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Teerah

wigginsmum wrote:

Be careful - I saw a chiropractor years ago for a bad back and he made it infinitely worse. I collapsed after one session and was in bed with Valium injections for 3 days.

I would agree with wigginsmum. Be careful, I have more problems now than I did before.

SammyD_2

I swear by chiropractors, as does my extended family. I was helped immensely with my back last year after a back injury. All the doctor could give me was anti inflammatory pills. I had a circulation issue (my hands would go purple) when I was a child - my mum took me to a chiropracter, and it was fixed.

I also took my (then) two year old to the chiropracter last year - he had chronic constipation that no change in diet would fix. The chiropracter said his skull was out of alignment, possibly caused by the fact he was born with the assistance of ventouse (the suction cups they use as an alternative to forceps), and this can cause ongoing digestive problems. After six sessions, the problem was resolved. Yes, it could have been a coincidence, but my son had had problems for MONTHS, the doctor would only prescribe lactulose that did not help at all.

As with all medical treatment, there will be risks, and you should be aware. But many times the treatment is very gentle, and I would have thought that the risks in those instances are very low indeed.

I paid £40 for my first session, and £35 thereafter. That was in London, so perhaps it is cheaper elsewhere?

code-a-holic

Hi, I was with a chiropractor for the 1st time this morning (£40). He has recommended 2 times a week sessions at £25 each. I really cant afford it but i really need it - im in constant pain and have been for 3 years. has anyone had any sucsses the NHS route? I was with a physio but they discharged be beacuse i was making no improvement !!!!!

Bossyboots

I had the same problems with my physio and have just seen my notes which have caused me some disquiet. I won't be going down that route again, at least not at the same location. I found the physiotherapy painful and my body had barely recovered from one session before another one came round, sometimes having only four days between them. This meant I got no benefit because where they worked on the same part again was so painful in the end I simply couldn't differentiate between the areas that actually hurt when he told me to see how things were.

I would be reluctant to attend more than one session a week although my problems are no doubt different to yours and maybe you would feel the benefit.

lil_me

Not usually possible on NHS but my BIL and father both used one and found them brilliant.

Mrs_pbradley936

Read this first :

http://www.chirobase.org/

I admit to being violently anti anything that is not medically proven because my dearest friend died of cancer while being treated by one of these people. He should have sent her to a regular doctor because no amount of twiddling her big toe or other such nonsense was ever going to make her better. Regular medicine might not have made her better either but being a nice man while taking her money just made me very angry.

If people want to follow all this mumbo jumbo because of the placebo effect I have no objection so long as the people giving the treatment do not charge high fees i.e faith healing where you can put a pound or two in the box but are not obliged to give anything because the people doing it are being kind.