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Skunk, check your health insurance policy. Both Humana and United cover chiropractor as routine dr visits with just the co-pay.

Google up Pro-Adjuster and find you a chiro that uses one. No more stretching and twisting and no more pain. I was only down for a week, 3 visits and I was fit as a fiddle. Do not fool around with slipped discs.

Vynil seats? Didn't know anybody still used those ##** things. Get you one of those seat pads I mentioned or something similar. Vynil will give you Hemherroids faster than anything.

 

Chiropractor...another word for torture...anybody who manipulates joints in a manner that the joint is NOT intended to move is wacked!

can't argue with that prescription...don't fool around (or ignore thinking it will go away) with disk problems.

Not completely accurate...to many hot hot peppers and not going potty enough can also increase hemorrhoids.

 

Quite the contrary...I know exactly what a "chiro" does, and as I said...manipulate joints and bone groups in a manner that the item is/was not intended to be manipulated. It is no different than "cracking your knuckles", after enough "cracking", there are abrasions on the bones surface, damage to the joint, and swelling and also calcium deposits begin to form, and other bone and joint ailments...such as rheumatoid arthritis...once these issues show up, now you have done yourself in.

My father went to a "chiro" for years, claiming "relief" after the visit...years later, with three vertebrae fused from the calcium growth on the joints from chiropractic manipulation, he could not bend over to tie his shoes. Also, 50% of the medicinal professionals do not accept chiropractic as a true medical science...and I am also in that camp, with some medical background myself!

 

Glad it worked for you, I know three people that tried it at a cost of $3000.00 or more with no significant improvement.

 

You're right about that. I hurt my back last year and tried the chiropractor route. After six adjustments I ended up in the emergency room at the hospital. To make a long story short, I ended up having surgery on Feb 3rd and am doing well. In my opinion the chiro aggravated an already bad disc and I have to say that was the most excruciating pain I've ever had in my life.

 

I'm 5'6" and short-legged. No issues here in my FL Century.

I have heard of pedal extenders for cars, and I believe there is such an animal for trucks, but I've never personally seen them.

 

Man I am sorry to hear about your back problems. Not fun at all. Unlike some others here, all I can offer you is sympathy, no advice.

OBTW did you ever or do you drive a "low rider" as your personal ride?

That is what threads are for. To be hijacked!

No way will I sit on vinyl. As was mentioned, it is not good for the old hemorrhoids and will literally cause you to have a pain in the arse! I've had a couple of rigs that had vinyl seats, and I always used a cushion in them.

OK, to you folks fighting over chiropractors:

It is just like anything else. There actually are a FEW good ones. I had one down in California that really helped with back problems, for both my wife and myself. Unfortunately, he died in a plane crash.

And I have known medical doctors who recommended chiropracty.

OTOH, I have seen more chiropractors who just didn't do the job. And yes, I have been hurt by one.

I guess the bottom line is, if you are thinking about going to a chiropractor, you really need to get someone who you know has helped other people, rather than just looking in the phone book.

And yes, my medical insurance does limited coverage for chiropractic treatments. So have my last several insurance companies.

This is one subject that folks quite often feel very strongly about, and the fact is that each one of us will have our opinions formed by our experiences.

 

In the first place...I never claimed expertise! I said I have some medical background...but paramedic probably doesn't qualify in your book for having any knowledge. And the fact of personal family issues with something a chirowacker did to my father wouldn't hold water in your bag either!

If your back "pops out" it means you have strained or torn critical ligaments that are designed to maintain the correct positioning of the spine...relaxation with heat (bath type relaxation in as hot a water temp as you can stand) then massage therapy and finally the proper alignment will be returned..however the strength of the ligament/muscle group will be diminished from that point on...so proper strength replenishment exercise would be the key. If the injury was severe enough, surgery would be a last resort to the fix.

Also as a funeral director/mortician, I have witnessed enough autopsies to have seen first hand what a chiropractors "healing" has done to many spinal columns. Your body...your choice...your pain. Speaking of pain...if the "procedure" hurts then your body is telling you to stop...pain is a clue that you are doing something wrong!