Anyone been to a chiropractor before?
Posted By: misty on 2007-05-16
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What can I expect when I go see a chiropractor for the first time? X-rays, full medical history, that kind of thing? I have a weightlifting injury from 20 years that I just exacerbated 2 days ago for the first time in about 10 years. I can hardly bear to sit to work. I bent over this morning to make the bed and nearly got stuck in that position! Hopefully I can get some relief today. Thanks for input anyone may have. 
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Chiropractor
I worked for chiropractors for years..mainly to get free treatment to help me correct an injury from years past that was not truly fixed when it happened. Most will do an exam and x-rays for your first visit but that should be expected. Then, usually you will go more frequently to start and then taper visits as you go. I recommend once a month just to keep things loosened after you feel better. (Did you know they can adjust your hands and wrists too!..just ask). I have been pain free for years and appreciate the help they gave me over the drug pushing of most MDs. Don't get me wrong, love the MDs but love the chiropractors too. If they offer therapy, take it. For me, that combination with the adjustments is what helped the most. Remember to drink a lot of water after your treatment and any therapy to flush out any toxins that get loosened up and running around after treatment. If you think I am whacked, water never hurt anyone, right? Best of luck.
Chiropractor?
Is this something a chiropractor could help with?? I know they realign you. But I've never been to one.
Lately and with increasing frequency... I wake up and my arms are numb and burning (I know... if they're numb, how are they burning... I don't know but they are) it wakes me up a few times a night and it takes a while to get my arms to feel somewhat normal again.. then I fall back to sleep... and it happens again.
I know it's probably how I'm sleeping... I sleep with my arm under my pillow. I've been trying very hard not to do that, but after I'm asleep, I think I must end up that way. So checking around on the internet, it seems that it's caused by some kind of carpal tunnel (my wrists being curled in while I sleep), a pinched nerve or a compressed disc.
Is this something a chiropractor could help with?
I used to work for a chiropractor...
She always takes a very detailed history on the first visit as well as x-rays if warranted. She also usually wants to see a patient several times a week when first starting out, depending on what shape they were in. And then like the other poster said, the visits get spread out. I go every month just because after sitting all day and typing, I really need it.
There are different types of methods out there as well. My DC only uses the Palmer method, which only involves her hands. Other practices use electric stim and ultrasound, which a lot of people I have talked to like.
Good luck and hope you feel better!
Anyone go to a chiropractor or work for one? sm
i've been going to a chiropractor for almost a year. i really like going, i feel less stiff. my doc prefers i come every other week. i'm wanting to tell him that i want to either come once a month or when i feel like i need adjusted. i guess my question is, has anyone seen/felt benefits from going to the chiropractor indefinitely? i do feel less stiff, not as many headaches, not as many colds, but so many people diss the chiropractors.
I used to work for the chiropractor that I still go to
She had just as many patients who came on a regular schedule as only called when they needed an adjustment. I personally go every 2 weeks just because if I don't, I can't tolerate sitting at my desk trying to work. I'm working on doing what I can to reduce my visits by trying to work in more exercise, which does help, and losing some weight (still working on that one!) But absolutely, you can tell him you don't think you need to see him as often. After going for a year, you know when your body is telling you it's time for an adjustment.
And I know people diss chiropractors, and I admit I never considered going to one until I started working for her, but I didn't have one cold the entire 4 years I worked there. Plus she's very big on nutrition and other healthy habits that I picked up while I worked there.
My sister sees a chiropractor and
the main reason she has to see him is that she sleeps with her arm over her head! He suggested she stop doing that, but she said it was the only way she could sleep. He said, "Okay, but it sure is making me money!"
I also remember a friend who would aften wake up with bruised knuckles and she didn't know why. She finally woke herself up in the middle of the night after she threw her hand over her head (again!) and cracked the headboard with her knuckles.
You might consider sewing cloth straps to your jammies, both the hem of the top and the long sleeve wrist fabric. Then you could tie them together before going to bed. At least with one arm. :o>
Chiropractor sites often discuss point tenderness
at those dimples like you are describing. I really think it is due to psoas muscle tightness from sitting too much for your job. If you do see a doctor, make certain you mention the point tenderness in that dimple area. And definitely stop sitting on a foot (as I sit here on one foot to take pressure off my sitter bones).
http://www.squidoo.com/psoas
But this article was also interesting:
http://www.massagetherapy.com/articles/index.php/article_id/602
My chiropractor said his plastic surgeon friends are losing their practices.
At least here in C.FL, plastic surgery is tanking!
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