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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Paradise
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Location: Paradise
Posts: 855
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Originally Posted by ginnie
I must say that Leesa is very correct. Don't go to a chiropractor at all! Back issues can be made much worse, even though the attending may state other wise. Get clearence from a neruologist before ever doing any more. I made the same mistake, and it made me ever so much worse.
Get a good consult with a neurologist, and then another opinion. You do have some issues that need to be addressed. Acue puncture is something you can try, without doing more harm. I am sorry you are going though this. Many of us here have back issues, myself included. I hope you can find some resolution, to make your life more bearable. ginnie
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Hi Ginnie,
Nice to hear from you!
Wow, I think I agree on this one with you and Leesa! Manipulation; chiropractic, osteopathic, medical, by a physical therapist, witch doctor or otherwise would probably not help this situation and perhaps even aggravate it. In the wrong situation could even complicate it. For other situations, there are just too many citations in the medical literature recommending manipulation for various joint dysfunction and associated neurological issues to ignore it altogether. And while I am perfectly comfortable with a neurosurgeon diagnosing my condition(s) and have done so personally including cervical fusion and multiple therapeutic injections to name a few, I would not at all appreciate for the same to decide whether I did or did not need manipulation. They unfortunately do not have ANY formal training in physical medicine therapeutics.  It would be comparable to my hairdresser being the gateway provider who decides whether or not to send me to a neurologist if I have a headache, am vomiting and passing out.
I do like the logic of it though personally......I could then blame the neurosurgeon who sent me to the orthopedic surgeon, who blew my shoulder surgery, permanently damaged the joint and brachial plexus and left me with CRPS and permanent disability. Yeah, I've been looking for someone other than the ortho surgeon to blame!
Way out here in the "wild west," most MD's (especially the specialists, i.e. neurosurgeons and ortho surgeons) have a chiropractor or three that they refer their patients to. Strange, I admit; must be something in the air or water, I think!
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