Life Do you go to a chiropractor?

**Bowser** · 08-11-2008, 01:30 PM

Ever been to one, or known someone that goes to one? There seems to be no middle ground when it comes to chiropractors - either people love them or hate them. Looking for opinions if it would be a good idea or not to see one.

Fish · 08-11-2008, 01:33 PM

I view chiropractors on the same level as psychics and carnies.....

Demonpenz · 08-11-2008, 01:37 PM

great if you want your kids to be autistic

booyaf2 · 08-11-2008, 01:37 PM

i go when the ol back is completely messed up. To the point i can't turn my head one way or another. They always get me back in line. I've heard people say a massage works just as well though.

**gblowfish** · 08-11-2008, 01:39 PM

No, but I played poker with one on Saturday night.

**HemiEd** · 08-11-2008, 01:39 PM

I highly recommend a good one. They have helped me out of pain, several times. In fact, I went this morning, since I was out of kilter.

They are all the same though, would like to have you on a regular basis. I did that for years, screw that. I now go when I feel like I need to.

JuicesFlowing · 08-11-2008, 01:47 PM

Never been to one in my life. But I've never needed one either.

Rooster · 08-11-2008, 01:47 PM

I wouldn't go to one but I know people who swear by them.

KCUnited · 08-11-2008, 01:52 PM

I tore all 4 ligaments in my right knee 11 years ago. Towards the close of my 2nd year of rehab I developed Sciatica that really shut me down with pain. No physical therapy helped and I couldn't stretch out of it. A buddy of mine was a student at Cleveland Chiropractic so I went to see him for treatment and after a solid 5 weeks of treatment my pain had been managed. I will always recommend a good chiropracter.

**CrazyPhuD** · 08-11-2008, 01:57 PM

While for the most part chiropractor's are relatively harmless, if you let them do neck adjustments you're just a ****ing idiot, unless you don't really like walking.

Personally I probably will never go to them, that said real doctors aren't perfect either with our tendency to over medicate. It's the damned if you do damned if you don't. My general response is just to suck it up and deal, but I've never had chronic pain so I've been lucky.

BIG_DADDY · 08-11-2008, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrazyPhuD

While for the most part chiropractor's are relatively harmless, if you let them do neck adjustments you're just a ****ing idiot, unless you don't really like walking.

Personally I probably will never go to them, that said real doctors aren't perfect either with our tendency to over medicate. It's the damned if you do damned if you don't. My general response is just to suck it up and deal, but I've never had chronic pain so I've been lucky.

Which just goes to show that some of the worst advise you can get is right here at the planet. Unfriggenbelievable.

**Iowanian** · 08-11-2008, 02:00 PM

When you have bones that get out of place, get a sting from pinched nerves and sometimes can't turn your head.....and can when you walk out, even if the visit sucks, its worth it.

I've hurt myself enough over the years that I have to go in spurts.....sometimes 6mo-1yr without a visit, sometimes several visits in a couple of month timeframe. When you have enough bones and joints that have been broken and dislocated, you're going to HAVE to go to a cracker at some point. Some things, only get worse when you don't go get the treatment.

It depends on what activity I've been doing.

In short...I go when I have to, and because i have to.

**chasedude** · 08-11-2008, 02:00 PM

I went and saw one once, he was so young he could have been Dougie Howser. He did help me out with my back when I needed to though.

**Skip Towne** · 08-11-2008, 02:01 PM

I wouldn't go to one under any circumstances.

siberian khatru · 08-11-2008, 02:03 PM

I wouldn't call them a "GODSEND," but I have gone to chiros when I've thrown my back out and they have helped me a lot. And I previously was a non-believer. However, I was desperate one time and went, everything turned out well, and I've used them since when necessary.

