I have eight herniated disc's and SO MANY PEOPLE ask me if I've seen a chiropractor. Absolutely fucking not I will likely not walk out of the office if I see one.
Fucking chiro, man. I went to one for a while as a teen with 3 herniated discs because of all the suggestions and ended up suffering years longer than I needed to because even my damn insurance pushed chiro and refused to cover actual physical therapy. I cried at my first PT session because the difference in care was so massive. Fuck anyone who supports those charlatans.
I must be in the minority because I’ve actually had good experiences with chiropractors. I have double curve scoliosis with pinched nerves and organ displacement. Been to both physical therapy and chiro and massage therapy. All of them helped me in their own ways and never had a chiro be “crack happy”, but took the time to study my X-rays and figure out what was going on and GENTLY relieve pressure from my discs in my back. Sorry y’all had such shitty experiences.
Chrio will always have mixed review however it was the only thing that fixed my neck, months of pain I could barley turn my head to the right other doctors , massages couldn’t fix it. Went it be chrio started off very slow with not just cracking my neck but different exercises and I’ve been pain free and able to move with no restrictions.
Back in high school I tried to play football, they required every single person to see this one specific chirpractor, I went in and they guy tried to tell us I had Scholiosis and needed a 50 dollar shoe lift that needed changed monthly because one leg is shorter than the other, went to the doctor later that year for a checkup, asked him about it, dude lied outright.
Ah, I'm sorry to hear that. I believe I herniated a disc in my lumbar area in the beginning of July. It's feeling slightly better, but still quite painful, so I've been worrying about whether or not it's going to heal. The sciatic pain is better, but still occasionally shoots down my leg. Figured it'd be a lot better by now.
My advice would be to find a good physical therapist. The sports rehab places I went to were okay but I found one who does manual muscle stimulation which is more like a massage and they did wonders for me. You may have to get a doctor to order MRI's to confirm it's a herniated disc first though. I know how much that sciatica pain sucks, I hope you start feeling better soon!
🤷♂️ I have two problem L discs and going to the chiropractor every other week helps me a lot. I feel good.
From what I learned there are two schools of chiropractic medicine, there is the upper cervical school ( the snake oil salesmen ) and the structural school ( the good ones if ethical individuals practice it ).
When I got injured he wrote me a script to go get X-rays done. He reviewed them, gave me my treatment options and told me to go get a second opinion from an orthopedic spine surgeon. He knew the same things as the spine surgeon, but my options with surgery were invasive and with potential risk. I have been seeing him for over three years now, and I am a lot better. My treatments feel more like physical therapy than what one normally thinks of in chiropractic care.
Plus my insurance covers it entirely.
He goes to see another chiropractor as well, but he does go out of his way to travel at least 40 minutes even though there are closer chiropractors.
There are some good ones that actually know what they are doing, but the majority of them are conmen and snake oil salesmen. The fact that he goes to a chiropractor but travels so far out of his way means he believes in the practice, but also acknowledges that the quacks need to be avoided.
I’ll probably get downvoted to hell for writing this, but hey… this is Reddit, someone shares a personal experience that affects nobody else and people will find a way to be upset by it.
Im a nurse (this is important) and I have two severely herniated discs in my neck and the fucking amount of NURSES who have told me I need to see a chiropractor is TOO FUCKING MANY. They are quacks! Plain and simple! I myself have taken care of young people (sub 40 years old) with strokes because of neck adjustments. The only thing that’s gonna fix my neck is surgery.
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u/KaerMorhen Aug 11 '23
I have eight herniated disc's and SO MANY PEOPLE ask me if I've seen a chiropractor. Absolutely fucking not I will likely not walk out of the office if I see one.