chiropractors

[quick308]

just wondering if anyone has had any experience with them. i have had a bad back for years after a car accident i had. i have been told to go see one a couple of times. only thing is i have heard some bad things about them aswell. if anyone knows a good one to go to on the gold coast that would be great. soz about the spelling

[Rufus®]

whats the difference between a physio and chryo?

I have a weak lower back, degeneration of the core muscle, and have been to my physio for 3 treatments over the past 4 years. I'm supposed to do exercises daily, but like everything, once you feel better you generally forget about what you were recovering from.... until you do something stupid and end up back at the physio....

It usually takes 2 or 3 sessions for me to feel any different, but once it starts to feel right, you never look back....... hmmm that doesn't sound right......lol

It could very well be pot luck as to who you get, but if it doesn't start to feel right after a few sessions, i'd be looking else where.

[daron]

i swear buy them i use them lots but you have to shop around the first one i went to was crap
if you dont feel like ya getting better move on to another one

[stocky]

ive been to a physio for back problems and they really help. i had it all explained to me, and got exercises to do. private health cover helped heaps too. a visit cost me $5

[Stressball]

Presumably a physio fixes the muscle damage; a chiro fixes the skeletal damage/misplacement?

As to whether or not you need to go to one, I'd imagine it's up to whether or not you want to take the risk. Professional as they may be, mistakes will always happen, and when it comes to your spine and the nerves within, you really don't want to be the one they happen to

[quick308]

Presumably a physio fixes the muscle damage; a chiro fixes the skeletal damage/misplacement?

As to whether or not you need to go to one, I'd imagine it's up to whether or not you want to take the risk. Professional as they may be, mistakes will always happen, and when it comes to your spine and the nerves within, you really don't want to be the one they happen to

to right thats the last thing i want to happen. my back is bad enough as it is. maybe i should try some physio first and see how i go. im currently wearing a back brace to help me lift things at work but thats not enough.

[ProphetVX]

whats the difference between a physio and chryo

Physio focuses on muscles, ligaments etc building up strength to alleviate any issues.

Chiro focuses on essentially snapping joints into place.

Personally I'd avoid a chiro at all costs, physio focuses on solving the issue moving forward, chiro just solves it temporarily. The long term issues associated with a poor practitioner in either can be long lasting, but chiro the effects can be far more catastrophic.

[Cordelia calais]

If you ring your local RMIT or large university and ask about who does the Chiro or Physio lectures you will often find they also practice as well and can recommend someone in your area I think Chiros are amazing so long as you get the right one, you should have on going treatment not just a once off and they should be interested in your history, send you for x-rays and also give you exercises to do during the week, I also get a massage once a month to help relax the area being worked on.

[Calaber]

Physio focuses on muscles, ligaments etc building up strength to alleviate any issues.

Chiro focuses on essentially snapping joints into place.

Personally I'd avoid a chiro at all costs, physio focuses on solving the issue moving forward, chiro just solves it temporarily. The long term issues associated with a poor practitioner in either can be long lasting, but chiro the effects can be far more catastrophic.

Hi ProphetVX

I have used the services of a Chiropractor for about ten years. The term "smapping joints into place" is far wide of the mark.

All of us suffer from wear and tear as we age and this wear is particularly savage in our vertebral discs. The spinal cord and nervous system can be severely "distressed" if these discs and vertebra are misaligned, which can easily occur.

A Chiro manipulates the joints to place them back into alignment, h/she does not snap them. The cracking sound that is often associated with a chiro manipulating joints is actually gases within the joint being released. I know it sounds odd, but I have encountered this phenomenon frequently when having joints manipulated and the chiro has explained what is happening when I have asked.

As stated in earlier posts, a physio works on muscular and soft tissue repair and maintenance, the chiro specialises in skeletal structures. The two treatments are totally different and can have different effects on pain relief. However, if your spine is misaligned, physio will not remedy the problem. It will help you to strengthen muscles to support the spine (or other damaged parts of the body) and ease the discomfort. I can state though, that having regular maintenance of your back and limbs by a chiro can remedy existing discomfort and prevent it recurring, but the maintenance must be regular. Don't stop it once the pain disappears.

[TrEnNaVY]

i will never go back to 1 in my life, i went with back pains and for almost a week he lead me on sayin i had muscle damage. scored a few hundred off me, turns out i had an infection on my spine and becuz he told me not to go to a doctor i almost died, all they want is money and they dont care how they get it

[BOGANV8]

Been to one every couple of months for a bad lower back (pinched siadic nerve)so bad that in the morning i cant even sit down and bend over to do up my shoelaces and other time could be standing there talking then move like a inch and bang on the floor in pain..... Was going to a physio for it, 3 or 4 visits and didnt do a thing then i mentioned to her that i had gone to the ciro before for a similiar prob and she said go back to him...

