Prior to my first chiropractic visit, I was told to "just take more Tylenol."
I fail to how getting pummeled by a status-seeking former landscaper is therapeutic.
You may wish to review Vertebral Artery Syndrome and chiropractic.
Prior to my first chiropractic visit, I was told to "just take more Tylenol."
You do have to be careful with chiropractic, since a lot of quacks do gravitate towards that field.
That said, I remember reading about a police department investigation into a chiropractic clinic they suspected was scamming patients. As part of their investigation, they sent in one of the officers undercover. The clinic diagnosed and treated her. With that proof of scamming, they took the clinic to court. Unfortunately (for the PD), their case against the clinic was thrown out when the undercover police officer testified that she had, in fact, been injured in a car accident a few weeks prior to going to the clinic. Oops.
When I was in my late-20's, I had severe sciatica and a neurologist diagnosed a bulging disc in my lower back. He said he would give me pain-killers and muscle-relaxants until I didn't want to deal w/ the pain any longer and then he would do surgery. When I asked about chiropractice, he said not to waste my time.
I decided I would try chiropractic before I had surgery. It took 3-4 months to get everything worked out the first time and I had periodic bouts of sciatica for about 10 years that I would have to go back for shorter rounds of treatment to alleviate, but I haven't been to the chiropractor for about 15 years and I don't have any back problems. That is compared to a co-worker who had similar back pain, had surgery and wound up worse-off than before.
I don't believe that chiropractic can cure everything that comes along like some claim, but if I had back, neck or limb nerve pain I would sure give chiropractic a try before I had spinal surgury.
I am not a doctor and this is not medical advice. JMO. :-)