Who goes to a chiropractor?

[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.