So i did he did acupunture after the first visit i was 98% fixed so went 3 more times and was all fixed.. he said to come back if it flairs up and not leave it for so long...

[stocky]

Been to one every couple of months for a bad lower back (pinched siadic nerve)so bad that in the morning i cant even sit down and bend over to do up my shoelaces and other time could be standing there talking then move like a inch and bang on the floor in pain..... Was going to a physio for it, 3 or 4 visits and didnt do a thing then i mentioned to her that i had gone to the ciro before for a similiar prob and she said go back to him...

So i did he did acupunture after the first visit i was 98% fixed so went 3 more times and was all fixed.. he said to come back if it flairs up and not leave it for so long...

sounds just like what i had. did you have trouble sleeping or walking?

[VrWagz1]

I've seen a chiro/physio in one, so they can do both on you at once he can decide on the day what he'll do for you. I definatly think physio is better than chiro. The chiro just cracks you up and says see you in 2 days, i just cant see any sensce in how it works. How does displacing air from sockets and forcing your you to bend in ways you know you shouldnt make things line up.

But whatever you do, if nothings happening and you dont like who your seeing, go and see another. If you find a good one, you'll know. But if they give you exercises to do, please do them. Nothing gives physios the ****s more than people who come in week in, week out and arnt realy getting any results because they dont do the work at home.

[quick308]

I've seen a chiro/physio in one, so they can do both on you at once he can decide on the day what he'll do for you. I definatly think physio is better than chiro. The chiro just cracks you up and says see you in 2 days, i just cant see any sensce in how it works. How does displacing air from sockets and forcing your you to bend in ways you know you shouldnt make things line up.

But whatever you do, if nothings happening and you dont like who your seeing, go and see another. If you find a good one, you'll know. But if they give you exercises to do, please do them. Nothing gives physios the ****s more than people who come in week in, week out and arnt realy getting any results because they dont do the work at home.

oh dont worry i wont im pretty desperate to get it fixed. cant stand the thought of putting up with this for the rest of my life. its got to the point where its driving me nuts. every shift at work is hell for me

[Cobez]

I don't know of one of the GC, but i have prolapsed discs in my back which once popped so far out that they severed the nerves in my back now the back of my right leg and the right side of my right foot is completely numb. Doesn't affect my walking or anything, but i went to a chrio down here in Melbourne who put me through 6 sessions of electrode suction caps and spinal manipulation / cracking.

Sorted me out great, haven't had a problem in about 3 years until about 3 months ago, had my last session last week, feel as right as reign again.

[calais_304]

i'd definately recommend giving the chiro a go, it definately helped me out.

had a moto accident a good few years back and my back and neck wasn't right for a few years and got to the point where i was in quite bad pain almost everyday, so off i went, they did x-rays to see what was going on and took it from there, i went for about 6months , did the exercises required and still keep them up and havn't had a problem now for a good 8months

[BOGANV8]

sounds just like what i had. did you have trouble sleeping or walking?

Yep bad pain at night where i would be lying there and then i would move maybe a mm or 2 and baaaammmmm pinched nerve or something.. pain down left and right side of the legs and that.... walking would be painful even getting outta the commo was a challange... Got to the stage of when i want to sit down i had to support myself with my arms and lower myself into the chair....

But after 1 session with the chiro and acupunture i was on the way to recovery.. now after like 3 sessions last one bout 1 month ago feel back to normal....

[quick308]

Yep bad pain at night where i would be lying there and then i would move maybe a mm or 2 and baaaammmmm pinched nerve or something.. pain down left and right side of the legs and that.... walking would be painful even getting outta the commo was a challange... Got to the stage of when i want to sit down i had to support myself with my arms and lower myself into the chair....

But after 1 session with the chiro and acupunture i was on the way to recovery.. now after like 3 sessions last one bout 1 month ago feel back to normal....

whats it like having acupunture. thats where they stick heaps of those needles all over you isnt it

[stocky]

Yep bad pain at night where i would be lying there and then i would move maybe a mm or 2 and baaaammmmm pinched nerve or something.. pain down left and right side of the legs and that.... walking would be painful even getting outta the commo was a challange... Got to the stage of when i want to sit down i had to support myself with my arms and lower myself into the chair....

But after 1 session with the chiro and acupunture i was on the way to recovery.. now after like 3 sessions last one bout 1 month ago feel back to normal....

yeah very similar to mine. woke up one day with a real bad pain in my left leg, and had all those symptoms. went away after a few weeks at physio. came back about 6 months later but on my right leg and much worse. it was a lower back problem and some sort of inflammation.

