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Flip side:
Woke up in agony. I couldn't walk without aid. Why to GP, "it's sciatica. It'll be ok in a few weeks. Two months at most"
6 months later and I can't walk still.
Hospitals did the scans, X-rays, MRI, etc etc, but found nothing wrong. They did acupuncture, physio, hydrotherapy etc.
All slightly helped. However two years later I still couldn't walk without help and then just kept on offering me pain killers.
Nope!!
My mate, "Hey, try my new chiro guy. He did wonders for me"
Me, "Lol, quacks."
My mate, "What have you got to lose?"
Me, "Money..."
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Mate, "Hey, told my chiro guy about you. He said pop in. The first month is free. If no improvement after then you go separate ways. What have you got to lose?"
Long story short.
On that first appointment he said he thought it was piriformis syndrome. Not back problems.
Within a month I was sitting almost pain free for the first time in two years. Within 3 months I was walking unaided for the first time in years. In 6 months I was running again.
Within a year I was 95% of what I was before the back issues. I'll never be 100% because it wasn't diagnosed in time and everything had 'healed' incorrectly.
Now, with that said, the guy was more than a chiro. He did sports body mechanics, and other things that I can't remember now. He worked with the local lower league football squad for about ten years. And whilst they were no Manchester United they wouldn't just let any quack work on their team.
Plus in the UK chiro's have to be registered and follow guidelines. If they do anything illegal they are fucked.
Flip side to my flip side:
The mother in law went to a chiro who said he could cure her spine curvature disorder. Anyways I find out when she's complaining of (extra) back pain, so I tell her to stop going as the guy is obviously a dodgy bastard. Within the year the guy was arrested for his illegal shenanigans.
It sounds more like you didn't see what the US would consider a "chiropractor", but rather an orthopedics/sports medicine specialist. Maybe he was just advertising as a chiropractor to attract clients or maybe your buddy was confused about his credentialing?
Chiropractors don't need to be licensed or registered with anything in the US. It's all pseudoscience mumbo-jumbo.
So that's why I keep getting confused because around here, a chiropractor absolutely needs a license and I never heard them taut the cure-all bullshit I keep reading about.
They absolutely require licensing. It's by state.
Ok, so he had more training than most US chiropractors.
So many are basically malpractice that it’s safer to say the whole bunch is spoiled atp
Chiropractors in the US don't have medical degrees
let me tell you the first illegal thing the chiro did the day i saw him
walk uninvited into a hospital he was unaffiliated with.
short version, he lost his license. we ran him out of the state.