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Pinched nerve...how long does healing take?
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 581825" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>I do understand your apprehension about alternative medicines. I know that often when people talk about a bad/injured back they say that they tried a chiropractor "and it made it worse" and they'll never go again. I suspect that in some of those cases that there may have been further damage by chiropractors who weren't thorough in their pre-exam, and that others may just not have been helped and another physician bad-mouthed the Chiro. I'd never go to one that I wasn't comfortable with.</p><p></p><p>Insofar as insurance and LMT/RMT or Chiro's go, here is how it generally works: They won't cover it for a chronic condition. ie: I have chronic pain from Muscular Dystrophy and I have 20 LMT visits a year covered. I can't use it for my MD because my MD is not going to be cured by it. Same with Chiro. Now, if I <em>injure my back</em> and the doctor rx's LMT or Chiro to correct or repair an injury, they'll pay for that because it isn't eternal. You have injured your back, so these things are likely covered. In fact, you can ask your PT about massage therapy if you'd like. They generally go by what the Dr tells them, but a good one will community with the MD and they'll work it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 581825, member: 99"] I do understand your apprehension about alternative medicines. I know that often when people talk about a bad/injured back they say that they tried a chiropractor "and it made it worse" and they'll never go again. I suspect that in some of those cases that there may have been further damage by chiropractors who weren't thorough in their pre-exam, and that others may just not have been helped and another physician bad-mouthed the Chiro. I'd never go to one that I wasn't comfortable with. Insofar as insurance and LMT/RMT or Chiro's go, here is how it generally works: They won't cover it for a chronic condition. ie: I have chronic pain from Muscular Dystrophy and I have 20 LMT visits a year covered. I can't use it for my MD because my MD is not going to be cured by it. Same with Chiro. Now, if I [I]injure my back[/I] and the doctor rx's LMT or Chiro to correct or repair an injury, they'll pay for that because it isn't eternal. You have injured your back, so these things are likely covered. In fact, you can ask your PT about massage therapy if you'd like. They generally go by what the Dr tells them, but a good one will community with the MD and they'll work it out. [/QUOTE]
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