[BOGANV8]

whats it like having acupunture. thats where they stick heaps of those needles all over you isnt it

Basicly thats what it is very thing needles that he pushes in prob bout 5-10 mm into the problem area and pics up on nerves and it stimulates them.. They feel like they are about 2 inches inside but they are not. Then what he does is wiggles them a bit to make sure they are right (little bit painfull) then leaves for 10min or so then comes back has a wiggle then leave for another 10-15 min and comes back pulls them out and out the door you go.....

My original prob started when i fell off a 3 foot bench top onto the ground straight onto my ass bout 4 or so years ago. got better slowly but then comes back evry now and then after heavy lifting IE moving house or leaning over a engine bay for long periods of time....

I would recommend it to anyone to at least try if you have back pain. like i said above i was going to a physio and wasting money even the physio said the same go to the guy that helped the most..... He said it might be case of coming in every 3 months or when it flares up again and getting a few sessions in.. But i couldnt believe the relief and how much better i was. Went from not being able to do my shoes up to being able to pick up my 2 year old niece and riding a bike again

[greenfoam]

I had a stuffed back from sitting crooked on my surfboard throughout my teenage years, It took along time to fix up but it worked. The first time you get your neck crunched comes as quite a shock made me laugh I was in so much shock. In the end the only thing that cured me completely after it was loosened up was hitting the gym pretty hard. Lat pull downs used to crunch it into place perfectly every time

[Reaper]

whats the difference between a physio and chryo?

Physio = muscular
Chyro = Skeletal.

Both are very good at correcting their respective areas. In most cases it's something you have to keep working at though.

Reaper

[ProphetVX]

Hi ProphetVX

I have used the services of a Chiropractor for about ten years. The term "smapping joints into place" is far wide of the mark.

All of us suffer from wear and tear as we age and this wear is particularly savage in our vertebral discs. The spinal cord and nervous system can be severely "distressed" if these discs and vertebra are misaligned, which can easily occur.

A Chiro manipulates the joints to place them back into alignment, h/she does not snap them. The cracking sound that is often associated with a chiro manipulating joints is actually gases within the joint being released. I know it sounds odd, but I have encountered this phenomenon frequently when having joints manipulated and the chiro has explained what is happening when I have asked.

As stated in earlier posts, a physio works on muscular and soft tissue repair and maintenance, the chiro specialises in skeletal structures. The two treatments are totally different and can have different effects on pain relief. However, if your spine is misaligned, physio will not remedy the problem. It will help you to strengthen muscles to support the spine (or other damaged parts of the body) and ease the discomfort. I can state though, that having regular maintenance of your back and limbs by a chiro can remedy existing discomfort and prevent it recurring, but the maintenance must be regular. Don't stop it once the pain disappears.

I've used a chiro in my younger years. I'm well aware of what they do, and my comments were not "far wide of the mark" as you put it. To say they "align" the joints is perhaps a more gentle way of putting it, but the joints are snapped and worked back into place, generally for the short term. The problem with chiro's, which even you allude to in your post is that they are a short term solution. Physio works on the actual issues that cause the tracking problems being the muscles around the joint causing it to track poorly. Chiro just clicks it back in its place, for it to later pop out again. That is the key issue here. There have been numerous studies worldwide that have shown that all issues can be solved by physio and sports medicine avoiding chiro. As for the popping sound, it's the hydrogen build up in joints being released that makes the sound. If someone is in severe pain then perhaps it may be a last solution for the problem in the short term, it is not a viable solution for ongoing rehabilitation however because it can cause further unseen issues.

[Calaber]

I've used a chiro in my younger years. I'm well aware of what they do, and my comments were not "far wide of the mark" as you put it. To say they "align" the joints is perhaps a more gentle way of putting it, but the joints are snapped and worked back into place, generally for the short term. The problem with chiro's, which even you allude to in your post is that they are a short term solution. Physio works on the actual issues that cause the tracking problems being the muscles around the joint causing it to track poorly. Chiro just clicks it back in its place, for it to later pop out again. That is the key issue here. There have been numerous studies worldwide that have shown that all issues can be solved by physio and sports medicine avoiding chiro. As for the popping sound, it's the hydrogen build up in joints being released that makes the sound. If someone is in severe pain then perhaps it may be a last solution for the problem in the short term, it is not a viable solution for ongoing rehabilitation however because it can cause further unseen issues.

I didn't say the chiro's treatment was temporary - I said you need to keep your spine ajusted to maintain it in a sound condition.

You go to your physio and I'll go to my chiro. It's a simple choice - we take whatever treatment we feel is most effective for our individual cases.