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Chiropractic VS physical therapy----NEED ANSWERS PLEASE!!
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 506492" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Sounds like you have it all covered!! Good for you! The right chiro can do amazing things. I am often amused by MDs when they say that a certain area "cannot" be causing a certain problem because the structure of the body means it can't. In my experience, if the chiro is good and says it can help/fix/end/prevent some structural problem, the chiro is right and the MD is just wrong. I used to think that MD's had this huge amt of knowledge about how the muscles and bones and nerves etc... worked, but a cousin who is a PT ended that notion. PTs and chiros take a LOT mroe classes in the structure of the body than MDs do. At least this was true when my PT cousin went through school. I had three neuros SWEAR that my vertigo had to be an inner ear problem or a psychological one. The ENT and psychiatrist disagreed. The chiro read my headache journal (I also recorded vertigo, muscle spasms, etc... because several diff docs wanted diff things tracked) and saw that teh dizziness hit when the muscles in my neck/shoulders/head were all spasmed. By working on those muscles, we were able to stop the dizziness (or vertigo - diff people called it diff things). The chiro said that the blood vessels run through and between the muscles and the spasms were restricting blood flow to my brain and the dizziness was the first sign.</p><p></p><p>Doctors still think I am nuts when I say this. They don't think it is possible for a muscle to spasm and swell and create restricted blood flow. The proof is in the lack of vertigo - I only get the vertigo wehn the muscles are a mess.</p><p></p><p>So go with the doctor who has helped in the past - the CHIRO. I think PT would help, but if the PT isn't willing to work with you if you see the chiro, either don't tell him or don't see him (him being PT). Ask the chiro for help with getting the range of motion in your knee back.</p><p></p><p>Have you ever used guided meditation to help with stress? If you are interested, I can get some names and some free mp3s for you. husband has a lot and they can be a HUGE help. Biofeedback is also helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 506492, member: 1233"] Sounds like you have it all covered!! Good for you! The right chiro can do amazing things. I am often amused by MDs when they say that a certain area "cannot" be causing a certain problem because the structure of the body means it can't. In my experience, if the chiro is good and says it can help/fix/end/prevent some structural problem, the chiro is right and the MD is just wrong. I used to think that MD's had this huge amt of knowledge about how the muscles and bones and nerves etc... worked, but a cousin who is a PT ended that notion. PTs and chiros take a LOT mroe classes in the structure of the body than MDs do. At least this was true when my PT cousin went through school. I had three neuros SWEAR that my vertigo had to be an inner ear problem or a psychological one. The ENT and psychiatrist disagreed. The chiro read my headache journal (I also recorded vertigo, muscle spasms, etc... because several diff docs wanted diff things tracked) and saw that teh dizziness hit when the muscles in my neck/shoulders/head were all spasmed. By working on those muscles, we were able to stop the dizziness (or vertigo - diff people called it diff things). The chiro said that the blood vessels run through and between the muscles and the spasms were restricting blood flow to my brain and the dizziness was the first sign. Doctors still think I am nuts when I say this. They don't think it is possible for a muscle to spasm and swell and create restricted blood flow. The proof is in the lack of vertigo - I only get the vertigo wehn the muscles are a mess. So go with the doctor who has helped in the past - the CHIRO. I think PT would help, but if the PT isn't willing to work with you if you see the chiro, either don't tell him or don't see him (him being PT). Ask the chiro for help with getting the range of motion in your knee back. Have you ever used guided meditation to help with stress? If you are interested, I can get some names and some free mp3s for you. husband has a lot and they can be a HUGE help. Biofeedback is also helpful. [/QUOTE]
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