YA(EITS thread derailed)T: just delete it

[meltdown75]

i like my chiro dude. he cracks my back and neck in ways that i can't do myself. recently helped me feel a lot better and fixed a nagging lower back pain / strain. good times. 30 bucks a pop, pun intended.

 

[HannibalX]

i like my chiro dude. he cracks my back and neck in ways that i can't do myself. recently helped me feel a lot better and fixed a nagging lower back pain / strain. good times. 30 bucks a pop, pun intended.

Try a masseuse next time, might get a happy ending for an extra $30! :awe:

 

[meltdown75]

Try a masseuse next time, might get a happy ending for an extra $30! :awe:

i definitely want to try a massage. interestingly enough, i'm headed to Montreal at the end of the month............................................ dot dot dot

but srsly, i've never had a massage before. my sis told me that it was even more effective than chiro for back pain.

 

[eits]

i definitely want to try a massage. interestingly enough, i'm headed to Montreal at the end of the month............................................ dot dot dot

but srsly, i've never had a massage before. my sis told me that it was even more effective than chiro for back pain.

temporarily, yes. a massage therapist can relax tight muscles causing pain. however, your muscles are clamped down in order to help stabilize an unstable/misaligned spine. once the spine is aligned. relaxing the muscles is also key in helping the spine's alignment through chiropractic care. having both together is a great idea. the thing is that once your muscles will clamp right back down soon after the massage because it notices the instability and lack of proper load bearing, so it tries to support it by contracting and fixating the bones in place. the whole goal is to protect the spinal cord from potential injury and when the spinal motion segments are misaligned, your body perceives that instability as a potential hazard to the spinal cord.

your body doesn't differentiate between a car crash or sleeping funny. if there's instability, your muscles will clamp down and try to form a brace to help stabilize. that's why people get really sore backs or necks when they're in a 5mph fender bender. that's why people get back spasms that puts them out of work a week or so just from bending over to pick up a sock off the floor.

personally, i adjust the spine and then do active release technique to break the muscle memory. it takes less time than a massage and it doesn't feel too pleasant when it's being done, but it does the job a lot better than anything else... except maybe graston, which it would be probably on par with.

 

[ManBearPig]

in their defense, i think they were both just busting my balls... not trolling. i thought it was all in fun.

i was just kidding haha. i didnt know olds wasnt a mod, and yoyo is probably the most helpful forum member ever.

 

[eits]

I didn't intentionally leave them out. Thanks for posting them. A real physician absolutely is known as a healer which is something chiropractors do not do.

The term chiropractic physicians is something that the industry applies to itself, it is certainly not a term used by the medical community at large. Physicians do not refer to chiropractors as such. At most perhaps you could call yourself a therapist but even that's stretching it.

:thumbsdown:

lol yes they do.

medical doctors refer to chiropractors all the time lol. you have no idea what you're talking about.

why would i call myself a therapist?

 

[HannibalX]

lol yes they do.

medical doctors refer to chiropractors all the time lol. you have no idea what you're talking about.

why would i call myself a therapist?

Oh yes, they do refer to you (trust me they do and it's usually funny), but not as physicians.

 

[eits]

Last time I got my immunizations, it was in a little clinic at the local county health dept.

edit: lol, as always, eits's thread gets derailed.

lol i know! it's ridiculous haha

 

[eits]

medicare or medicaid? isn't medicare for old people?

can she get medicaid herself? she sounds low income.

yeah, i meant medicaid. it was a typo.

she's low income, but not low enough. it's ridiculous. she doesn't qualify for medicaid. she needs to be making like <$382/mo or something to qualify for it. i don't remember the specifics... i just remember laughing and thinking "this is bullshit" whenever she had to pay out of pocket for a certain medical procedure.

 

[RearAdmiral]

I can give her hepatitis.

 

[eits]

IMO, Chiropractics stems from a different school of medical thought than contemporary and common Western Medicine ideology.

I think it's capable of making you feel better, and maybe prevent long term stress. If it "heals" anything, it's probably physical wear and tear. The Disease known as sedentary affluent modern day life.

Do you do maintenance on your car, oil changes, underbody washes etc? Or do you just replace the part when it fails? Different schools of thought obviously, but I think Chiropractics is beneficial - though maybe more of a luxury benefit like using Full Synthetic oil changes instead of Half. I know I can't afford one unless my insurance pays for it.

most chiropractors out there can work with you on some kind of payment plan... i know we do. we don't like peoples' finances getting in the way of them getting their healthy again. what insurance do you have? most insurances pay for chiropractic care...

 

[Onita]

If nothing else, an eits thread helps pass time at work. Always derailed completely.

 

[eits]

If nothing else, an eits thread helps pass time at work. Always derailed completely.

my lunch break flew by... got no paperwork done

 

[meltdown75]

temporarily, yes. a massage therapist can relax tight muscles causing pain. however, your muscles are clamped down in order to help stabilize an unstable/misaligned spine. once the spine is aligned. relaxing the muscles is also key in helping the spine's alignment through chiropractic care. having both together is a great idea. the thing is that once your muscles will clamp right back down soon after the massage because it notices the instability and lack of proper load bearing, so it tries to support it by contracting and fixating the bones in place. the whole goal is to protect the spinal cord from potential injury and when the spinal motion segments are misaligned, your body perceives that instability as a potential hazard to the spinal cord.

your body doesn't differentiate between a car crash or sleeping funny. if there's instability, your muscles will clamp down and try to form a brace to help stabilize. that's why people get really sore backs or necks when they're in a 5mph fender bender. that's why people get back spasms that puts them out of work a week or so just from bending over to pick up a sock off the floor.

personally, i adjust the spine and then do active release technique to break the muscle memory. it takes less time than a massage and it doesn't feel too pleasant when it's being done, but it does the job a lot better than anything else... except maybe graston, which it would be probably on par with.

my back got crabby one night playing hockey. i reached for a puck and felt a little pop. it was sore for about 2 weeks... but when it finally started to subside, i went for an adjustment and it has been mostly ok ever since. i think it was just an injury caused by long periods of slothlike living or no activity... and then busting my ass on the ice for 90 minutes. i don't think anyone in their mid 30s should be doing that... recipe for injury.

 

[MJinZ]

my back got crabby one night playing hockey. i reached for a puck and felt a little pop. it was sore for about 2 weeks... but when it finally started to subside, i went for an adjustment and it has been mostly ok ever since. i think it was just an injury caused by long periods of slothlike living or no activity... and then busting my ass on the ice for 90 minutes. i don't think anyone in their mid 30s should be doing that... recipe for injury.

No Grandpa, you should not... :sneaky:

 

[MJinZ]

most chiropractors out there can work with you on some kind of payment plan... i know we do. we don't like peoples' finances getting in the way of them getting their healthy again. what insurance do you have? most insurances pay for chiropractic care...

Some sort of Blue Cross Blue Shield plan. I'm 23 so I don't actually use my health insurance... like ever.

 

[eits]

Some sort of Blue Cross Blue Shield plan. I'm 23 so I don't actually use my health insurance... like ever.

if its bcbs, you should have coverage for chiropractic. bcbs really likes chiropractic care because it saves them money and gets people better faster.