When my husband had his injury and I suggested a chiropractor, he was resistant. I think he had the idea that it was some vague, ‘quacky’ thing.
But after he’d been a couple of times, he swore by it. Since I began using chiropractors in the 1970s, they have new techniques and some amazing new machinery. I think chiropractic is only improving.
(I remember one orthopedist I saw who tried to rush me into surgery, saying that if I didn’t allow him to operate, I’d be back in a year ‘begging for it’. That was 35 years ago :-)
That was my point...I work in the medical field, so I have seen the absolute resistance to Chiropractic, which percolates from “established” medical disciplines such as Orthopedic Surgery out into the patient population, which really pisses me off.
It is this absolutely stupid characterization of Chiropractic as “quackery” that has made it difficult to get any kind of significant insurance coverage for it.
Intelligent people should understand that Chiropractic does not work for everyone in every case. News flash: treatment by traditional Orthopedic methods and practices don’t work for everyone in every case either.
And in some cases, those traditional Orthopedic methods and practices not only don’t work, but leave the patient worse off, in more pain, and more debilitated than they were before, especially if they undergo surgery.
Cutting into someone’s spine should only be done after all non surgical options have been evaluated and, if appropriate, attempted.
That key phrase “evaluated and, if appropriate, attempted” is all important too, because that involves evaluating the underlying cause of the issue, and just as there are reasons one should choose Chiropractic over traditional treatment by an Orthopedic Surgeon, there are also reasons one should choose traditional treatment by an Orthopedic Surgeon over Chiropractic.
For at least the last 30 years or more, Chiropractors have been trained in the process of professionally evaluating their patients who present to them for treatment to determine if there is a more serious underlying cause of the pain that a misalignment, and it is something that they pay close attention to, because performing and adjustment on someone who has a serious physical issue such as a fractured vertebra or an injured disc is at risk for serious injury.
Chiropractic saved my quality of life. I go about once a month, and it is the best money I have spent. Much of the time I am nearly pain free.