FabSwingers.com forum: Thoughts on seeing a chiropractor

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I have been yesterday for an existing condition and feel kinda strange about the whole exp in general.

Though my shoulders feel in line and my hips need work to .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some say it’s quackery - as far as medicine goes - and others will swear by it.

Check online reviews and the person’s credentials.

A friend’s ex husband is a chiropractor and calls himself Doctor, when he is not (neither PHD nor medical), so I’d be wary.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Some say it’s quackery - as far as medicine goes - and others will swear by it.

Check online reviews and the person’s credentials.thank you he's all checked out and legitimate credentials ,so hoping for improving quality of life less pain is my goal.

A friend’s ex husband is a chiropractor and calls himself Doctor, when he is not (neither PHD nor medical), so I’d be wary."

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By *rReyMan
over a year ago

Fleet

I've used a chiropractor for years. I started using one after I was injured in the military. I was suffering shoulder, arm and neck pain. The RAF prescribed physio which achieved nothing, they focused on my neck believing it to be a possible trapped nerve causing the pain in my shoulder and down my arm. After a year of getting worse and facing surgery, I went to a chiro. They did an assessment and realised I had a frozen shoulder which was causing pain to travel up my neck and down my arm. They focused the treatment on my shoulder soft tissue and shoulder blade mobility. Within 6 weeks I had full movement and was pain free.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I've used a chiropractor for years. I started using one after I was injured in the military. I was suffering shoulder, arm and neck pain. The RAF prescribed physio which achieved nothing, they focused on my neck believing it to be a possible trapped nerve causing the pain in my shoulder and down my arm. After a year of getting worse and facing surgery, I went to a chiro. They did an assessment and realised I had a frozen shoulder which was causing pain to travel up my neck and down my arm. They focused the treatment on my shoulder soft tissue and shoulder blade mobility. Within 6 weeks I had full movement and was pain free.

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thank you for your reply I will be going back after a lifetime of physiotherapy to no improvement onwards and upwards I to have a frozen shoulder which is driving me insane pain wise .glad your on the mend to

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By *elinefineWoman
over a year ago

kempston

I’ve used a chiropractor which did nothing for me and then went to an osteopath which made a huge difference. It wasn’t until sometime afterwards I discovered that there are different forms of chiropracty which involves more gentle manipulation where an osteopath is a bit more brutal. Sometimes it is a case of one firm of treatment not being right for you and exploring until you find the right one but equally you have to have a few sessions before you find out.

From my own experience if you live with pain from injury or misalignment you compensate elsewhere so you will throw yourself out of line. There is no point putting one thing right and ignoring the other as the original will go wrong again. Also if you have pain that won’t go away then it is always worth exploring acupuncture to help reset the nerves - not Chinese acupuncture but proper medical acupuncture. That was a complete game changer for me.

I have a great physio at the moment - only downside is the more she works on me the more it is highlighting where I have old injuries from falling off too many horses when I was younger that I never got fixed!!!!

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

Few years ago had a brutal session from a chiropractor for a back problem, 2 days later came down with shingles in the lower part of my back. Never went back for any more sessions.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don’t back out now.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury

"Some say it’s quackery - as far as medicine goes - and others will swear by it.

Check online reviews and the person’s credentials.

A friend’s ex husband is a chiropractor and calls himself Doctor, when he is not (neither PHD nor medical), so I’d be wary."

Definite quack

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some say it’s quackery - as far as medicine goes - and others will swear by it.

Check online reviews and the person’s credentials.

A friend’s ex husband is a chiropractor and calls himself Doctor, when he is not (neither PHD nor medical), so I’d be wary.

Definite quack"

think so - would you just see a physiotherapist?

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury

"Some say it’s quackery - as far as medicine goes - and others will swear by it.

Check online reviews and the person’s credentials.

A friend’s ex husband is a chiropractor and calls himself Doctor, when he is not (neither PHD nor medical), so I’d be wary.

Definite quack

think so - would you just see a physiotherapist?

I would, they at least have to go to medical school to practice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some say it’s quackery - as far as medicine goes - and others will swear by it.

