NO NO NO -- no CHIROPRACTOR until you know what's wrong. Not until it's okayed by your Neuro. Then fine, go to a Chiro. But not until!

I think you know what could be the consequences. I wish people would wake up about that! Sheeesh!

God bless. Hugs, Lee

Chiropractic does work and helps many people.
Neuros & most MDs, rarely give a OK to chiropractic because they might lose a patient..(and $$$)

I wish my MD would have suggested it early on.

A good chiro will evaluate you and ask for imaging, before doing treatment.
But seek out a good one , same as for any care provider.

I think the reason my GP is sending me to a neurologist is because he already sent me to a neurosurgeon and he just looked at me like I was crazy for wasting his time and said that my neck isn't bad enough for him to even look at me!!! didn't ask me anything about anything!

I have stopped seeing my Chiro because after 9 months you'd think you'd see SOME improvement. I will ask my GP next week about Lyrica to see if he thinks it would be good for me.

Evidently you saw a Neurosurgeon who had a huge EGO problem! A good Neurosurgeon will NOT treat you like that. Granted, the neuro who did my surgery was an idiot and his ego was the size of Texas. But the LAST neuro i saw was wonderful! He spent as much time with me as I wanted.

There ARE some good ones out there. You just have to hit and miss.

You're right about the Chiro. You should have seen benefits by now -- obviously it isn't going to work. But like I said before, it could be very dangerous.

I wish you the very best! Please keep us posted, ok? Hugs, Lee

My GP recommended chiropractic, before he ever took an EXRAY or any other darn thing. That was the worst thing I could have done considering how bad my spine really was. Need to have a neurologist or neruosurgeon clear you for that kind of thing. Can't tell you how much that hurt. I have no idea how much worse it made me until I got the proper help. Please be careful out there. This is just my own personal experience. ginnie

Oh man, every time my Chiro would adjust my neck or upper back It would bring tears to my eyes it hurt sooooo bad! I sure hope that it hasn't caused too much more damage. (but according to the neurosurgeon, my neck is almost perfect!...idiot)

Glad your neck is OK. Just be careful with whatever you do regarding your spine. I should have known better, but I didn't even know the real situation I was in. I am one of those people who don't act on a problem until I am in way over my head. Take care of yourself cali4nia. Let me know how you are doing. ginnie

It is nerves (all the nerves in our body can do weird things when other things are pressing on them) and I hope your doc can figure out how to make things better. Before I had my last back surgery I had a burning sensation at times across the back of my left ankle and two of my toes. It was painful so get yourself checked out and hang in there.