Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
Originally Posted by JoanneS
Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
Good for you that you have a chiropractor that does you some good. I was just stating what my neurosurgeon had told me. If this works for you then great, but I prefer to use a specialist.
The injuries I sustained in my accident could have been worsened by seen such a person. I would have lost the use of my left arm, which I am a leftie so life would have been hard until I retained myself to use my right hand.
I have yet to have a doctor refer me to a chiropractor. I have my physical therapist, if I need my neck worked on. They also help with my shoulder area also which was effected in the accident.
You don't know that the chiropractor would have worsened your condition - you're making a HUGE assumption to say what the chiropractor would have done when you NEVER EVEN WENT TO ONE!
Well the titanium cage and a fused cervical spine tell me otherwise.
My SIL is a Chiro and he would not have treated you if you have conditions that make the treatment hazardous to you. When he went to Palmer College he trained to be able to diagnose when the patient needs medical care instead. He quite often sends patients for other care when needed. He is also a paramedic and EMT(emergency medical technician) so these Chiropractors do have a medical background to be in the field they are in. They have to be able to recognize medical conditions and act accordingly. They don't just learn to move bones around. We stayed with my DD and her DH when he was in college and I was the recipient many times of his recounting out loud his lessons. It was one way for him to memorize so we all learned alot from the experience too! LOL 3 years of it!!
I was resistant to Chiropractors because my mom taught me to put her back in when I was 14 and I have to do it for her all the time. I HATE doing it as I worry about doing damage but I have done it for 40 years so it isn't something she is willing to give up. Ben has told her it isn't good to do it so often(nearly everyday) but she refuses to listen. She goes to him every so often and he obliges her but it doens't last.
I have never let her do my back at all!! But one time I fell a week before my DDs wedding. I was standing on the stool lid hanging wall paper and I slipped off and sat straight down on my but on my tail bone. I went and laid down and couldn't get up later. So I went to a friend of mine at the time and he put it back in place. Then I had a shoulder that froze and I couldn't lift the arm above my shoulder so I went again and it helped. Shortly after that my SIL graduated and now I go to him regularly. I have little bones in my hands that move out of place even a hair and the pain is intolarable!! He has this little pogo stick instument that nudges the little bones back in place and the relief is instant. These go out of place because of all the tiny stuff I work on. I do watch my wrists pretty closely and monitor when it feels like it is on the verge of going out. Funny thing is we were staying with them when he took the class on how to use this instrument and I remember him showing me then how it works. and now it is a tool in our arsenal to keep me pain free. I also put my lower back out alot as I sit too much.
When I start waking up with headaches I know it is time to go see Ben!
Yes you could say I love love my chiropractor!!! LOL Oh I get treatment for free because the law says he cannot charge family. If it was discovered he did he could lose his license.
So I am one blessed MIL!!!