Check online reviews and the person’s credentials.

A friend’s ex husband is a chiropractor and calls himself Doctor, when he is not (neither PHD nor medical), so I’d be wary.

Definite quack

think so - would you just see a physiotherapist?

I would, they at least have to go to medical school to practice"

i think id agree. ive been to both before and for me(everyone is different) its weeks of recovery either way and stretching exercises.. there is no magic recovery

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

A Chiropractor sorts my Sciatica out when I have seriously bad flare ups.

I’d recommend them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think it needs to be supplement to a decent physio rather than a replacement. If you can find a sports physio that the local Rugby club uses that might be worth a punt.

Took my Son to see a reflexologist cause we used to get an hour of physio 1x a month. He used to hyperextend and have really bad reflux. The reflux has almost settled but the hyperextend has stopped

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Im loving the chiropractor vids on YouTube. Never tried it myself but It seems insane, in a good way x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some say it’s quackery - as far as medicine goes - and others will swear by it.

Check online reviews and the person’s credentials.

A friend’s ex husband is a chiropractor and calls himself Doctor, when he is not (neither PHD nor medical), so I’d be wary."

Quackery!!!

Apparently it's all dogshit, but then again, if it works for someone it works right? I'd say it's more that it's unregulated so if things do go wrong then you're up the creek

Maybe something like Yoga instead Could be worth chatting to an instructor and see if it will help

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Im loving the chiropractor vids on YouTube. Never tried it myself but It seems insane, in a good way x

Looks like they have a cracking time

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury

"Some say it’s quackery - as far as medicine goes - and others will swear by it.

Check online reviews and the person’s credentials.

A friend’s ex husband is a chiropractor and calls himself Doctor, when he is not (neither PHD nor medical), so I’d be wary.

Quackery!!!

Apparently it's all dogshit, but then again, if it works for someone it works right? I'd say it's more that it's unregulated so if things do go wrong then you're up the creek

Maybe something like Yoga instead Could be worth chatting to an instructor and see if it will help "

Not strictly true, the placebo effect is incredibly powerful, and that's all in the mind.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some say it’s quackery - as far as medicine goes - and others will swear by it.

Check online reviews and the person’s credentials.

A friend’s ex husband is a chiropractor and calls himself Doctor, when he is not (neither PHD nor medical), so I’d be wary.

Quackery!!!

Apparently it's all dogshit, but then again, if it works for someone it works right? I'd say it's more that it's unregulated so if things do go wrong then you're up the creek

Maybe something like Yoga instead Could be worth chatting to an instructor and see if it will help

Not strictly true, the placebo effect is incredibly powerful, and that's all in the mind. "

Aye, like I said though, if it works it works, even if it is a placebo effect.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chiropractors are often considered as not being very subtle, the ‘drop table’ being a classic example of one size fits all (and fairly brutal) treatment that isn’t particularly tailored to a given patient. I’ve never used one, so can’t comment first hand or in detail, but my ex is an osteopath and I picked up some opinions.

Osteopaths are not the same, and any manipulation techniques they use will be done by hand so they can feel what’s happening better. In lots of ways an osteopath has a better understanding of the human body than a GP. While training to be a GP through medical school takes longer, they actually spend less time than an osteopath does learning pure anatomy (diseases and medicine/drugs takes up a chunk an Osteopath doesn’t deal in so much)

If you have a sore knee, a GP will probably prescribe rest and painkillers. An Osteopath might realise that the problem is due to your hip alignment, fix that and the knee pain magically disappears.

In very oversimplified terms, for ‘body pain’ issues, a GP will alleviate symptoms, an osteopath will treat the cause.

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"Im loving the chiropractor vids on YouTube. Never tried it myself but It seems insane, in a good way x

Yes! Love the “satisfying cracks “ videos

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

No they not all they are cracked up to be I've yet to exp a good one in 40plus years and owl says similar not met one that made any difference .

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By *avie65Man
over a year ago

In the west.

