RE: RE: Sciatica - Chiropractors

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Carol wrote:

>I have to add something to your suggestion of the " activator " method of

>chiropractic. My chiro uses the " toftness " method - sounds like it

>would be very similar to activator - he uses a little punch-thing too.

>I've been going to him for 25 years, ever since I sustained a

>compression fracture in the lumbar region. It works great for me -

>

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Sara wrote:

>This is an aside, but if you do go to a chiropractor, see if you can

>dredge up someone who uses " the Activator method " . I have to recommend

>it, because " regular " chiropractors never did a thing for me,

>

Aparently " the mileage may vary " . First of all Carol if I was seeing

the chiropractor for 25 yrs I'd fire him if he hasn't healed you yet.

I made the mistake of seeing a country wide known expert in with the

" activator " type method. Some of the method works, I found the methods

cold and impersonal along with their mechanical " massage " table, and the

office girls using the electric sander machine vibrator for area

massage. Kicked me out when the insurance money ran out. I still have

problems which were never corrected.

I heard there is a woman chiropractor in Manitoba Canada who will fix

you right up in a visit or two. I'm not ever again going to see some

insurance milking quack.

Guess I'd prefer the old fasioned " hands on " method of healing over the

cold impersonal stuff which doesn't seem to work.

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I've been going to my chiropractor (Toftness method) for about 15 years now. I consider myself well and long healed, but I go once a month for maintenance. If I skip several months I get back out of alignment and it takes more intensive visits to get back in again. Easier just to go once a month for 10 minutes or so.

And once a month on the other two weeks (every two weeks one and every two weeks the other) I visit my "magic lady," who does Reiki, shiatsu, breathwork, energy-work....she reads my pulses Auyrvedic (sp?) style and then does whatever is necessary to "tune me up."

Haven't seen an allopathic doctor in more than 20 years....

Sharyn

From: ok_fine@... [mailto:ok_fine@...] if I was seeing the chiropractor for 25 yrs I'd fire him if he hasn't healed you yet.

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,

My back problem can't be fixed - a compression fracture is when one of

the vertebra gets squished - and there's no fixing that. It happened

when I fell off a ladder and landed on a concrete floor on my rear end

from 10' up. Maybe surgery could rebuild it, but that's not something I

care to get into unless absolutely necessary, and so far it isn't.

Surgery so close to my spinal column is not anything I would be happy

about. Going to the chiro once a month is maintenance for me - keeps my

toe, foot, etc. from going to sleep.

Carol

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From: ok_fine@... [mailto:ok_fine@...]

First of all Carol if I was seeing

the chiropractor for 25 yrs I'd fire him if he hasn't healed you yet.

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Well, it's reversed for me. The family chiro's office in , MI

that I found is as warm and friendly as can be, and though I haven't

been able to afford to go for almost a year, they still know me and call

once in a while to see how my baby's doing. They, like the " regular "

chiro, did tell me I had to keep coming, at least once a week, for as

long as I chose to spend most of my time in a bad chair in front of a

computer.

Sometimes they're ripping you off, sure--for instance, the " regular "

chiro who didn't help me at all after three visits and still wanted me

to come back--and sometimes your muscular-skeletal system, like your

diet, needs regular maintenance. It depends on what you do.

$0.02,

-S

>Aparently " the mileage may vary " . First of all Carol if I was seeing

>the chiropractor for 25 yrs I'd fire him if he hasn't healed you yet.

>

>I made the mistake of seeing a country wide known expert in with the

> " activator " type method. Some of the method works, I found the methods

>cold and impersonal along with their mechanical " massage " table, and the

>office girls using the electric sander machine vibrator for area

>massage. Kicked me out when the insurance money ran out. I still have

>problems which were never corrected.

>

>I heard there is a woman chiropractor in Manitoba Canada who will fix

>you right up in a visit or two. I'm not ever again going to see some

>insurance milking quack.

>

>Guess I'd prefer the old fasioned " hands on " method of healing over the

>cold impersonal stuff which doesn't seem to work.

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