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Old 09-10-2004, 12:40 PM   #9 (permalink)
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i'd say completely legit, but go to soeone whom is 'recommended" or fairly well known. it is definitely a position where you can be skeptical and say, "Well, this persno only did so much so i'll have to go back again and again" as a lot of back/neck/shoulder/just troubles in general come back with a vengeance depending on circumstances.

Also, a lot of the doctors see a lot of patients who may have similar troubles, so it is easy to see someone and within 30 seconds say, "oh, you have a blown shoulder, bad spinal alignment, etc." it's disconcerting to walk in and have somenoe barely touch you and just calling out stuff that is probably wrong with you, but in most cases, it's a fairly accurate assessment. I would tend to trust someone who takes their time to make sure everything is right over someone who just looks and diagnoses in an instant. Both are probably right, but doublechecking, etc, just makes it a bit easier to swallow.

I also feel that chiropractors are best used in conjunction with a general practitioner and a physical therapist/massage therapist. People rarely look at health from a wholistic approach and always search the easiest/fastest route, which, unfortunately, leads to "you need surgery" when really, you just need to determine what is causing the problem and correct.

For instance, a friend was in a car wreck and tweaked her back. Her doctor sent her to a chiropractor who "cracked"/adjusted her back. the pain was gone for a week and she returned for the same treatment again and again. she switched chiropractors to one with a massage therapist and a physical therapist and found out that she had certain nodules in her back htat were forcing her muscles to pull her back out of alignment. The first chiropractor did not address that issue which lead to rehab that lasted about 3 months too long...

ask questions when you're there, make sure you're getting everythign you should be. if something sounds odd, ask them to explain it. When all else fails, go to springfield and ask for Homer's miracle back cure garbage can treatment...
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