What about a physio OP. My yoga teacher was a physio she was amazing and they have a great knowledge of the human body.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd rather see a physio. Chiropractors target just the back pain I think whereas physio's can help you work on posture and exercises that affected the back pain in the first place

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Osteopathy every time for me. I can't afford one at present but it's been quite outstanding for me in the past.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Thank you for all your comments much appreciated and interesting reading. Today I'm sore but don't regret it and will go back to continue the treatment.

I was 5'3 now I'm 5'4 lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think chiropractors are brilliant, but there are plenty out there who just want your money. Beware the ones who want you to sign up to 18 treatments in advance.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

..i went to the doctor eventually.. getting a referal to a back specialist and a scan..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Charlatans. Go to a qualified physiotherapist.

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By *1bttmMan
over a year ago

Shoreditch east London

"Some say it’s quackery - as far as medicine goes - and others will swear by it.

Check online reviews and the person’s credentials.

A friend’s ex husband is a chiropractor and calls himself Doctor, when he is not (neither PHD nor medical), so I’d be wary."

I believe the law allows them now to call themselves doctors but they must qualify it i.e. Dr of Chiropractic DC or DoC. So he's not wrong but if he's actually abbreviating it to just Dr would be misleading I agree.

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By *eliusMan
over a year ago

Henlow

Try a physio first …

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

I've been to a few with mixed reports really. The first was excellent without a doubt, full body xray, full programme of what would happen. The second was a more of an osteopath who massaged but occasionally cracked bones, the third cracked bones but preferred to talk, charge silly money, wanted disclosure of medical records and 6 months pre-payment without even telling you what any issue was.

The first was registered with the association of chiropractors, the other two weren't. They have a triangular membership plaque, I don't know if this made any difference but his approach was totally different to the others and xrays aside, he was cheaper.

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

I guess it's horses for courses, like most things (wouldn't dismiss a whole profession as "quacks", but definitely agree with everything about research).

I started seeing my chiropractor a few years ago when I tweaked my back at the gym and have been going ever since. I play quite a lot of sport/gym so there's always tightness and if you're a desk worker like me, your neck can always use a bit of TLC - I always leave feeling a better, so that's enough for me!

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

Oh, and should have added - go every few months for out of my choosing, not because I've been made to sign up for a long course of treatment as can see someone's raised that. That would sound big alarm bells for me too!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We both see an osteopath and for me (Mr) it's been a life saver. I had back problems and now I'm able to walk, exercise etc without severe pain.

I did stop going for a year, which undone the previous work so this is something I'll need to commit to.

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By *illingToHelpMan
over a year ago

Oldham or South Shore

I used to get it free on my work’s health insurance, so I gave it a try for about six months. I think that there is something in the immediate relief it gives you, when all the pressure is released and stretched out during the session. But, I found that I was just as tense a couple of days later, so I’m dubious at the long-term effects of it. I think that the stretching exercises had more of an impact than the actual bone cracking part, and you can do all that at home with something like Yoga or Pilates.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Be aware that if there's any chance you (that's referring to people in general) have prolapsed or torn intervertebral discs, having your back manipulated could be very dangerous. It could lead to a severe disc prolapse with nerve compression or even spinal cord involvement (corda equina syndrome). A chiropractor made my problem worse. My problems have since not got better and I think the profile pic gives an idea.

Just be very, very careful indeed. Privately practising physios will do more hands on manipulation than NHS ones but they know exactly what to look out for in terms of warning signs and when NOT to manipulate.

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

Same as _ou only live once and necouple. The fist I saw sorted my back and I didn't need to go for another 6 or 7yrs. When I needed one again he'd moved, finding another to top up any alignment up was pretty hard.

I agree with Kinky though, taking advice from your Dr would be best. As said the one that gave best results for me did a full xray. You could see where my spine had bent.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Be aware that if there's any chance you (that's referring to people in general) have prolapsed or torn intervertebral discs, having your back manipulated could be very dangerous. It could lead to a severe disc prolapse with nerve compression or even spinal cord involvement (corda equina syndrome). A chiropractor made my problem worse. My problems have since not got better and I think the profile pic gives an idea.

*CAUDA equina. Fecking fingers

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