sore hip advice?

Apparently some people either mistook what I said before or read more into it than was actually there. I never said anything negative about chiropractic care. I stated that for the injury I had, it would not be a good idea. Emphasis on the injury I had. Many of my friends suggested I go to a chiropractor to have him/her re-adjust my hip and put it back in place after it had dislocated (which I was able to do myself anyway). If I had done that, the problem would have re-occurred a couple of hours later (just as it did when I adjusted it myself) or the next day if I was lucky. Everytime it dislocated and had to be adjusted, it wore at the ligaments and bone in my hip. I needed the care of someone who would help me rehabilitate my hip, not bandage the problem with a quick fix. My friends go to some of the best chiropractors in the area, but none of them have ever been given advice for rehabilitation of their injuries and therefore, they keep going back for adjustments and will have to do this forever since they aren't healing the root of their problems. If they are content with that, it's their choice. Here's another way to look at. If every time you raised your arm to wave at someone, your shoulder became dislocated, what would you do? You'd realize immediately that something was wrong and you wouldn't be satisfied to adjust it and wait for it to happen again and again. Most people would probably go to a physician, maybe get an x-ray. Well, that's what happened to me. Just walking across the room, my hip would become dislocated, it was very evident and very painful. Greg, There was no need to get so defensive about my remarks. I did not attack you personally, or your profession. I simply stated that chiropractic care was not the appropriate approach for my injury. If you truly do focus on rehabilitation, then you are way ahead of your colleagues in my area. I have never known anyone to have received long term results, or even advice for long term results, for their injuries from a chiropractor around here. They all have to keep going back, years later, and their problems are just as bad as when the injuries occurred. All the criticism out there comes from somewhere, much of it from people who've had bad, or simply worthless, experiences with chiropractors. Many professions get a bad reputation because of a few underqualified and careless people, you have to prove yourself and overcome those things. I'm sure it does get tiring, but unfortunately, it comes with the territory when you work in a profession that is still trying to prove itself, even after all these years. I would have much more respect for, and faith in, chiropractors if more of them took a whollistic approach to healing, not just bandaging, and even one person I knew saw long term results from chiropractic care.

Apparently some people either mistook what I said before or read more into it than was actually there. I never said anything negative about chiropractic care. I stated that for the injury I had, it would not be a good idea. Emphasis on the injury I had. Many of my friends suggested I go to a chiropractor to have him/her re-adjust my hip and put it back in place after it had dislocated (which I was able to do myself anyway). If I had done that, the problem would have re-occurred a couple of hours later (just as it did when I adjusted it myself) or the next day if I was lucky. Everytime it dislocated and had to be adjusted, it wore at the ligaments and bone in my hip. I needed the care of someone who would help me rehabilitate my hip, not bandage the problem with a quick fix. My friends go to some of the best chiropractors in the area, but none of them have ever been given advice for rehabilitation of their injuries and therefore, they keep going back for adjustments and will have to do this forever since they aren't healing the root of their problems. If they are content with that, it's their choice. Here's another way to look at. If every time you raised your arm to wave at someone, your shoulder became dislocated, what would you do? You'd realize immediately that something was wrong and you wouldn't be satisfied to adjust it and wait for it to happen again and again. Most people would probably go to a physician, maybe get an x-ray. Well, that's what happened to me. Just walking across the room, my hip would become dislocated, it was very evident and very painful. Greg, There was no need to get so defensive about my remarks. I did not attack you personally, or your profession. I simply stated that chiropractic care was not the appropriate approach for my injury. If you truly do focus on rehabilitation, then you are way ahead of your colleagues in my area. I have never known anyone to have received long term results, or even advice for long term results, for their injuries from a chiropractor around here. They all have to keep going back, years later, and their problems are just as bad as when the injuries occurred. All the criticism out there comes from somewhere, much of it from people who've had bad, or simply worthless, experiences with chiropractors. Many professions get a bad reputation because of a few underqualified and careless people, you have to prove yourself and overcome those things. I'm sure it does get tiring, but unfortunately, it comes with the territory when you work in a profession that is still trying to prove itself, even after all these years. I would have much more respect for, and faith in, chiropractors if more of them took a whollistic approach to healing, not just bandaging, and even one person I knew saw long term results from chiropractic care.