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My chiropractor visit
Topic Started: Aug 1 2006, 08:21 AM (365 Views)
dolmansaxlil
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HOLY CARP!!!
I went to see the chiropractor today. My mum had told him that I may come in, but she apparently told him that I might not get up the courage to go, and that I was kind of afraid of them, so he wasn't holding his breath.

He was VERY nice. Easy to talk to, funny, and did a good job of making me feel at ease.

He felt my jaw and had me open and close my mouth, then told me to close my eyes and focus on what I felt happening in my jaw. I could feel that the two sides were doing completely different things as the jaw opened and closed. So he adjusted my jaw (which was horrible, but felt good at the same time). Then he felt my neck and spine and said, "Even if I can't do anything about your TMJ, there's about a hundred other reasons you should be here." He asked a bunch of questions about how I manage stress, and asked me if I would consider myself to be "tightly wound". I agreed that I did carry a tonne of tension in my back and neck. I mentioned that I had considered seeing a massage therapist as well. He felt my muscles in my neck and back and told me that massage would probably help me a great deal as well. But my back and neck are also a mess, so he'd like to work on them as well as the TMJ. He didn't do a full adjustment (though he did my neck as well as my jaw) because he said he didn't want to do too much on my first visit, just in case I was one of the people who got sore from adjustments.

He did acupuncture on my jaw, and ultrasound on the muscles in my upper back.

All in all, it feels pretty good now. I could feel the difference in how my jaw opened as soon as he did the adjustment. The ultrasound felt amazing, and he said that the acupuncture should start to help my jaw this evening or tomorrow morning.

I go back on Thursday, and it looks like I'll be going at least twice a week for awhile (thank goodness for health coverage).


So, I guess it wasn't as bad as I feared. Hopefully he can help me - he says he'll know fairly quickly whether or not the acupuncture and adjustments help my jaw, and if it's not helping, he'll let me know.


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kenny
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Glad you are getting some relief.

Whatever works.
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Dewey
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Just as with any profession, there are some chiropractic quacks who tend to give the good ones a bad name. A good one is worth his/her weight in gold, but I have to admit to a positive bias toward chiropractors since my brother is one (which is why I stayed out of your earlier thread). I'm glad the one you went to has helped to some degree.

I suffer from TMJ, too. As a teen my orthodontist (and in recent years, my dentist) recommended surgery, and that if I didn't get it, the situation would get worse & worse, gradually sliding my jaw further & further to one side. Recently, I think their predictions are coming true, and with increased headaches and jaw pain I'd been thinking about the surgery, even if my insurance doesn't cover it (sort of just trading one pain for another). I've never looked into chiropractic treatment for it; maybe I should.

And if you think you were nervous with your adjustment, how do you think I felt when I got mine, from the"baby brother" that I terrorized all through our childhood? :hair: :lol:
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ny1911
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I have been having lower back pain recently and might find myself at a bone jiggler. I, too, have been uneasy about letting them do their thing.
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I'm glad you seem to be on the right track. Sounds like this guy has a lot of tricks up his sleeve.
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Jolly
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ny1911
Aug 1 2006, 10:45 AM
I have been having lower back pain recently and might find myself at a bone jiggler. I, too, have been uneasy about letting them do their thing.

Dewey is right.

For some they help, for some they don't.

Find a good one, and give it a try...you'll know pretty much one way or the other in just a few visits.
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George K
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(I've been to a chiropracter, so this joke is intended in good nature)


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Jolly
Aug 1 2006, 10:06 AM
ny1911
Aug 1 2006, 10:45 AM
I have been having lower back pain recently and might find myself at a bone jiggler. I, too, have been uneasy about letting them do their thing.

Dewey is right.

For some they help, for some they don't.

Find a good one, and give it a try...you'll know pretty much one way or the other in just a few visits.

Can't they do damage?
So live your life and live it well.
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George K
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ny1911
Aug 1 2006, 01:28 PM
Can't they do damage?

Other than the obvious (small) details like not recognizing that someone has an unstable spine and turning their patients into paraplegics or quadriplegics, the biggest problem with some chiropracters is the failure to diagnose something serious and to treat it with a "manipulation."

"Hey doc, I've got this squeezing sensation in my left arm."
"Must be your spine. Let me adjust you."
"Feels better! Thanks!"

Patient goes home and has a massive coronary a couple of hours later.

I've heard similar stories with cancer pain and other things.

Chiropracters treating vision problems with spinal manipulation? C'mon..

However, as I said, I've been to one, and he did me some (temporary) good. Probably the best thing he did for me is give me a reason for my chronic low back pain (Achilles tendon injury when I was 23). The adjustments feel good, and are, in my opinion, like an advanced form of physical therapy.
A guide to GKSR: Click

"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles.
- Klaus, 4/29/18
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Jolly
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Aug 1 2006, 01:03 PM
ny1911
Aug 1 2006, 01:28 PM
Can't they do damage?

Other than the obvious (small) details like not recognizing that someone has an unstable spine and turning their patients into paraplegics or quadriplegics, the biggest problem with some chiropracters is the failure to diagnose something serious and to treat it with a "manipulation."

"Hey doc, I've got this squeezing sensation in my left arm."
"Must be your spine. Let me adjust you."
"Feels better! Thanks!"

Patient goes home and has a massive coronary a couple of hours later.

I've heard similar stories with cancer pain and other things.

Chiropracters treating vision problems with spinal manipulation? C'mon..

However, as I said, I've been to one, and he did me some (temporary) good. Probably the best thing he did for me is give me a reason for my chronic low back pain (Achilles tendon injury when I was 23). The adjustments feel good, and are, in my opinion, like an advanced form of physical therapy.

I concur.

A "good" chiropractor (and I use one occasionally) is the guy who knows when to look you in the eye and tell you he can't do anything for you - go see an MD.
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros
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dolmansaxlil
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I'm feeling pretty confident about mine. He's already said that he'll know within a couple weeks if he can help the TMJ, and he'll tell me if he can't. And when I mentioned tingling in my jaw, he asked lots of questions about tingling anywhere else - neck, back, shoulder, arm. When I said no, he said, "Alright - just making sure you aren't having a coronary or anything.

He also went through the risks associated, and was very candid about how often they happen. I trusted him.
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Christopher T
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There are different schools of chiropractic thought, and the chiropractor I'm currently seeing uses the "Network Spinal Analysis" method. Off the website that explains it:

Network Spinal Analysis™ is an evidenced based approach to wellness and body awareness. Gentle precise touch to the spine cues the brain to create new wellness promoting strategies. Two unique healing waves develop with this work. They are associated with spontaneous release of spinal and life tensions, and the use of existing tension as fuel for spinal re-organization and enhanced wellness. Practitioners combine their clinical assessments of spinal refinements with patient’s self assessments of wellness and life changes. Greater self-awareness and conscious awakening of the relationships between the body, mind, emotion, and expression of the human spirit are realized through this popular healing work. NSA is exclusively practiced by Doctors of Chiropractic in relationship to the identification and self regulation of spinal tension and Subluxation patterns.

It's been explained to me that the forceful method of chiropractic medicine doesn't allow the body to understand what is wrong and it will usually just revert back to being out of alignment. "Network" specifically teaches the body to fix itself, so that you don't have to spend the rest of your life in the chiropractor's office.
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