Thoughts on chiropractors
-
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.
-
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.
