From: hoebel@cs.rochester.edu (Lou Hoebel)
Newsgroups: misc.fitness
Subject: Re: chiropractors
Date: 27 Jul 92 21:28:02 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department University of Rochester

In article <1992Jul26.161659.4372@ux1.cts.eiu.edu> cfaks@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Alice Sanders) writes:
>I have gone to chiropractors off and on when I had back problems.  I think
>that getting in good shape and lifting weights made a bigger difference to
>me than going to the chiropractor.  Then about two years ago I was in a
>minor accident.  Well, a semi hit my car, but it was barely moving.  I
>realized by that night that I had been injured, soft-tissue injury.  So I
>went to a chiropractor.  My condition varied for a long time.  But when I
>would start to do better, the chiro would tell me to come back in two or
>three weeks.  The intervals were so long that I would be in trouble again
>after that long.  This went on for 1 1/2 years.  Finally, I went to a
>physician who sent me for physical therapy because my arm and hand had
>started to tingle and I was losing mobility in the left arm.
>
>The PT told me the arm problem had in his opinions extended from the
>original injury.  It was my understanding that my problem had compounded
>and that it would take some hard work to get back my mobility.  My
>shoulder had adjusted to compensate for the neck and upper back pain,
>which was really all the chiro had treated.  And I wasn't going often
>enough to really alleviate the problem.  
>
>Because the arm and shoulder got weak, I developed tendonitis in my left
>shoulder and, possibly, a partial tear.  I just had an MRI done and have
>to go back to the doctor tomorrow (orthopedic).  I have to use a TENS now
>to alleviate pain and am relatively immobilized due to sharp pain upon
>much movement in the left shoulder.
>
>My point is that going to a chiropractor was not sufficient for my
>problem.  In addition, the chiropractor was not really on top of the
>problem or aware, apparently, of what was happening.  I would go in, wait
>for close to an hour, spend a few minutes with the chiropractor, have a
>couple of manipulations, have five
>minutes of ultrasound, and be told to come back in two or three weeks.  My
>problem was shifting, and the chiropractor did not know about it.  This is
>a reputable chiropractor.  But if chiropractic is so great, then why
>didn't he realize what was happening or could happen?  If I'd gone to a PT
>in the first place, I am pretty sure this would not be happening.  Now I

...No way do I think this is a reputable *anything* !!
When I go in and my chiro examines me...HE KNOWS what hurts and what is
wrong. I tell him ny elbow hurts....and he fixes my wrost and shoulder..
HE KNOWS.....and sometimes he tells me and others that he has done all he can.
The entire key ( as with anything) is to get a good chiropractor....one
that heals your aches and pains and doesn't steal your cash!!.
>will have to have either cortisone in my joint or surgery.  The longer I
>go with this limited mobility, the less of it I will get back, determined
>though I am.
don';t have th eshort term solution unless its absolutely the last chance!!
Even my Orthopedic surgeon doesn't use the knife unless he has to..
get another opinion....come to Western New York and see a great!!! chiropractor!@


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