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What does ATOT think of Chiropractors?

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What is your opinion of Chiropractors

  • Chiro treatment is > allopathic medicine for all disease states

  • Chiro treatment = snakeoil

  • Chiro treatment is legitimite for their scope of practice

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BoomerD said:
I'm a firm believer in chiropractic.

Does it have its limitations? You betcha it does, and a GOOD chiropractor not only knows those limitations, but makes sure the patient also knows them.

Hell, the chiropractor I saw for years has referred me to a neurosurgeon, has told me, "You need a medical doctor for this. I can't help you.", on a couple of occasions. He's offered to provide physical therapy for the follow-up/rehab, IF the neuro recommended it, but never pushed.

I've had back problems for decades. The MD's want to push pain pills, but offered no real solutions. The chiropractic, while not actually healing the problem, were able to keep me mobile and working without surgery.

Time and hard work has taken its toll on my back. The last two neurosurgeons I saw have told me that they can't fix me with surgery. Too much damage on too many levels. Unfortunately, my current insurance coverage won't authorize chiropractic as pain management...so, since I refuse to take the "stupid pills," I live with the pain.
Pain just reminds you that you're still alive...right?
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I have seen a couple of different chiro's numerous times for different things. None have helped and only one gave me minor, short term (1 hour) relief.
I go in on the 9th to get some nerves deadened in my back. That supposed to provide pain relief for a year or two.
I've never been given any drugs that actually helped with the pain. They just give me headaches.
 
oldsmoboat said:
I go in on the 9th to get some nerves deadened in my back. That supposed to provide pain relief for a year or two.
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Is this where they go in with electrodes and shock the nerve into submission?

If so, a good friend had it done a few months back. Recommended it as a new technique when there is the next Inquisition. Or something new for your basement.
 
highland145 said:
Is this where they go in with electrodes and shock the nerve into submission?

If so, a good friend had it done a few months back. Recommended it as a new technique when there is the next Inquisition. Or something new for your basement.
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I believe the needle is heated.

I use the shocking method with acupuncture needles and car batteries.
 
One cured my sciatic I have had forever,in 15 minutes with some infared heat and 8 acupuncture needles,that was 4 months ago and have not had a episode since.

As far as the actual chiropractic services,my finacee swears by him,I have not had much success with my shoulder or knees with him,just temp. relief ( 3-6 hours )...
 
oldsmoboat said:
All I remember is that mine has "rad" and "lumbar" in the name.
Moose will probably know.
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Interventional therapy can ease chronic pain by blocking nerve conduction between specific areas of the body and the brain. Approaches range from injections of local anesthetics, steroids, or narcotics into affected soft tissues, joints, or nerve roots to more complex nerve blocks and spinal cord stimulation. When extreme pain is involved, low doses of drugs may be administered by catheter directly into the spinal cord. Chronic use of steroid injections may lead to increased functional impairment.
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Dunno, have seen some therapy where the nerve is modified using different techniques as well to physically alter the nerve.

Sorry you have that crap going on, current medical/surgical therapy is not good at treating chronic pain, we're getting a lot better, but there's a way to go yet...
 
Went to a chiro for a stiff neck. Ended up not having a stiff neck. Girl who hit me with her van paid for it all so was free anyways.
 
Chiropractors are good within their scope of practice after and only if all options have been exhausted from allopathic/osteopathic medicine AKA real doctors.

A chiropractor is a medical professional trained in chiropractic medicine, typically in a three to four year program. The student learns about anatomy, physiology, and biology, and focuses on the skeletal system. Chiropractic doctors believe that many health problems are related to imbalances in the musculoskeletal system.

Once a chiropractor leaves the musculoskeletal system(their only scope of practice), they are selling you snake oil.
I vote somewhere between #2 and #3...Probably closer to #3.

When a Chiropractor claims they can cure cancer/ADHD/diabetes/HIV/influenza by cracking your back or claims to you that medicine only treats the symptoms and suggests to you that drinking Noni juice regularly will actually cure those problems, run away as fast as you can.
 
Pliablemoose said:
Dunno, have seen some therapy where the nerve is modified using different techniques as well to physically alter the nerve.

Sorry you have that crap going on, current medical/surgical therapy is not good at treating chronic pain, we're getting a lot better, but there's a way to go yet...
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Agreed. I got epidural steroid injections 4 times per year for several years...they'd help for a while, then back to the same old pain. MOST of the relief was for the first 2-3 days until the "novacaine" in the injection wore off...then after several days, the cortisone seemed to kick in and I'd be "better" for a couple of weeks.
The BEST part was the "cocktail" the doc put in the IV. A nice mix of fentanyl and versed. "Hey doc...make it a double!!"
 
Acupuncture>Chiropractic.... everyone knows this. :hmm:

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BoomerD said:
The BEST part was the "cocktail" the doc put in the IV. A nice mix of fentanyl and versed. "Hey doc...make it a double!!"
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LOL, I dose people up with that exact cocktail every day, we give morphine instead of the Fent frequently too 🙂

The best part is that the versed helps prevent memory formation, so that they may hurt a bit, but they don't remember it later.
 
Pliablemoose said:
LOL, I dose people up with that exact cocktail every day, we give morphine instead of the Fent frequently too 🙂

The best part is that the versed helps prevent memory formation, so that they may hurt a bit, but they don't remember it later.
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Nah, I remember that they hurt...I just don't care because the end result is worth the minor pain.
Hell, if the doc would give me enough of the "cocktail," I wouldn't mind if he just removed the spine and fixed it on his workbench...:biggrin:
"Just keep em coming bartender!"
I'd prefer it if he used morphine instead of the fentanyl...I like the "taste" much better...but hell, if I don't have GOOD scotch...I'll drink Scoresby when it's all I have. 😛
 
BoomerD said:
Nah, I remember that they hurt...I just don't care because the end result is worth the minor pain.
Hell, if the doc would give me enough of the "cocktail," I wouldn't mind if he just removed the spine and fixed it on his workbench...:biggrin:
"Just keep em coming bartender!"
I'd prefer it if he used morphine instead of the fentanyl...I like the "taste" much better...but hell, if I don't have GOOD scotch...I'll drink Scoresby when it's all I have. 😛
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so...you won't take "stupid pills", but you're all about being shot up with pain meds?
 
erikistired said:
so...you won't take "stupid pills", but you're all about being shot up with pain meds?
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Opiates leave me "duh" for hours. Taken on a regular basis...they may as well be thorazine...having one injection every 90 days puts me out of it for several hours, but after that, the "duh" effects are gone. The cortisone injections are FAR from being "pain meds."
 
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