View Poll Results: Would you or do you go to a chiropractor?
YES! Those guys are a godsend. I would recommend one anytime.	25	39.68%
Hell no! Those guys are just failed med students/witch doctors.	12	19.05%
Just take some Ibuprofen, you pussy.	20	31.75%
I have no opinion, but didn't want to not vote.	6	9.52%
Voters: 63. You may not vote on this poll

08-11-2008, 01:30 PM
Bowser sorta mod-ish Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: KC North Casino cash: $3451616	Do you go to a chiropractor? Ever been to one, or known someone that goes to one? There seems to be no middle ground when it comes to chiropractors - either people love them or hate them. Looking for opinions if it would be a good idea or not to see one.
Posts: 100,637

08-11-2008, 01:33 PM	#2
Fish Ain't no relax! Join Date: Sep 2005 Casino cash: $2288919	I view chiropractors on the same level as psychics and carnies..... __________________
Posts: 47,515

08-11-2008, 01:37 PM	#3
Demonpenz I got Rice cookin in the micro Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Apartment "G UNIT!" Casino cash: $3132136	great if you want your kids to be autistic __________________
Posts: 54,272

08-11-2008, 01:37 PM	#4
booyaf2 Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hays KS Casino cash: $1635005	i go when the ol back is completely messed up. To the point i can't turn my head one way or another. They always get me back in line. I've heard people say a massage works just as well though.
Posts: 898

08-11-2008, 01:39 PM	#5
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17686178 VARSITY	No, but I played poker with one on Saturday night.
Posts: 40,832

08-11-2008, 01:39 PM	#6
HemiEd Supporter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ozarks Casino cash: $3290564	I highly recommend a good one. They have helped me out of pain, several times. In fact, I went this morning, since I was out of kilter. They are all the same though, would like to have you on a regular basis. I did that for years, screw that. I now go when I feel like I need to.
Posts: 33,418

08-11-2008, 01:47 PM	#7
JuicesFlowing Losing with passion. Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oblivion Casino cash: $10004925	Never been to one in my life. But I've never needed one either.
Posts: 4,399

08-11-2008, 01:47 PM	#8
Rooster Draft a QB Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: JoCo Casino cash: $9961689	I wouldn't go to one but I know people who swear by them. __________________ When Reno Hightower was a prick he was the best damn quarterback in the history of Kern County.
Posts: 5,753

08-11-2008, 01:52 PM	#9
KCUnited Cheat Death Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Land of Drincoln Casino cash: $2298244	I tore all 4 ligaments in my right knee 11 years ago. Towards the close of my 2nd year of rehab I developed Sciatica that really shut me down with pain. No physical therapy helped and I couldn't stretch out of it. A buddy of mine was a student at Cleveland Chiropractic so I went to see him for treatment and after a solid 5 weeks of treatment my pain had been managed. I will always recommend a good chiropracter.
Posts: 33,919

08-11-2008, 01:57 PM	#10
CrazyPhuD Meow Join Date: Jun 2005 Casino cash: $10005050	While for the most part chiropractor's are relatively harmless, if you let them do neck adjustments you're just a ***ing idiot, unless you don't really like walking. Personally I probably will never go to them, that said real doctors aren't perfect either with our tendency to over medicate. It's the damned if you do damned if you don't. My general response is just to suck it up and deal, but I've never had chronic pain so I've been lucky. __________________ "Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a trd by the clean end"
Posts: 8,523

08-11-2008, 02:00 PM	#12
Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $4768454	When you have bones that get out of place, get a sting from pinched nerves and sometimes can't turn your head.....and can when you walk out, even if the visit sucks, its worth it. I've hurt myself enough over the years that I have to go in spurts.....sometimes 6mo-1yr without a visit, sometimes several visits in a couple of month timeframe. When you have enough bones and joints that have been broken and dislocated, you're going to HAVE to go to a cracker at some point. Some things, only get worse when you don't go get the treatment. It depends on what activity I've been doing. In short...I go when I have to, and because i have to.
Posts: 61,530

08-11-2008, 02:00 PM	#13
chasedude Supporter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: St. Joe Casino cash: $10004900	I went and saw one once, he was so young he could have been Dougie Howser. He did help me out with my back when I needed to though.
Posts: 36,287

08-11-2008, 02:01 PM	#14
Skip Towne Supporter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: T-Town Casino cash: $10004900	I wouldn't go to one under any circumstances.
Posts: 69,689

08-11-2008, 02:03 PM	#15
siberian khatru 21st Century Schizoid Fan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Gates of Delirium Casino cash: $2554950	I wouldn't call them a "GODSEND," but I have gone to chiros when I've thrown my back out and they have helped me a lot. And I previously was a non-believer. However, I was desperate one time and went, everything turned out well, and I've used them since when necessary.
Posts: 69,180