Does chiropractice work?

[R P Tribute]

Ive had my first Chiropractce session in Sheffield and feel like i have been in a car crash

should i ache afterwards and will more sessions cure my ailing spine?

[geared]

It does depend on you and what work you've had done sometimes.

 

My friend went to one to help with his back, he could barely move after the session but was much happier a day or two after.

[Voltaire]

I was 'chiropractered' to death following a RTA.

 

Seventeen sessions with another ten later on. It really didn't help me. If anything it made me worse.

 

What I will say is that everyone is an individual, with different issues that affect them in different ways, so perhaps the best thing to do is try it for yourself.

 

However, I'd be more inclined to advise you to see your G.P and ask about the possibility of an MRI - or at least further investigations.

Edited November 10, 2014 by Voltaire

[Snorbuckle]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic#Effectiveness

 

Short answer: No. See a proper physiotherapist. Chiropractors have been known to actually do genuine physiotherapy too, but why take the risk with some woo doctor who also believes in other, unscientifically grounded "medicine"? As a side note, avoid osteopaths too.

[raymondo1952]

it worked for me chiropractice at Handworth

[medusa]

Chiropracty was too rough for my joints and I found that I had worse nerve pains and my back got a lot more sore after every session. My physio recommended a very good and very gentle osteopath who does the joint manipulation that absolutely has to be done (but no more) and achieves everything else by stretches and muscle manipulation. My body reacts much better to that.

 

EDIT- however, your body may just be reacting to the fact that things are moving that weren't moving or were seized in the wrong position, so please don't judge whether you have been helped until this has passed.

[Mecky]

Never had none, but sometimes I fee I could do with some. I expect to be told of any discomfit I may experience though

[barleycorn]

On the occasions that chiropractic works then it doesn't work for the reasons they say it does... because the whole thing is woo. Far better to stick to a method which has sound scientific backing rather than one which posits the existence of things which don't exist.

 

jb

[L00b]

Chiropracy is based on articulation-manipulating techniques, and no(-t that much) different from physiotherapy and other manipulative techniques.

 

It's always worked whenever my sciatica has played up, same for my Dad (for both of us, with a male chiropractor, France).

 

My wife has found benefit from it too (there was no pressure or influence at all, it was just a suggestion from me that she tries it). That last one was a local chiropractor (female, Worksop). I had found & tried her after I 'did my back in' very severely a couple of years ago (as in, I could not straighten back up up for love or money, was in utter agony). Took a number of sessions, but fully solved and hasn't occurred again since.

 

Not for everybody, but so far as I'm concerned, it's as valid a form of physical treatment as any other (for the right condition/issue, that is, i.e. one that *can* be solved through chiropracy).

 

OP: it's important that you rest immediately after the manipulation. Good ('proper') chiropractors have a quiet room with a divan or the like for you to lay on 10 mins or so after your session, do not short-circuit this step.

Edited November 10, 2014 by L00b

[Marx]

Ask Simon Singh. His criticism of it landed him in Court and went on to change our libel laws forever. The inventor of it believed that any ailment could be cured by manipulation of the spine.