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Lifer
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i have a patient right now. she's 75 years old next week. she has diabetes and had a laminectomy, bone graft put into L4/5, and a stimulator put into her back because there was some low back pain she'd been experiencing. ever since the surguries, she kept getting worse and worse (she got the surgeries 6 years ago). she ended up becoming wheelchair bound with an 82% on her oswestry questionaire (bed-ridden). her pain got so bad that she was contemplating suicide... daily, she had a 9/10 on a pain scale of 1-10. she'd seen 3 neurologists, 2 orthopedists, 2 pain management specialists, an acupucturist, a massage therapist, and 4 physical therapists...

she came to me to get rid of the pain, not to be able to walk again. i diagnosed her problem and treated her 3x week for a month. she can walk now... after only a month of treatment. her oswestry score is down to 42%. she can actually stand upright now... before, when i tried to have her stand if she was bent completely over at the waist looking straight at the ground with excruciating pain.

now, i need to retrain her how to walk and help build some muscle strength in her legs and butt. although she can walk, she gets very sore because she hadn't walked in so long.

she is so pissed that no one told her to see a chiropractor before all the nonsense surgeries and pills and shots she'd and pain she'd gone through that led her from being an active person to someone who needed a walker to, finally, someone who needed a wheelchair.

i love my job :)
 
hanoverphist

hanoverphist

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i love my job. usually. this week ive done about 13 actual hours of work, im just not fully here right now.
 
AstroManLuca

AstroManLuca

Lifer
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I don't love my job but I like it well enough. I'm pretty good at it and that goes a long way. It's fulfilling.
 
moshquerade

moshquerade

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it's nice having the ability to help people out like that. i think that it what draws me to my job, the ability to make a difference. some people truly appreciate you helping them out too. those are the best days.
 
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RKS

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I had a client who was bitten in the hand by a dog. For some reason he decided to go to a chiro who treated him for a back injury because he convinced the patient that the dog had actually yanked him hard enough to cause cervical strain. The intial visit cost the client about $800.

I had a someone walk in trying to sue her landlord for shooting asbestos at her through small holes in the wall. We try to keep the clinically insane out of the office but a few slip in.

I think I have already posted pics of the Penises of the Animal Kingdom poster and the vintage condom machine in one bathroom, and swords in my office.
 
eits

eits

Lifer
Jun 4, 2005
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Originally posted by: RKS
I had a client who was bitten in the hand by a dog. For some reason he decided to go to a chiro who treated him for a back injury because he convinced the patient that the dog had actually yanked him hard enough to cause cervical strain. The intial visit cost the client about $800.

I had a someone walk in trying to sue her landlord for shooting asbestos at her through small holes in the wall. We try to keep the clinically insane out of the office but a few slip in.

I think I have already posted pics of the Penises of the Animal Kingdom poster and the vintage condom machine in one bathroom, and swords in my office.
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:thumbsup:
 
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DAGTA

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eits, do you use an Activator type instrument or do all manual adjustments?

Any interest in AK ?
 
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eits

Lifer
Jun 4, 2005
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Originally posted by: DAGTA
eits, do you use an Activator type instrument or do all manual adjustments?

Any interest in AK ?
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absolutely no interest in ak whatsoever. i don't trust it as anything other than a cool neurologic relationship between viscera and body parts.

i use an activator on babies and young children, but i don't know or use any activator protocols. i use it as a safer way to adjust babies and young kids with a thrust and line of drive, just without using my hands. i'm learning proadjuster right now for people who are a little squeemish about being adjusted manually.

however, almost all of my adjusting is manual. on my patient in the op, i used a leander table for flexion distraction and s.o.t. wedges.
 
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DAGTA

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Originally posted by: eits
Originally posted by: DAGTA
eits, do you use an Activator type instrument or do all manual adjustments?

Any interest in AK ?
Click to expand...

absolutely no interest in ak whatsoever. i don't trust it as anything other than a cool neurologic relationship between viscera and body parts.

i use an activator on babies and young children, but i don't know or use any activator protocols. i use it as a safer way to adjust babies and young kids with a thrust and line of drive, just without using my hands. i'm learning proadjuster right now for people who are a little squeemish about being adjusted manually.

however, almost all of my adjusting is manual. on my patient in the op, i used a leander table for flexion distraction and s.o.t. wedges.
Click to expand...

Manual adjustments freak me out so I insist on getting the activator or like. :)

AK can be extremely useful with practice. I've been using it / had it used with me for five years now and estimate about a 99% accuracy rate. In fact, I can only think of two times it was 'off'.
 
eits

eits

Lifer
Jun 4, 2005
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www.integratedssr.com
Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: eits
Originally posted by: DAGTA
eits, do you use an Activator type instrument or do all manual adjustments?

Any interest in AK ?
Click to expand...

absolutely no interest in ak whatsoever. i don't trust it as anything other than a cool neurologic relationship between viscera and body parts.

i use an activator on babies and young children, but i don't know or use any activator protocols. i use it as a safer way to adjust babies and young kids with a thrust and line of drive, just without using my hands. i'm learning proadjuster right now for people who are a little squeemish about being adjusted manually.

however, almost all of my adjusting is manual. on my patient in the op, i used a leander table for flexion distraction and s.o.t. wedges.
Click to expand...

Manual adjustments freak me out so I insist on getting the activator or like. :)

AK can be extremely useful with practice. I've been using it / had it used with me for five years now and estimate about a 99% accuracy rate. In fact, I can only think of two times it was 'off'.
Click to expand...

for me, as far as ak goes, it's a neurological way of checking organ systems and whatnot, but it a) takes too long to do, b) doesn't really provide any relief, c) it's not an adjusting technique... it's more of a diagnostic tool.

whenever i have my own practice, i'm not going to use it. i feel like everyone has minor deficiencies that don't really impact a person's daily life or overall health in any way. so you have a weak pec major during muscle testing... you might have something going on with your stomach. but unless there's pain referral or a b12 deficiency or melena or hiatal hernia or something, i'm going to overlook it and go straight for t5-7.
 
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