Chiropractors for back pain

[BHouse19]

Hi all,

Do you mind telling me what your experiences of going to see a chiropractor have been? Have you seen any improvement in your experience of discomfort/ pain following treatment?

I've got long standing problems with my back. I've always had low back pain but have increasingly become aware of stiffness in my neck and then almost a tightness down the right side of my thoracic spine.

I know I need to do something about this but I can't shake this feeling that going to see a chiropractor is a waste of time and money and it's not something I've ever really considered. I've got lots of people making the suggestion to go, but for some reason I've held on to a belief that at worst they're fraudsters and at best, misguided. AIBU?

I have life long back problems that in the beginning rendered me seeing a chiropractor every week and spending a fortune on what he considered to be a prolapsed disc. Fast forward 10 years and after an MRI, they discovered it was nothing of the sort and I was told to stop wasting my money on treatment of that kind. If I were you, I would first ask to be referred for an MRI or go privately if you have the means. That way you will know what the best course of action is for you.r particular problem. They are not suited to every back problem and could indeed exacerbate it. I was naive and learned from expensive and painful experience.

I'd recommend going to see a really good physio before I'd go to a chiropractor. Physio alongside massage will probably have you sorted fairly quickly.

Do you exercise much? Do you send a lot of time looking down at phones/devices?

I watch a lot of chiropractors in YouTube and the ALL do all the same moves/adjustments on every "patient" I think there little to no proof it actually works

Go to a registered Msk physio. If the physio thinks you need orthopaedic review they'll refer you to one.

I would avoid a chiropractor but instead try an osteopath, you can find a properly qualified one by looking at the register of osteopaths online.

Apologies, sent that before I finished. I'm not a chiropractor fan (I'm a HCP). Physio is nearly always the answer to long standing back issues. They're wizards 😊

(I'm not one)