Thoughts on chiropractors
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In your case I would think of it as going to a specialized masseuse. Give it a try if it makes your wife happy.
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Never been to one.
Knew a few though who boarded their horses where I kept mine. They would sometimes try to tell the vets how to do their jobs. It was amusing especially when one insisted on providing unsolicited holistic advice to a vet who had a large animal practice in South Africa before immigrating here in the mid 1980’s. The chiro never tried that again.
Some of my friends though were regular chiro patients. At least until they finally realised that Chiros only treat symptoms but not the root cause of the problem itself.
I can think of one instance when a friend of mine should have gone to a lawyer after a chiro failed to insist, let alone even suggest, that he go to the ER. He was septic with a bouncing high fever that had lasted close to a week. What did the chiro prescribed? Vacuum cupping therapy on the back! Surprised he didn’t bleed him as well. Poor guy ended up in an ICU for a week then three weeks in the medicine ward. Forced him to take early retirement and has never been in anything resembling good health ever since.
Should the need arise, I’ll go to a sports medicine physiotherapist first before a “Chiro-quackpractor” any day.
Elbows up!
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If their office offers acupuncture then I would be leery. If they mention holistic? Run away.
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When I was working and someone in a meeting said “We should or want to take a holistic approach to this….” As far I was concerned the meeting was over.
There were certain individuals who would always introduce the holistic approach banality. If I knew they would be present I would always arrange to have my assistant to enter the meeting at about the twenty minute mark with an “urgent phone call” message to pull me out of the meeting. In that way they could have an out of the box holistic approach session to their hearts’ desire.
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When I was working and someone in a meeting said “We should or want to take a holistic approach to this….” As far I was concerned the meeting was over.
There were certain individuals who would always introduce the holistic approach banality. If I knew they would be present I would always arrange to have my assistant to enter the meeting at about the twenty minute mark with an “urgent phone call” message to pull me out of the meeting. In that way they could have an out of the box holistic approach session to their hearts’ desire.
@Renauda said in Thoughts on chiropractors:
If I knew they would be present I would always arrange to have my assistant to enter the meeting at about the twenty minute mark with an “urgent phone call” message to pull me out of the meeting
"Page me in 15 minutes."
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@Renauda said in Thoughts on chiropractors:
If I knew they would be present I would always arrange to have my assistant to enter the meeting at about the twenty minute mark with an “urgent phone call” message to pull me out of the meeting
"Page me in 15 minutes."
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I'm not feeling much synergy here. I think we might need to do a deep dive in order to move the needle.
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Never been to one.
Knew a few though who boarded their horses where I kept mine. They would sometimes try to tell the vets how to do their jobs. It was amusing especially when one insisted on providing unsolicited holistic advice to a vet who had a large animal practice in South Africa before immigrating here in the mid 1980’s. The chiro never tried that again.
Some of my friends though were regular chiro patients. At least until they finally realised that Chiros only treat symptoms but not the root cause of the problem itself.
I can think of one instance when a friend of mine should have gone to a lawyer after a chiro failed to insist, let alone even suggest, that he go to the ER. He was septic with a bouncing high fever that had lasted close to a week. What did the chiro prescribed? Vacuum cupping therapy on the back! Surprised he didn’t bleed him as well. Poor guy ended up in an ICU for a week then three weeks in the medicine ward. Forced him to take early retirement and has never been in anything resembling good health ever since.
Should the need arise, I’ll go to a sports medicine physiotherapist first before a “Chiro-quackpractor” any day.
@Renauda said in Thoughts on chiropractors:
Knew a few though who boarded their horses where I kept mine. They would sometimes try to tell the vets how to do their jobs. It was amusing especially when one insisted on providing unsolicited holistic advice to a vet who had a large animal practice in South Africa before immigrating here in the mid 1980’s. The chiro never tried that again.
Yeah, when Simon went lame (it was his hocks) several people recommended an equine chiro.
