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Totally Tunsie

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32. So this conversation has now gone full circle back to where I first came in.

Reply to Aristus (Reply #29)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 08:36 PM

Mar 2020

I know what worked for me. Chiropractic didn't "fix" me, but it enabled me to live a comfortable life without being doped out on pain killers. The thing that we hoped would "fix" me was spinal surgery. That left me worse off than ever, and there's no going back.

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Quackopractor Alert [View all] Disaffected Mar 2020 OP

Not all but most are quacks. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #1

Sad but true Disaffected Mar 2020 #2

A degree from Palmer is about it. Not sure how they are regulated. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #3

Here in Canada Disaffected Mar 2020 #6

I used to review malpractice reports on chiropractors. This doesn't surprise me, at all. Siwsan Mar 2020 #4

How can malpractice be charged to a guy who is a quack to begin with? Archae Mar 2020 #7

Well, they are licensed. Siwsan Mar 2020 #8

I had one encounter with an ER "doctor" who ended up deported. Archae Mar 2020 #9

I admit that I've had some pretty horrific experiences with physicians as a medical advocate Siwsan Mar 2020 #10

One thing that bugs the hell out of me is "Family Chiropractic." Archae Mar 2020 #11

My vegan, anti-vax nephew and his wife were taking their toddler to one Siwsan Mar 2020 #13

Well, yes, Disaffected Mar 2020 #14

Exactly, "Siswan" above this post mentioned a nephew who takes a baby there. Archae Mar 2020 #15

A physical therapist could have done the same thing. nt Mosby Mar 2020 #33

Di Solito Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #5

Have to disagree here. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #12

If you have been going for 40 years edhopper Mar 2020 #16

There is no "cure". My spinal column slips Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #18

Yeah I was pretty snide edhopper Mar 2020 #20

Thank you - accepted. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #22

You may have been a bit snide but Disaffected Mar 2020 #31

Yep edhopper Mar 2020 #34

Did you Disaffected Mar 2020 #17

I was able to dump the pain killers and walk upright Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #19

Disaffected is right edhopper Mar 2020 #21

Glad to hear you are off pain killers but I am still Disaffected Mar 2020 #23

Funny (NOT) that you said what you did. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #25

Sorry to hear about your experiences Mosby Mar 2020 #35

Thank you. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #38

I have chronic pain patients coming to me all the time. Aristus Mar 2020 #24

If you read my #25 answer above, you'll see that I spent far more Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #26

Based on your description of the problem, vertebral bones slipping out of alignment, Aristus Mar 2020 #27

We're talking about a 40-year span of time. What is known Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #28

If you have to keep going back, it's not fixing the problem any more than opioid Aristus Mar 2020 #29

So this conversation has now gone full circle back to where I first came in. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #32

I agree with that completely! Mossfern Mar 2020 #37

I'm glad to hear it. Aristus Mar 2020 #39

Ruptured disk, horrible pain. Surgery gave eight or nine years of relief. Then back problems came o keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #30

I have a microcosm Disaffected Mar 2020 #36