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Like you, I had two herniated disks in my neck, made worse by the 
chiropractor I'd used for 15 years.  Guess what?  He was not the 
"right" chiropractor.  After an MRI revealed the problem and the 
orthopedist failed to provide any relief, my soft-tissue injury lawyer 
(the injury happened from a car accident) recommended a different guy 
who used a traction-style adjustments.

Not only did that work, but I continue to see them once a month and 
went from having trouble just doing 50s to being able to do multidays.  
 The reason I continue to go there is that I am very active, riding the 
Rubberband, fitting saddles, traveling a lot--things that are hard on 
the spine.  Each time now there's very little adjustment that has to be 
done, and the corresponding muscle groups stay nice and pliable instead 
of knotted in spasms multiple layers deep.

Not all chiros are the same.

Lynne

On Saturday, January 4, 2003, at 10:51 PM, DESERTRYDR1@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I have to agree with your caution about chiros, and add this:  If 
> there is
> any chance that you have a herniated disk in your neck or back, a chiro
> should NOT mess with it.  I had two disks in my neck herniated 
> (probably fell
> off on my head once too often) and a chiro made the herniations worse. 
>  I
> ended up having two surgeries and have not had problems since, but I 
> have
> been cautioned very strongly against ever letting a chiro near my 
> neck.  Any
> more, I think that a good physical therapist does much more for most
> back/neck problems than a chiro.  jeri
>
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