Chiropractors

[chirpygirl]

I want to try and get my neck sorted what with carrying DD everywhere and being pregnant it is playing up more than ever and there is a 4 month wait for physio at my GP's....so

Can I see a chiropractor when pregnant?
Are they any good?
How much is it likely to cost?

ta!

If you want to see a physio privately you can, you don't have to be refered by the GP. I've had chiro (though not while pg), osteo and phsyio, and, personally, I would only have osteopathy or chiropractic during pg if I knew and completely trusted the practitioner. Physio, OTOH, is generally much gentler. I've had both osteo and physio while pg.

Cost in the South East about £45 for first appointment, £40 per session thereafter.

Chiropractors often want to see an x-ray before treating you, which of course is not done during pg.

Can't afford to go private for physio and the one at my GP has ben sorting me out for about 5 years now, but he keeps signing me off and then it starts up again 6 months later...so I have to wait again, it sucks!

So what does osteopathy involve (complete novice here, have only ever been to my physio!)
I damaged my spine years ago in a fall and it curves slightly at the top and needs proper manipulation. A massage is no good as they never get it in the right place and just end up hurting me.

Does your physio ever manipulate you (you may or may not feel or hear your joints going crack if he does)? Twisting your body into odd positions and then exerting a carefully directed force onto you with his arms, or gently wiggling/pulsing spinal joints with his thumbs? Osteos do much the same. I'm not sure what the specific difference is, as all the good physios and osteos I've seen have used many of the same techniques, but I get the impression that physios get more invvolved in soft tissues, whereas osteos work more on joints. IME, living with an old back injury, I find osteopathy good for 'first aid' when I have a flare-up, but physio better for general maintenance.