…with a Chiro? All the twisting and cracking makes me nervous. Oh, I think I have a good one, an athlete, appears to know his stuff…?
I’ve always had good success with my chiro- but I would have only started with him based on a referral. You’re right, that someone twisting your neck is intimidating, so it’s nice to have some trust going in. It may take more than one session, but it’s the only treatment that’s fixed me up after serious pain.
Good luck with yours.
Disc issue in the lumbar or cervical region? My chiropractor did resolve a serious lumbar issue with me seven years ago. No surgery was needed and I still have all my natural parts in the correct places. It took me almost 10 weeks work to straighten me out. I still go a couple time a month for adjustments, review and monitoring.
You should stay as far away from chiropractic adjustments as you can. As far as anybody can tell all it does is tear your ligaments and weaken your spine.
A Chiropractor will not put your “bulging disc” back into a non-bulging position. Chiropractic treatment would be at best “palliative” (make it feel better) but not “curative” (change anything structurally with your bulging disc.). Bulging discs are generally degenerative and not associated with injury. There is no contraindication to trying manipulation.
Then I guess I should stop feeling so good afterwards.
Any more specific data than “as far as anybody can tell…”? That’s too much clinical mumbo jumbo.
I am not a physical therapist, but have asked any physical therapist and maybe one might chime in hear.
I never went to a chiro for my lower back and had a herniated disk, PT and swimming made it better. When I hurt my thoraxic area, and had tried conventional medicine and PT for 6 months, my doctor recommended a Chiro for me that they felt would not cause damage. A practice that was conservative.
For me it definetly helped. I saw a large improvement over a few months. My only complaint is they want to keep you coming back every month for for maintenance, but I really saw no benefit to that and I don’t believe studies prove “maintenance” to be effective either. Basically, they figured out how many visits my insurance would pay for a year and made a schedule. I tried that for about a year and stopped coming when I saw no further improvement.
Broke my back in 1987.
Chiroprator helped me immensely years later. I felt better, ran faster.
I’ve heard the bulging discs are more aerodynamic in most, if not all, angles of yaw. That’s what jackmott says, I think…
Wait, what are we talking about?
All good points. Manipulation of the lumbar spine is indicated when a facet joint is hypomobile. I worry about further disruption of the annular tissue with the rotational forces applied. Particularly if the practitioner is sloppy, and does not isolate specific levels.
I herniated a disc in university from repeated wear playing varsity volleyball. My herniation was on the disc between the lumbar and sacral sections of spine.
I went to a chiropractor (prior to the CT scan diagnosing the herniation) in the hope that I would have pain relief and could get back to varsity practice sessions. I was immediately put off with the pseudo-science explanations of vertebral subluxations interfering with the natural electrical signals in the body. That being said, I went ahead with bi-weekly adjustments for two months with no discernible relief.
I recommend you do some reading about chiropractic and decide for yourself if you think there is science behind the assertion that adjustments will influence health in any way.
I would seriously think twice about having neck adjustments, as I think the risks outweigh the potential benefits.
I went to PT back for this in November. The only options that worked for me were ice and rest. And I hate resting. It’s been two months now and I’ve seen improvement.
Never asked any questions.
Who diagnosed the condition?
What other differential diagnosis were given?
Any pre existing pathology of the lumbar spine?
Any radicular pain, and if yes be very specific as to where. (google a dermatome chart).
How long have the symptoms been occurring?
What positions make it worse and how?
What psoitions make it better and how?
Is you damn seat to high?
You should stay as far away from chiropractic adjustments as you can. As far as anybody can tell all it does is tear your ligaments and weaken your spine.
Where do you get your information? Can you send me a source please? I am really curious as how an adjustment tears up ligaments and weakens the spine…
Off topic Marisol, but where is the current stance in your field on manipulation of facet joints with known OA and osteophyte formation? Not intended to be argumentative, just informative.
And to the post you were replying. I would like to see that info too. A manipulation moves a joint beyond it’s current (limited0 physiological movement, but within the anatomic constraints. So it by definition, assuming it is done properly and on an appropriate joint, can not tear ligaments and weaken the spine. If it is done on a 85 year old with osteopenia/osteoperosis maybe?
Well I don’t see an issue with OA, most pts with OA do really well as they have reduce mobility which causes imbalances so keeping mobility especially above and below the area is important. Why does someone have OA in a certain area to start with? There all kinds of theories but certainly having an increase load or stress or prolonged stress to an area whether it’s the cause of compensating for another issue can trigger that.
You just don’t manipulate areas that are severely osteoporotic.
I would like to know why the rates of my malpractice insurance are so low ( I consider 2K a year low) if manipulations tear ligaments.
…with a Chiro? All the twisting and cracking makes me nervous. Oh, I think I have a good one, an athlete, appears to know his stuff…?
For patients without muscular weakness or atrophy due to the disc bulge affecting the nerve root I have had good success. I typically us a combination of adjustments, traction, ART, flexion distraction, and home exercise instruction (not necessarily all on the same visit). My treatment keeps patients from having to go down the surgery path all the time.
Two thoughts for the people who posted negatively:
one - no one can fix everyone and not everyone responds to all treatments. So it is possible to try a historically successful route like chiropractic or even PT for that matter and not respond favorably.
Two - In all fields of expertise there are people who experience their highest potential and those who barely make the grade. So make sure your doctor has good reviews and in my opinion he/she should be and/or commonly work with athletes.
A Chiropractor will not put your “bulging disc” back into a non-bulging position. Chiropractic treatment would be at best “palliative” (make it feel better) but not “curative” (change anything structurally with your bulging disc.). Bulging discs are generally degenerative and not associated with injury. There is no contraindication to trying manipulation.
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citations and professional journal references please
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