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How long do your sciatica bouts last? The average is six to eight weeks.BTW when I had my first episode of full blown sciatica, pain meds didn't touch the pain. Knocked me out, but never eased me.
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It treats neuropathic pain. It's used all the time for that. That being said, it's not always effective. In fact, anecdotally, low back pain and neuropathic pain is pretty hard to treat. Which is why a lot of people seek out chiropractors.
We don't have a good grasp on the matter IMO.
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So in your opinion, my gut feeling of not trusting chiropractors, is valid.
Actually, I am considering that now.
Any here? Anyone had experiences with them? Views...all that, please.
I have never been to one, never felt comfortable.....and had bad experiences in my family.
My dad was going to one for his back, was being treated, when all along it was a perforated ulcer, which ended up rupturing. He also had COPD, which lead to his death.
My BIL was going to one, being treated for sciatica, when in fact he had, and died from ALS.
Anyway, I would appreciated if anyone has thoughts or experiences.
Sorry for your troubles. Chiropractors don't go to medical school, so I could see how they would have missed ALS. Gastric pain refers to the middle back, so I could see why a chiropractor thought it was musculoskeletal when in fact it was visceral. Chiropractors don't diagnose at all. They just treat. Treatment without diagnosis is like throwing darts in the dark. That being said, they do good things for a lot of people and the standards of their profession don't require them to have a medical degree.
Before I went to one, I'd want to ensure that they had malpractice insurance (not all states require them to carry it).
I also wouldn't let them touch my neck. Period.
I didn't blame the chiropractors, it just gave me this eerie feeling that 2 people I dearly loved was under the care of one, and died. I realize one had nothing to do with the other.
ALS was hard to diagnose. Oddly enough my BIL DID have sciatica...but ultimately got worse and worse, and then was diagnosed with ALS.
In my dad's case, well, he knew he had emphysema, and COPD, and had had back pain.
It treats neuropathic pain. It's used all the time for that. That being said, it's not always effective. In fact, anecdotally, low back pain and neuropathic pain is pretty hard to treat. Which is why a lot of people seek out chiropractors.
We don't have a good grasp on the matter IMO.
So it treats the pain, not the underlying condition?
My earlier statement remains true, then.
Sorry for your troubles. Chiropractors don't go to medical school, so I could see how they would have missed ALS. Gastric pain refers to the middle back, so I could see why a chiropractor thought it was musculoskeletal when in fact it was visceral. Chiropractors don't diagnose at all. They just treat. Treatment without diagnosis is like throwing darts in the dark. That being said, they do good things for a lot of people and the standards of their profession don't require them to have a medical degree.
Before I went to one, I'd want to ensure that they had malpractice insurance (not all states require them to carry it).
I also wouldn't let them touch my neck. Period.
I didn't blame the chiropractors, it just gave me this eerie feeling that 2 people I dearly loved was under the care of one, and died. I realize one had nothing to do with the other.
ALS was hard to diagnose. Oddly enough my BIL DID have sciatica...but ultimately got worse and worse, and then was diagnosed with ALS.
In my dad's case, well, he knew he had emphysema, and COPD, and had had back pain.
COPD is just a miserable way to spend the last years of your life. As a med student, I tell the patients I deal with who smoke that: Hey, even if you beat the lung cancer thing, odds are high that you will have COPD and get to spend about 15 days a year in the hospital with exacerbation and be on steroids and oxygen.
It treats neuropathic pain. It's used all the time for that. That being said, it's not always effective. In fact, anecdotally, low back pain and neuropathic pain is pretty hard to treat. Which is why a lot of people seek out chiropractors.
We don't have a good grasp on the matter IMO.
So it treats the pain, not the underlying condition?
My earlier statement remains true, then.
No, you said "treat" not "cure". They aren't necessarily the same thing.
We treat heart failure with diuretics and heart meds. The only way to cure it is by a heart transplant.
So it treats the pain, not the underlying condition?
My earlier statement remains true, then.
No, you said "treat" not "cure". They aren't necessarily the same thing.
We treat heart failure with diuretics and heart meds. The only way to cure it is by a heart transplant.
I need a back transplant.
No, you said "treat" not "cure". They aren't necessarily the same thing.
We treat heart failure with diuretics and heart meds. The only way to cure it is by a heart transplant.
I need a back transplant.
I told you not to spend so much time on it...
I didn't blame the chiropractors, it just gave me this eerie feeling that 2 people I dearly loved was under the care of one, and died. I realize one had nothing to do with the other.
ALS was hard to diagnose. Oddly enough my BIL DID have sciatica...but ultimately got worse and worse, and then was diagnosed with ALS.
In my dad's case, well, he knew he had emphysema, and COPD, and had had back pain.
COPD is just a miserable way to spend the last years of your life. As a med student, I tell the patients I deal with who smoke that: Hey, even if you beat the lung cancer thing, odds are high that you will have COPD and get to spend about 15 days a year in the hospital with exacerbation and be on steroids and oxygen.
It was a horrible way to die. My dad was 6'2'', and when he died I bet he weighed 80 pounds.(if that much) He was under the care of Hospice for a year..which was unusual..people rarely last that long when Hospice is called in (to my knowledge).
As he put it.. he was ''chained like a dog'' to the oxygen. Yes, it was a horrible way to die.
I spent almost 2 years myself helping care for him.
My mom has been going to a chiropractor for a while. The different things she's done has lowered her very high blood pressure to where it should be without using the poisons from the pharmaceuticals.
COPD is just a miserable way to spend the last years of your life. As a med student, I tell the patients I deal with who smoke that: Hey, even if you beat the lung cancer thing, odds are high that you will have COPD and get to spend about 15 days a year in the hospital with exacerbation and be on steroids and oxygen.
It was a horrible way to die. My dad was 6'2'', and when he died I bet he weighed 80 pounds.(if that much) He was under the care of Hospice for a year..which was unusual..people rarely last that long when Hospice is called in (to my knowledge).
As he put it.. he was ''chained like a dog'' to the oxygen. Yes, it was a horrible way to die.
I spent almost 2 years myself helping care for him.
It is rare. If I remember right, the average stay in hospice is measured in days.
Sorry for your troubles.
Any here? Anyone had experiences with them? Views...all that, please.
I have never been to one, never felt comfortable.....and had bad experiences in my family.
My dad was going to one for his back, was being treated, when all along it was a perforated ulcer, which ended up rupturing. He also had COPD, which lead to his death.
My BIL was going to one, being treated for sciatica, when in fact he had, and died from ALS.
Anyway, I would appreciated if anyone has thoughts or experiences.
My chiropractor was a GODsend!Any here? Anyone had experiences with them? Views...all that, please.
I have never been to one, never felt comfortable.....and had bad experiences in my family.
My dad was going to one for his back, was being treated, when all along it was a perforated ulcer, which ended up rupturing. He also had COPD, which lead to his death.
My BIL was going to one, being treated for sciatica, when in fact he had, and died from ALS.
Anyway, I would appreciated if anyone has thoughts or experiences.