Chiropractors & your neck

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May 1st, 2002, 09:23 AM
jay015

Chiropractors & your neck

Saw this on a show called W-5 the other night. They were talking about the risks of neck manipulations done by chiropractors which might cause a stroke & paralysis. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />
I myself have had chiro treatments in the past including neck adjustments & I only have good things to say about chiros (at least the one I consult). When I saw this, my first reaction was to say "No more neck adjustments for me" but the risks are very slim (1 in a million). I guess it's no different than the risks involved with any other type of medical intervention. I will continue consulting my chiro when need be & I am just wondering what you all think about this. Have you had previous experiences with chiros? Good? Bad?
May 1st, 2002, 09:37 AM
Damned Angel

next time you go to get your neck done, have a little fun.

Go limp and wet yourself.

Bet you will never see an expression like that on the chiro's face again.
May 1st, 2002, 09:37 AM
pmetal

I just started going to one two weeks ago. I have a pinched nerve in my lower back. So far, so good. Gettin better every time I go. But my insurance doesn't cover it so it gets expensive since I have to go 3 times a week!!

Any manipulation of the spine carries with it a major risk, but that's what they're trained to do and hopefully you can trust 'em.

peace
May 1st, 2002, 09:53 AM
Mayhem

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Damned Angel:
next time you go to get your neck done, have a little fun.

Go limp and wet yourself.

Bet you will never see an expression like that on the chiro's face again.<hr /></blockquote>LMAO!!!
May 1st, 2002, 09:54 AM
geeksRus

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Damned Angel:
next time you go to get your neck done, have a little fun.

Go limp and wet yourself.

Bet you will never see an expression like that on the chiro's face again.<hr /></blockquote>LOL...oh thats choice...my chiro, when he cracks my neck will step back and say 'WOW! that was awesome!' every vertebrae cracks VERY loudly on both sides...you can hear it out in the hall! but it feels oh so good.
May 1st, 2002, 09:59 AM
jay015

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Damned Angel:
next time you go to get your neck done, have a little fun.

Go limp and wet yourself.

Bet you will never see an expression like that on the chiro's face again.<hr /></blockquote><img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> :D :D
May 1st, 2002, 10:05 AM
Wayward Clam

I have nothing but good to say about chiropractors.

Except that there are bad apples in any profession, unfortunately...
May 1st, 2002, 01:15 PM
Gollo

My chiro is AWSOME. He does a full set of x-rays on your neck and then he doesn't touch the neck he just adjusts the atlas and after that it's just subtle adjustments that get the job done. Ooo I got my self all worked up for my appointment on friday. Man does that feel good or what?
May 1st, 2002, 01:47 PM
morguth

is it me, but once you go to see a chiro, you just have to keep going back repeatedly because you don't feel good anymore? :p
May 1st, 2002, 02:05 PM
Cleetus

I wish I could find the best Chiro I ever had. My back went out and I had been bed ridden for 2 weeks taken pain pills. Went into this chiro, he started laughing at me saying that he didn't even need x-rays. After the first visit, I was cursing his name, he not only "popped" everything, but also massaged the knots out that were causing all the problems. I couldn't even sit in a chair that night. Went in two days later, and he did me again. Waited the weekend, went in that monday, with him telling me that I shouldn't have even come in. I was without insurance and he worked to get me back in health rather than make a lot of money. Needless to say, last chiro I went to would just heat my back, then pop it, ask for money, and expect me back in a couple of days. I will now go to a deep tissue sports message rather than a chiro most any day now. And yes, I have Scoliosis, so my back does go out about every 2 years or so.
May 1st, 2002, 04:45 PM
Major Kong

Unlike most of the posters, but like Cleetus, my wife and I have both had terrible experiences with Chiropractors. Mine involved a car wreck in '89, the Chiro misdiagnosed my neck and shoulder pain and I had to undergo 3 surgical neck procedures to relieve the pressure. I settled with the gentleman for a tidy sum in '90. Before my wife was diagnosed with MS a Chiro had my wife convinced that her problems were being caused by these "horns" in her neck. He wanted to see her once every 2 weeks for treatment. Then he found out our insurance covered Chiro treatment, then those appointments became 3 times a week. This went on for 1 month with me coming home one day and finding my wife crying on the bathroom floor. Her legs were numb and couldn't get up. I got her up took her to the ER she was a nurse at. The advice of the Neurologist was to cancel the chiro appointments they were causing the harm. Within 3 days she was OK. So my wife, being herself :(, went back to the chiro 2 days later. After the 2nd treatment I came home to find her on the kitchen floor in the same condition. Well this time I put her to bed and did the same things we did before. That day I called the Chiro and cancelled all of her appointments. A couple of days later her Chiro called and said he would start charging her for appointments missed because only the patient could cancel appointments <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> . I told him to get bent and I have a specialist diagnoses that her systematic problems were caused by the chiro treatment. My wife and I had an appointment that day with a local attorney (we actually did) and I'm sure he will be seeing my wife and I again. The guy hung up. The final to that is that the guy waived all fee's, which is all we wanted.