Anyone seen a chiropractor?
 

I've read in some cases, neuropathy symptoms subsided after some chiropractic adjustments. Can a misaligned spine cause these nerve symptoms?

It's possible, but really does depend on many factors, chiros can also adjust any joint- foot, wrist, knee, shoulder ribs... more than just the spine..
If you find a good one, it wouldn't hurt to let them do an assessment and see what they say...
just to make sure it isn't a pinched nerve or something.

Some chiros have the low level laser therapy equipment (also called cold or soft laser), it may be worth a try also.

I go to a chiropractor for an adjustment every 3 weeks. I started because I was hoping there was some sort of "misalignment" and it would make my neuropathy go away. It didn't.
It seems, if the neuropathy is caused by something going on in the spine, that should be fairly simple for the doctors to figure out.
I continued (still go currently) because with weakness in my lower legs throwing my gait off, and with compensating by using my back and upper body more than I used to, the chiropractic adjustments feel good and keep my back and shoulders pain free.

It didn't help at all for me. I knew I was being delusional even going to the chiropractor as the neuropathy continued to spread, but thought -maybe since so many people believe in it, it must have some purpose. I've gone for about 10 sessions including previous times that my si joints had problems. I have never had relief. I can say from my experience it was a waste of money and I know longer believe in cracking and adjustments. I didn't really believe in it in the first place, but wanted to be fair before I could make up my mind.
I think the attention and physical contact that you receive from a health practitioner is what is healing, not being cracked around.
In my opinion, that is why some people get relief. *this is only my little humble opinion* I am opinionated:p

Can you explain why?

Sorry it didn't work out for you guys. I do have bad posture so i'm pretty sure I need an alignment. Now i'm reading stories of people feeling worse after the adjustment. The whole idea of cracking your back scares me.

If you've never seen a chiro prior to your issues and are a little bit scared, then put this idea on the back burner. It's likely not the solution.

I've seen chiros prior to and during the onset of my symptoms. I used to enjoy getting my hips and back aligned. I didn't care so much for the neck adjustments because they scared me.

It was not a good idea to see a chiro at the onset of my symptoms. Because of the sensory nerve ramp up in my body, I actually ended up in Urgent care for acute pain in my hip and leg after a chiro session.

Not everyone should get adjustments either. My PT was trying to help me out early on in my symptom presentation, gave me a long exam and found out that my back is hypermobile and told me that I should never get chiro adjustments.

Just some food for thought.

Thanks madison, I think I will pass on the chiro.

You can look for a chiropractor who utilizes Applied Kinesiology and also ask them if they can adjust with an activator or some other adjustment tool. Our chiro uses the tools almost exclusively with us. Some times, he does need to do a hands-on adjustment but that is very rare.

My husband had extremely low platelets so we were concerned about getting adjustments but at the same time, knew he needed some help getting re-alinged and balanced. This approach worked well for him.

Do a search on chiropractor adjustment tool and lots of stuff will come up. There's also some you tube videos you can watch.

More than cracking backs
 

My chiro tried to crack mine and I ended up with a big bruise under my skin in front of ribcage. BUT he had a TENS machine that took much fire out of my knees.(post traffic accident) His wife did deep tissue massage that may have helped or not but it felt good and I think maybe chased around the problems that were popping up from the waist down. They taught me about my old world eating habits(fried starches) and generally helped out. The neck adjustments do release a lot of endorphins and feel good but I was instructed by a Neuro at SW Medical Center in Dallas to not do that anymore, I guess she had seen the downside of this procedure. Mine had a wealth of holistic knowledge and were genuinely interested in helping. I do not, in hindsight, think that they helped the neuropathy, just me.Good Luck, Ken in Texas.