Chiropractor, acupuncture or massage?

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Permalink Reply by Zoe on October 16, 2009 at 3:42pm

Chiropractor, definately. One crack and you'll be right as rain ;) well as long as you get a good one! Can you get someone who is recommended by a friend or a doctor or something?

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Permalink Reply by Joyousfig on October 16, 2009 at 4:05pm

Physical Therapist definately--one who is experienced with Muscle Energy Technique to allign the spine and Strain/counterstrain to address the soft tissue imbalance that brought you there to begin with. i can promise you if you get a thrust-type of adjustment, you will be right back to the same place you are now in a week, which is why Chiropractic has you going for the rest of your life.
Find a clinic that is PT owned and you'll avoid the shake and bakers(hot packs, ultrasound, massage). Newer PTs will have a DPT (doctorate). Those practicing 10-15 years will have an MPT and those practicing more than 20 years will have a PT degree. More letters doesn't necessarily mean better--just reflects the entry level degree at the time of graduation. You want the best manual therapist you can find.

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Permalink Reply by Zoe on October 16, 2009 at 4:20pm

i had a life long bump in my neck cured with one chrio treatment last year, so with love, I have to disagree with you here. It depends on the practitioner, if they are really good, it doesn't matter which modality they use, it will work. Like wise if they're crap then the treatment will also be crap no matter what it is. Say some prayers to help you find the highest and best healer for you ;)

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Permalink Reply by VibinOnLife! on October 17, 2009 at 12:04am

It actually depends on whether the injury is structural or muscular. If it's structural a chiropractor would be best. If it's muscular a massage or physical therapist would be best. I personally would start at the least expensive treatment and work from there. At home you can use hot compresses, stretching, and arnica cream. If that doesn't work then I would get a massage with focus in that area...from a therapist in private practice that focuses on therapeutic work, not some spa. And if those things do not work I would go to a chiropractor. However, I would want them to do some diagnostic work before cracking, as this is not always necessary and can lead to more problems if done incorrectly or unnecessarily.

Feel better!

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Permalink Reply by YogaBrudder on October 17, 2009 at 12:43am

Well, I tell ya one thing. I've experienced this type of thing many times. Sometimes massage and chiropractic, both very often invasive technique, CAN, not necessarily, make it worse, 'fore it gets better.

Acupuncture might work, but I am not a fan since I've had so many treatments that did so little.

I like to wait these things out, sometimes putting linament on the area (the stuff that makes the skin tingle, and feel hot).

Hope this is helpful.

I've just given very general remarks. Next to meaningless, ha-ha.

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Permalink Reply by Saz on October 17, 2009 at 12:49am

Find a good chiropractor. Easier said than done I know, but I used google to find mine.

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Permalink Reply by YogaBrudder on October 17, 2009 at 12:49am

I like to wait these things out when it happens to me: massage and chiropractic can make it worse when worked on in a situation like yours, especially since practitioners are under such time constraints.

When I see someone who can't stand up straight, I spend two hours on them, and that usually does the job. Very laborious, very slowly and methodical, no rushing. Or it might make it worse. When I was working in spas and such, only had an hour usually, not enough for me.

A long sleep is a good idea I think.

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Permalink Reply by foxy man on October 17, 2009 at 12:59am

chiropractor is fine , but naprathy is finner. Accupuncture is great but in this case might be not neccessary.Massage is not to adjust you being out of spine alinmnent, it only relaxes muscles.

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Permalink Reply by foxy man on October 17, 2009 at 1:33am

strongly recommend naprathy, more so any one who received their graduation diploma from the original Chicago Collage...........

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Myra on October 17, 2009 at 5:45am

I'm not sure I've heard of anyone doing this where I live, but I'll check it out, thanks.

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Permalink Reply by alex anthony on October 17, 2009 at 1:11am

acupuncture is awesome but it is not curative - it only relieves pain. chiropractor sounds right but you might want to get something imaged so he has a clear picture of what's going on before he/she starts tinkering.

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Permalink Reply by foxy man on October 18, 2009 at 12:41pm

I strongly disagree with acupuncture not being curative, after all this practice was and still is in use for 1,000's of yrs in orient. Example, I had my foot crushed by buldozer on job( yrs back ) and only reason I did not have it amputeted is becouse it survived it. Had torn ligaments and shreded muscles, thanks to it.3 diferent chiroprators could not relief the pain, so I finnaly had chosen my naprathy neighbor at that time, who first and only time applied acupuncture to it and I never had any treatment done to it since. Its been 16 yrs since then. Yes, acupuncture will heal in certain cases if not all.

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