Chiropractor near Belfast?

jenny-wren

I'm considering going to see a chiropractor to see if a few recent health issues could be caused by a dodgy neck.

Can anyone recommend one in or close to East Belfast?

What can I expect and what's the likely cost? I'm assuming that it's not possible to be referred on the NHS.

spaceraiders

Please don't waste your time and money; go and see and qualified medical professional instead. Chiropractory is a pseudo science based around spine misalignment causing virtually every problem you have with your body (e.g. flu, bed wetting, headaches, anything). It's been around for over 100 years and has yet to offer any proof that it actually works for the wide range of problems it claims to treat. See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic#Effectiveness

Go and see someone who is trained to treat medical problems using techniques that we know work based on evidence.

jenny-wren

I wondered why I'd heard that it's only rarely that you'll find a doc referring you to a chiropractor!

The only reason I'd thought about it is that a physio told me my neck bones are angled slightly forward and may cause bother in the future. 3 visits to the doc and 1 to casualty over the past 3 weeks haven't been able to tell me what's wrong so I'm clutching at straws trying to find the route of the problems myself.

Perhaps I'll save myself the expense and exhaust all other NHS options first!! :cool:

Bigcammy

If you want to get a second opinion, or third in this case, try Ryan's Back Clinic in Dunmurry. I've used them a couple of times in the past and I've sent others who almost all have had great success. Have a look here for more information http://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/day-in-a-life/JENNY-MONROE-TALKS-TO-KIERAN.2128226.jp

They charge around £20 a session and you usually only need 1 or 2 visits.

jellynose

I go to see a guy on the Belmont road. He costs £40 per session and is worth every penny IMO, his details are:

Geoffrey A Hayhurst B.D.S,D.O,Li.Ac

207, Belmont Rd, Belfast, County Antrim BT4 2AG


Tel: 028 9065 6664

spaceraiders

jenny-wren wrote: »

I wondered why I'd heard that it's only rarely that you'll find a doc referring you to a chiropractor!

The only reason I'd thought about it is that a physio told me my neck bones are angled slightly forward and may cause bother in the future. 3 visits to the doc and 1 to casualty over the past 3 weeks haven't been able to tell me what's wrong so I'm clutching at straws trying to find the route of the problems myself.

Perhaps I'll save myself the expense and exhaust all other NHS options first!! :cool:

I know it's hard, but even if the NHS can't help you, don't waste your time with chiropractors. It's called alternative medicine because it isn't real medicine; it hasn't been proven to work so it isn't used by real doctors. You might feel a little better at best because of the placebo effect, but it won't fix what's wrong with you.

spaceraiders

jellynose wrote: »

I go to see a guy on the Belmont road. He costs £40 per session and is worth every penny IMO, his details are:

Geoffrey A Hayhurst B.D.S,D.O,Li.Ac

207, Belmont Rd, Belfast, County Antrim BT4 2AG


Tel: 028 9065 6664

Don't waste your money on this either I'm afraid; it's also unproven pseudo science that flies in the face of all modern medical knowledge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathy#Criticism

jellynose

spaceraiders wrote: »

I know it's hard, but even if the NHS can't help you, don't waste your time with chiropractors. It's called alternative medicine because it isn't real medicine; it hasn't been proven to work so it isn't used by real doctors. You might feel a little better at best because of the placebo effect, but it won't fix what's wrong with you.

I understand what you are getting at spaceraiders, however, the NHS are crap at helping people with back pain. I went to my GP for years about my back and GPs are no use dealing with back problems. In fact all they do is pump you full of pain killers.

I was not suggesting that going to an osteopath was going to permanently fix your back, yes going to see Mr Hayhurst is an expensive pain killer for me but I get some temporary relief from it. It may be a placebo effect? I don't know but when you are doubled over in pain with your back and face missing time from work you would try anything to make you feel better.

Just because something is alterative don't knock it. Maybe the OP would want to give it a go to see for themselves what works.

Not saying that what I think you have said Spaceraiders is wrong, it's just my pennies worth

Bigcammy

I have to agree, I sat in the waiting room of Ryans and watched people come in doubled over in pain and leave walking upright. He did a great job for me and for others.

It's not all mumbo jumbo, it can be very useful in diagnosing a problem that the NHS has missed and is worth the money to see if they can help. They can't help everyone but then neither can the NHS.

spaceraiders

You cannot conduct a medical experiment on yourself. Going yourself and seeing if it works or asking friends will not tell you if something medical works because it's a complex issue. Most importantly, you don't know how many people it failed on and whether the problem would have just cleared up itself. This is why medical companies must spend millions organising double blind placebo controlled studies. It's irrelevant if I've tried it or not; studies have been conducted on both these things and they've been shown not to work beyond placebo effect. Bare in mind placebo works on anything if you believe it and all it does is cover up the pain and does not fix the problems.

I don't understand when anyone says that you go because the NHS doctors don't know what to do. If the NHS doctors don't know what to do when they're basing their decisions on the best current medical knowledge, how are these alternative medicine people going to help when all they're doing is essentially guessing and making things up?

As far as I'm aware, exercise is good for back pain, massages and so is seeing a physio. Back pain comes and goes all by itself and can also come on with stress. When you say these places "work", they're probably just doing some of these things. Please go and read about where the ideas behind these alternative treatments came from and realise they are just insane and could not possibly work base on our current medical knowledge.

Don't spend your hard earned cash funding fraudsters to lie to you to make you feel better.

Girlzmum

I have to say the NHS did absolutely nothing but give me painkillers for my back problems, I was on them for 11 years until I went to see a chiropractor, that man worked wonders and was worth every penny. It may be 'an unproven pseudo science' but it worked and when you are in pain that is what counts.