Does anyone else suffer with back problems? I'm going through an extremely tough time right now. In September I over-rotated throwing a roundhouse kick (yes, I'm a martial artist), and sustained a lumbar sprain. I went straight to a chiro, and he also took x-rays. I have a lumbar spine that would rival a car wreck victim. The vertebrae are rotated and the natural curve has not only leveled itself out, but is starting to curve in the opposite direction. Bear in mind I'm 20 years old.
I've been seeing a chiropractor for 2 and a half months now, 3x a week. I had reached the point of pain-free again (a great accomplishment considering the pain I had before), and then I went home for Thanksgiving, slept on my mattress at home and now I'm back where I started, only now with more pain in my hips and thighs.
This wasn't meant to be a sob story, only this is really starting to suck. I wanted to swim this morning and I couldn't. I haven't consistently trained in martial arts for a year because of knee problems (which is a whole other story), and now it looks like two years because of my back.
Will this ever stop? I'm feeling a little despondent right now. Forgive me for the pity party and sob story. I just want to be pain free and swimming and kicking people again.
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Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
I once had a chiropractor tell me that he could heal my asthma. He truly meant that he would make it so that I would have no symptoms, no lung problems - nothing. You must be very careful with chiro's, as long as they stay with your back & don't forge into other medical problems, some are okay.
The theory behind chiropractic is sound. It can help with a lot of health issues, and I will stand behind that. I intend to see a chiropractor all my life. However, I don't believe that a chiro will be able to get rid of my asthmatic symptoms (it's too severe for that), and I don't believe that a chiro is going to do all the work that my back requires.
I've had numbness and tingling in two of my toes since last summer, though my neurologist didn't feel that an MRI on my back was necessary. I think he'll be eating his words soon. I read that the nerves affecting my toes are connected with the area I'm having problems with.
Chiropractors are awesome if you find the right one, but they are not the be all and end all, which I fully realize.
Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
I once had a chiropractor tell me that he could heal my asthma. He truly meant that he would make it so that I would have no symptoms, no lung problems - nothing. You must be very careful with chiro's, as long as they stay with your back & don't forge into other medical problems, some are okay.
The theory behind chiropractic is sound. It can help with a lot of health issues, and I will stand behind that. I intend to see a chiropractor all my life. However, I don't believe that a chiro will be able to get rid of my asthmatic symptoms (it's too severe for that), and I don't believe that a chiro is going to do all the work that my back requires.
I've had numbness and tingling in two of my toes since last summer, though my neurologist didn't feel that an MRI on my back was necessary. I think he'll be eating his words soon. I read that the nerves affecting my toes are connected with the area I'm having problems with.
Chiropractors are awesome if you find the right one, but they are not the be all and end all, which I fully realize.