I thought some injections might be more useful and longer-lasting than a spinal adjustment - on a HORSE.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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My experience was not a good one. Part of the problem is that some chiropractors want to have you visit them once a week for the rest of your life. I filled out a medical history for the chiro and noted I had an inguinal hernia repair. As part of his assessment, the chiropractor put a good portion of his bulk into my lower abdomen. He then gave a "Eureka" shout indicating that he was demonstrating a deficiency in my conditioning. I then replied, "No, you just tore open my hernia repair." My brother had a friend who was turned into a paraplegic by a chiropractor.
The other thing that bugged me about the chiropractors I've seen (3) is that they love x-rays - and one can be assured that the equipment they use is probably from the 1940s, likely equivalent to being within the 10 mile perimeter of the Trinity blast site in New Mexico.
Finally, I once had a roommate who went to chiropractic school. He was a big advocate for chiropractic methods. He finished school, and I lost sight of him. I got in touch with him a couple of years ago - just to catch up on what he was doing. He's not doing chiropractic. He told me that he wanted to do research on the effectiveness of chiropractic medicine - but he found that no one in the field was interested. In fact, he was discouraged from doing it. He left the field.
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@Renauda said in Thoughts on chiropractors:
Knew a few though who boarded their horses where I kept mine. They would sometimes try to tell the vets how to do their jobs. It was amusing especially when one insisted on providing unsolicited holistic advice to a vet who had a large animal practice in South Africa before immigrating here in the mid 1980’s. The chiro never tried that again.
Yeah, when Simon went lame (it was his hocks) several people recommended an equine chiro.
I thought some injections might be more useful and longer-lasting than a spinal adjustment - on a HORSE.
The stable owner/trainer where I boarded, always recommended calling the farrier first to have a look at a lame animal. In 75% of the cases the farrier could fix the problem through hoof trimming or corrective shoeing for a fraction of the cost of a vet bill. She always maintained the farrier, an old cowboy named Pat, had forgotten more about equine lameness and horse’s feet, than any local vet could ever hope to know. I believe she was right.
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The stable owner/trainer where I boarded, always recommended calling the farrier first to have a look at a lame animal. In 75% of the cases the farrier could fix the problem through hoof trimming or corrective shoeing for a fraction of the cost of a vet bill. She always maintained the farrier, an old cowboy named Pat, had forgotten more about equine lameness and horse’s feet, than any local vet could ever hope to know. I believe she was right.
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My experience was not a good one. Part of the problem is that some chiropractors want to have you visit them once a week for the rest of your life. I filled out a medical history for the chiro and noted I had an inguinal hernia repair. As part of his assessment, the chiropractor put a good portion of his bulk into my lower abdomen. He then gave a "Eureka" shout indicating that he was demonstrating a deficiency in my conditioning. I then replied, "No, you just tore open my hernia repair." My brother had a friend who was turned into a paraplegic by a chiropractor.
The other thing that bugged me about the chiropractors I've seen (3) is that they love x-rays - and one can be assured that the equipment they use is probably from the 1940s, likely equivalent to being within the 10 mile perimeter of the Trinity blast site in New Mexico.
Finally, I once had a roommate who went to chiropractic school. He was a big advocate for chiropractic methods. He finished school, and I lost sight of him. I got in touch with him a couple of years ago - just to catch up on what he was doing. He's not doing chiropractic. He told me that he wanted to do research on the effectiveness of chiropractic medicine - but he found that no one in the field was interested. In fact, he was discouraged from doing it. He left the field.
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I've had good results with physical therapy. Maybe that could be considered chiropracty lite?
When I was in my 30's, I went to a physician that did spinal adjustments, and they worked. He had me cross my arms while laying on his flat padded table, and then pretty much jumped with all his weight on my crossed arms. My back would pop like a series of popping buttons, but I felt better when he'd do it. And, he would sometimes do it for free, given I was a poor grad student. He wasn't a chiropractic, but he was a D.O. Don't think Osteopaths have been part of this discussion yet. They are legal in Oregon, I think there's a university here somewhere that churns out D.O.s
He was a very bright guy, and I could tell by his practice that he was getting insanely rich. Go figure I guess.
