I read this in a newsletter and I wonder if it's true. I had about a month's worth of chiropractic last year for a lower-back problem, but I didn't have any relief. I've talked to others, however, that believe in it for back pain (I won't get into how some chiros claim they can cure all kinds of illness). My main doc says it's crap, but he is probably biased.
What do you think?
From my personal experiance I found that a good chiropractic doctor was the best thing I ever did to fix 90 percent of all my running related injuries.
Most Chiropractic doctors are not good ones they pop a few things and that is it. A good chiro doc will double as a deep tissue message person all in one.
If they take less than 10 minutes to say you are done and get you out the door then they are not good. I'd say a good 45 minutes to an hour is the minimum for a good doc to fix any issues you have.
Swofford11 wrote:
From my personal experiance I found that a good chiropractic doctor was the best thing I ever did to fix 90 percent of all my running related injuries.
Most Chiropractic doctors are not good ones they pop a few things and that is it. A good chiro doc will double as a deep tissue message person all in one.
This. There's a guy about 90 minutes away from where I grew up I would go to in high school. He helped me with several injuries in ways nobody else could. Unfortunately he's much further away now that I'm in college, and though I've tried a few PTs and Chiros around my current area, none are all that great.
A problem with chiropractors is there are a lot of bad ones, and there are a lot of dumb people who think they need an adjustment for every little damned thing that happens to them. I shadowed a chiropractor in high school and 300lb slobs would come in there and think he could cure all their health troubles. Do you really think a businessman is going to turn away such people, or are they going to let them believe what they already do?
It's difficult, but if you can find a good one, probably one who does ART, your money will be well spent most of the time.
Also look for one that is trained in extremity adjustments and knows how to work on your feet. So many running related injuries begin with feet issues.
My chiro is great. Not only does she do deep tissue massage and adjustments but she also can usually figure out what I am exactly doing wrong that caused the injury. The PT she suggests prevents my injuries. I only have to go a few times a year and she is able to help me in one long appt.
My poor little girl wet the bed nightly from age 5 to 7 (please no jokes). My chiro adjusted her once and she never wet the bed again.
If I was a chiropractor, I wouldn't want any more randomized trials. Pretty much all the trials have shown it to be less effective than rest. There were like 2 specific back pain issues that it seemed to help with but that was it.
PB sammy wrote:
I read this in a newsletter and I wonder if it's true. I had about a month's worth of chiropractic last year for a lower-back problem, but I didn't have any relief. I've talked to others, however, that believe in it for back pain (I won't get into how some chiros claim they can cure all kinds of illness). My main doc says it's crap, but he is probably biased.
What do you think?
My Chiro cured my impotency with an adjustment.
PB sammy wrote:
I read this in a newsletter and I wonder if it's true. I had about a month's worth of chiropractic last year for a lower-back problem, but I didn't have any relief. I've talked to others, however, that believe in it for back pain (I won't get into how some chiros claim they can cure all kinds of illness). My main doc says it's crap, but he is probably biased.
What do you think?
I'd like to read the article, and the studies and research they cite in support of this claim.
I've been seeing a very good chiropractor off and on for the past 5 years as running-related problems arise. She's an applied kinesiologist. As a previous poster wrote about his/her chiropractor, mine also does the deep-tissue massage to correct problems. I must say, though, that she works very quickly. She often spends less than 10 minutes on me. But I don't care about the quantity of time - I care about the result. And she is amazingly effective.
That's the exact opposite of my experience. When I have a back issue, a good chiro can get me back on the road within a few days. With rest only, it can take weeks.