What are your experiences with chiropractic care?

Answer 1

I have many, but in particular--For the last 2 years I had been having trouble with my knee slipping, not dislocated or any thing that serious. But as I would walk it would slip its joint and it felt very precarious. After about 4 regular visits for my neck back etc. just a simple few second manipulation has kept it in tact for the last 8 months.
I have been with chiropractory for over 45 yrs. there is no quackery involved. Rodeo riders, pro-football etc. players swear by them.
Once the adjustments are made the body takes over the natural healing process, if in fact there is no need for major surgery or what-ever.

Answer 2

If you find the right kind, they are pretty amazing.
There seems to be two basic types. Bone crackers and the other kind. I have my best luck with the others.
The bone crackers seem to run you through, put you on a massage table or something, crack this and that and tell you to come back soon or your head will drop off. They help about as much as a poor massage would. They seem to approach it from a "one size fits all", and seem driven to maximize profits with little personal attention.

Ok...then there are real healers, who will tell you if you should see an MD, and will employ much more subtle and targeted treatments. "Activator" style chiropractic is one branch that is more like accupressure and I've seen it work wonders after a lot of other medical care was tried.
My first encounter with a good chiropracter was after 2 months of pain in my leg. Xrays, drugs...all kinds of things tried, and the chiropractor reduced the pain by 50% in 5 minutes, and to nothing within 3 visits.
Another time, I had an extremely bad headache, on one side of my head. He stuck his finger in my mouth and pushed the blood out of the spasmed muscle, and the headache was gone in 2 minutes. If I hadn't moved 200 miles away, I'd still be seeing this guy.

So...shop around. The "good" ones are not any more expensive than the other kind.

Answer 3

I have scoliosis, originally I had a curve in my mid spine that was 27%. It interfered with my breathing and caused pain and loss of energy. I started chiropractic care and the curve is 14% now, after about 3 yrs of treatment. The only other option was Harrington rods, which is a major surgury and can have complications. I think chiropractic can be a good way to go, depending on your health problem. There are good chiropractors and bad ones, so the skill level is important. There are also different approaches. A good chiropractor will explain his or her treatment method, for example mine uses the Saccro-Occipital techinque. He or she will give you some information before you start treatment. After an exam you should be able to learn what you can realistically expect from the treatment.

Answer 4

Good and bad - but I have never had and problem because of it.

I have been to all kinds of Chiropractor since the time I was small. Some are gentle and some are not. Some are anally interested in only treating muscular sckeletal issues - some work more with the idea that the spine controls healing in every part of your body (so to speak) and some deal more with emotional and neurological issues through Chiropractic. Osteopaths have some training in spin manipulation - but not nearly as much as a Chiro.

I had a beloved Chiropractor in Cherry Hill, NJ - we went to him for everything and anything. I considered him my primary care physician - he helped us with colds, injuries, our babies and even long term illness. Now I live in California and I have not been able to find a real replacement for him - but I do have a friend in town that I go to occassionally.

Of course, my mother is a naturopathic physician and my #1 medical advisor, but i love a chiropractor for #2.

Peace!

Answer 5

chiropractic should not be used as a last result. It should be your first.
Lets say you go to MD and he says surgery and you go thru with surgery. Well, what if chiro care would have taken care of it. It is more natural, less complications, less invasive, etc. Surgery has low success rate. Surgery is more expensive and driving our health care costs up, astronomically.
Chiropractics role in health care is from a preventative stand point. Dont wait until you get a disease to become healthy. Become healthy to begin with and you will never get the disease in the first place.

Answer 6

chiropractics should be used only as a last result. chiropractics, though licensed, are not medical profesionals, and cannot diagnose many diseases and disorders. you may have a condition that requires immediate medical help, and the chiropractic will not be able to help you diagnose the problem. also, chiropractics have been known to cause some joint and bone damage, so use only a well experienced chiropractic if you insist upon using one.

Answer 7

I have nothing but praise for my present, and past Chiropractors. My back sometimes gives me fits, and my chiropractor knows how to manipulate my spine, to stop the hurting, sometimes instantly. This is cheaper, and better, in my opinion, than going to an orthopedic surgeon, who would give me mega drugs, and cut on me, to relieve my pain. Phooey on that! For 35 bucks, I get adjusted, and feel light on my feet when I leave her office. Yeppers, I'm an advocate for anything that prevents hospital stays, drugs, and sky-high medical bills.

Answer 8

I had a patient when I was in medical school who had gone to a chiropractor for a year or so for her knee pain. The manipulations didn't help, and by the time her bone tumor was diagnosed, it was too late. She was 16 years old.

I'm not a fan, personally.

Answer 9

It's helped me a lot with my reoccurring back problems. It also helped my husband when he was in so much pain he couldn't even move.