I’m hoping a medical professional could explain, in unbiased language (since there seems to be some animosity towards them), what exactly a chiropractor does, and how they fit into rehabilitation for patients alongside massage therapists and physical therapists. What can a chiropractor do for a patient that a physical therapist cannot?
Additionally, when a chiropractor says a vertebrae is “out of place” or “subluxated” and they “put it back,” what exactly are they doing? No vertebrae stays completely static as they are meant to flex, especially in the neck. Saying they’re putting it back in place makes no sense when it’s just going to move the second you get up from the table.
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I go to a NUCCA chiropractor (they specialize in upper cervical adjustments). It’s very subtle and the appointment lasts about 2 minutes for adjustments. It’s not the crazy popping and twisting you see on a lot of videos.
They do X-rays and I have some pretty cool X-rays that show how my neck/spine has gotten back into the curve it’s supposed to have. The way they phrase it is to get the body in the best alignment possible so that it can heal itself and do its thing. So they measure and do minor adjustments on my neck and back and it’s over in a couple of minutes. I’m not sure if every chiropractor does X-rays and photos but this particular one does (again it’s a NUCCA chiropractor).
I went because of vertigo issues and random research said to look for that particular type of chiropractor. Placebo or not my vertigo attacks have been reduced, my posture is better (with photos and X-rays…so some kind of data) and I generally feel a lot better.
I know a lot of folks hate on chiropractors and I honestly don’t know if it scientifically does anything. But besides feeling better, seeing the photos and X-rays, to me, was some kind of data showing something actually/physically changed besides “just feeling better.”
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