Ah your hubby frustration over NOT finding any definitive answers yet is understandable... but all too common.
My friend Paul NEVER got sick until after 70 NEVER. Never even had a headache. Taught 47 years and missed 3 days (due to travel from his dads in Canada and getting stuck with the lake effect snow coming home) never illness or a cold even
Then all hell broke loose, everything from allergies to serious lung issues (non smoker) to about half a dozen serious symptoms that the docs just couldn’t figure out. Now he is in mid 90s. Bachelor and not the best diet for all his life but a dear man.
My mom and two aunts - both older were my charge to take to Cleveland Clinic. Same with them I HATED beyond hate those trips. Loved my aunts but the commute was 1.5 hrs each way. Expensive in convenient parking. LOTS of walking. Long whats in office... and in most cases NO RESOLUTION of issue. Just throw some medicine at it and hope it might work . Usually did not
I miss the mentality of the general KNOWELEGEABLE general practioner. A holistic approach. Now all is farmed out to specialists .. mostly to eliminate .. some times diagnosis the big issues.
That is what I love about my chiropractor (most dont know but in most states - for sure Ohio, they MUST take the MD state boards as well as their chiropractic counter parts. He has helped me more than any docs. They should not be treating things outside their realm but often do.. (BAD). But they can give guidance as they work from a holistic viewpoint. I was told I needed bilateral carpal tunnel surgery by locals. My cousin (an orthopod in NC) suggested I ask my chiro to check it out. He did and in a few weeks I was symptom free. Same with back issues, Neck. My friends go to their MDs and are thrown a multitude of meds to cover/handle the pain - NOT correct the physical issue causing the problem and symptoms. My chiro corrects these. No meds needed. I have several serious back issues that I have had since a teen. No surgical correction on them. MY brother had the same issues and did have surgery. He was given a back rod. Which slipped and had to be corrected. His pain is now worse than prior surgery and the rod has compromised his ability to have good chiropractic care
I have had 7 sprained ankles. Never fun. I am a very active person physically(well was), a PE teacher and a klutz. If you have ever had one, you KNOW. 8 weeks of severe pain. My last one I had slipped on ice a few years ago. threw out my back. Called the chiro office and jokingly asked .. hey after he fixes my back what can he do for my ankle. Expected a laugh. the receiptionist asked when it happened. II said half hour ago. She said get right in.
I did. Actually crawled into the office it was so severe. Very typical sprain look but huge. If you have had a bad one you know what I mean.
He is NOT into ICE. Heat and traction. that is why an athlete can have an severe ankle injury early in game and by the end can play again.
I walked out of the office a few hours later with just a tinge of pain. Came back the next two consecutive days for same treatment and was completely pain free afterward.
I will defend my ethical and competent chiropractor to anyone.
Have two cousin that were chiropractors. One had been a pharmacist for years but was totally disgusted with all the chemicals doctors prescription he filled for symptoms caused by other medications. Switched professions Both know their stuff. The pharmacist/chiropractor particularly. It was his dad who made the 50% comment.
I had been diagnosed with mumps. It was actually strepticacah-milleriah. (Sp) an abscess infection I fought for fifty years. My immune system is shot. He and my aunt who had a masters in microbiology diagnosed it but it took over fifty years for the “doctors” to find the source.
Just prescribed more antibiotics! Now gut is a mess.
Just realized forgot to ping folks
To APV. And the net is down up down up again
I agree, a good ethical and competent chiropractor is invaluable.
One saved my mothers life when she had a kink in her intestines and the doctors couldn’t find out why she was in pain and losing so much weight.
This was back in the early 50’s.
He found it and fixed it, no surgery.
I never ran to a doctor unless I had to. This year I remembered why. Told my doctor about a recurring pain that I’d had for years. Ended up going through several doctors and expensive tests and still don’t know what the problem is, but I know what it isn’t.
Then finding out about my cancer, which was in no way related to my recurring pain, but was a real problem, I sure wished I hadn’t wasted all that money on nothing.