[John W]

"I go in crippled and come out much better."

Think about that.

How often in 20 years has this happened?

Reminds me of the maintenance man:"Don't tell me how to fix this, I've done it a thousand times."

[calljack]

Don't be silly.
I have 2 partially crushed discs.
I am what they call a 95-5 guy.
95% of the time I am fine and can do whatever I want,ski,hike,whatever.
Then for a variety of reasons,or almost no reason at all,
my back will go out. I become crippled and useless this is the 5% of the time.
I could not get out of my house if it was on fire.
My family calls me the crooked man.
takes me 5 minutes to get out of a chair. The most intense pain you can imagine.
Standard physical therapy takes 2-3 weeks at an hour 3 or 4 times a week. This is effective.also a pain in the ass to go
every day,very inconvenient and time consuming.
Standard chiropractic treatment is about ten minutes a day for 3 days in a row. Same result. Full mobility again.
Surgery options will make me a 80-100 guy.
80% mobility 100% of the time. Not very good mobility, will never get much better but could still get worse. Misc complications.
I will eventually have surgery but am waiting until they perfect the injection-able replacement discs. I wish to put off the 80-100 and will live with the 95-5 for as long as I can. Rock and hard place,ya know??

If you think all chiropractors are frauds then you are quite simply wrong, you can not possibly know what you are talking about. I live it so if you don't mind, don't talk down to me.

Think about that.