Gettng Your Neck Reset (Cracked) By A Chiropractor?

Question

does it hurt? My neck desperatly needs this, I have tension headaches and my neck is so tight but I am scared to get it done. I fear pain badly. After having a child you wouldn't think I would but, we are talking about my neck, LOL WHOLEEE different type of pain.

kd7, shut yours. Stop spewing crap just to get points, idiot

Yea my neck does not naturally pop on its own. Neither does my back, never has

Answer 1

No it feels great and it will mean no headaches for a while. More than likely you'll have to have it done ever so often. But I think it is worth it. He or she will give you some tips to follow at home and maybe one of those traction things that hang over the door to give you relief at home.
Here is what I'm talking about: Ask the doc or just order yourself one. It is worth the money!
http://www.wisdomking.com/cervical-traction-equipment
Forget that kd7... what ever that stands for, they probably don't have any friends are are bitter at the world poor soul!

Answer 2

Just go to a chiropractor with a really good reputation and a good amount of experience and you'll be fine. Only go until you feel better, and don't liosten to them when they say that you have to keep going and getting it done all the time. A few times should do the trick.
It doesn't hurt, but if you've never had this done, the cracking sound will startle you at first, but there's no pain.

Answer 3

If your neck doesn't crack on its own already, it will still feel good when you get it done by the chiropractor. Ever crack your knuckles? It feels good doesn't it? Because the noise is pressure being released from in between your joints. It will feel amazing. I'm a baby when it comes to pain, but I was in a minor car accident and my neck got jammed up a little, and since then I get this built up pressure in my neck and I just turn it from side to side or rotate it towards the back and it will crack and the pressure will be gone for a little while. It's not painful, it's only painful when you leave the pressure there, as you can tell lol.

Answer 4

A good chiropractor will not hurt you doing neck manipulation. I have had them done hundreds of times. The only time one really hurt me was when my muscles were so tight for days that he had to really jerk on my neck and then gave me a migraine headache, too. A good chiropractor will not adjust your neck if it is too tight and will do heat and possible neck, shoulder massage to make them relax before he adjusts your neck. He might even wait a day or two if you muscles are that tight. Neck adjustments should not come anywhere close to labor pains in comparison.

Answer 5

If you are concerned about your neck being cracked and it hurting, go to a chiropractor who uses the activator method. The activator is a small metal tool that is used in small, painless jabs to reset your spine and other bones in your body.

Just go to www.activator.com to find a doctor in your area.

I swear by this method. I have fibromyalgia and it has helped greatly with my pain.

Answer 6

It doesn't hurt if you relax. (And I have quite a bit of arthritis in my neck). It also helps if you have a good chiropractor that is gentle. Some friends referred me to a good chiropracter. I told him that even though I knew I really needed adjustments, I was afraid to go to a chiropracter because of a bad experience with a rough one when I had tendonitus (arm). Anyways, he told me that he would only turn my neck so far until he could see how much I could handle. Knowing this, I relaxed right away and now look forward to my appointments. I totally trust him, because he knew what I could handle. Also, he turns (cracks) my neck while I am laying on my back. This way I can just relax my head into his arms. The other chiropracter did it while I was on my stomach. It was harder to relax this way.

Answer 7

The chiropractor helped with my migraines. It does not hurt that bad to get adjusted.

Answer 8

go to a female chiropractor and put you mind to ease your safe

Answer 9

It would be the best place to go. Getting an adustment will sure beat the chronice headaches you are suffering at this time. Good luck and take care!!

Answer 10

I've been under the care of a chiropractor for almost eleven months now.

Being raised in main-stream medicine, I'm definitely more skeptical of chiropractic healthcare than other people (I'm a paramedic, I'm trained to give drugs as an answer to any problem).

Through the course of my care, I have had my 'neck cracked' by my chiropractor several times. A more technically correct term would be a "release" of a subluxated vertebrae (or more than one vertebra). I've been very concerned about any additional pain, but in all frank honesty, in all my visits, my chiropractor has YET to perform a manipulation that hurts. At very most, its like popping the joints in a finger, or the wrist, or ankle. It makes a lot of noise, but there is no pain associated with it. It feels AWESOME though when the pressure on the nerves and muscles is gone, and *poof* it feels like the chiropractor is a performer of miracles.



I don't know anything about pain related to childbirth, but going in for a spinal adjustment is one of the most pain-free things I do with my life, and its actually become very relaxing to me. (my life: I'm involved in emergency medicine and law enforcement... I spend most of my days rushing around in big noisy vehicles, chasing suspects on foot, climbing fences, wrestling down guys that weigh twice as much as me, and ignoring various cuts and scrapes related to patient extrication....)

I wish you the best of luck.