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I’ve found great relief from my chiropractor. My chiropractor will first use an electrical stimulator to relax the muscles, adjust the spine to restore movement

by jmpman 7y ago

I’ve found great relief from my chiropractor. My chiropractor will first use an electrical stimulator to relax the muscles, adjust the spine to restore movement, and... nothing else. Repeat a couple times a week until the issue is resolved, and.... nothing. Return if the problem returns. Other chiropractors are trying to lock you in to a treatment plan, x-rays, etc. whatever they can do to bill your insurance for more and more. Yet another type of chiropractor will sell you crystals etc. There are major problems with chiropractors. Find a good one. It’s changed my life, but I expect you’ll find many who have employed the other two types and aren’t as complementary. Good luck. Did you doctor at least prescribe some prednisone and cyclobenzaprene? That seems to be the standard treatment when I take three hours to crawl to the bathroom and finally make it to urgent care.

yellow_lead 7y ago
> Other chiropractors are trying to lock you in to a treatment plan, x-rays, etc. whatever they can do to bill your insurance for more and more. This happened to me and I wasted a lot of money. I found my lower back pain was related to improper weightlifting form, but want to point out how right you are to mention that chiropractors do this sort of thing and I wish I researched it beforehand. They take x-rays and then proceed to find "imbalances" which they proceed to "treat" with these long treatment plans that don't usually work. Chiropractors are not doctors and anyone can find something that looks wrong with a shoddy xray. They also made me watch some weird video on subluxations that seemed to subtly suggest other diseases could be treated with chiropractics. And they also had me purchase bromelain and some other supplement that did nothing for me. The crime with all of this IMO is that it gives the impression that a chiropractor is like a doctor, but it couldn't be further from the truth. I'm sure you can find a good chiropractor as you're suggesting, but just want to tack on to your emphasis that you have to do some searching.
- m0dese7en 7y ago
  Some chiropractors are not very good. Some doctors are also, not very good.

by jmpman 7y ago

yellow_lead 7y ago

> Other chiropractors are trying to lock you in to a treatment plan, x-rays, etc. whatever they can do to bill your insurance for more and more. This happened to me and I wasted a lot of money. I found my lower back pain was related to improper weightlifting form, but want to point out how right you are to mention that chiropractors do this sort of thing and I wish I researched it beforehand. They take x-rays and then proceed to find "imbalances" which they proceed to "treat" with these long treatment plans that don't usually work. Chiropractors are not doctors and anyone can find something that looks wrong with a shoddy xray. They also made me watch some weird video on subluxations that seemed to subtly suggest other diseases could be treated with chiropractics. And they also had me purchase bromelain and some other supplement that did nothing for me. The crime with all of this IMO is that it gives the impression that a chiropractor is like a doctor, but it couldn't be further from the truth. I'm sure you can find a good chiropractor as you're suggesting, but just want to tack on to your emphasis that you have to do some searching.

m0dese7en 7y ago
Some chiropractors are not very good. Some doctors are also, not very good.