by my blowjob analogy.

Honey, I'm not proud, I'm willing to admit I don't UNDERSTAND your blowjob analogy!

I used a haircut analogy personally. Most people get their haircut every six weeks or so, it costs around $30 give or take, they don't gripe about that!

They change the oil in their car every 3,000 miles, rotate their tires, none of THAT preventative maintenance bothers them ... but a once a month chiropractic visit they squawk over.

My mother had the right attitude, she told people once, but she never debated, and she never tried to convince anyone. Her words, "Fine, you wanna suffer, so suffer."