Chiropractic & Atheism

[KichigaiNeko]

Not for concussion! Derp!

[festive1]

I've heard that acupuncture can bring pain relief. Something to do with nerve clusters being severed by the puncturing and then when they heal it's like you pushed a reset button. It's kind of like how it works with treating phantom pains in limbs that have been severed. It's not unbelievable that some Chinese guy a few thousand years ago accidentally stumbled across a means of relieving pain by ironically doing something that would seem to be counter-productive, didn't know how it worked, and just chalked it up to spiritualistic mumbo-jumbo. We humans are funny like that.

I had acupuncture last winter when I busted my ass falling while ice skating. I went from being unable to sit squarely on my ass to being somewhat able to sit. After the second acupuncture treatment, I just felt like I had a bruise on my tailbone, which I did. I went to the ER for x-rays the day I fell, and they told me to just take it easy and gave me oxy because there's nothing they could do for a bruised butt. I think if you're in pain most MDs just give you drugs, which is great, but for muscular/skeletal injuries its often better for healing if you can move around. Which the chiro treatments helped me do. Anecdotal, I know, but my ass doesn't hurt anymore, so I'm happy. Also, what's the harm? If it works it works, but if it doesn't work it doesn't do further harm, so why not give it a whirl?

[KichigaiNeko]

I am thinking that here we are meeting those who think that EVERYONE is stupid (except them) and are unable to utilise chiro and acupuncture for what it is minus the woo factor and those who support the woo - factor (or are afraid others might)

Either way, you would not take your vehicles automatic-transmission to your local grease monkey to have it fixed. No you would take it to a specialist in that field, same with muscular-skeletal issues (once confirmed with you G-P of course) and IF acupuncture works as a pain killer then that has got to be so much better that downing a gross amount of NSAIDS and analgesics furthering the deterioration of your liver.

[festive1]

I'm one of those that doesn't get high from serious pain meds, just really sleepy, well I probably get high too, I just sleep through it. My husband had to take a day off work to tend to the children when I busted my ass... I think we have to keep in mind lost work hours when talking about the benefits of chiropractic pain management. I sure as hell couldn't sit to drive my kids to school on pain meds. After just one acupuncture treatment I could manage well enough to hold off on the pain meds until I was home and able to not pass out behind the wheel, so hubby could go back to work.

[KichigaiNeko]

So many people are of the pill-popping mind-set festive. Where you and I seem to have rather adverse reactions to various medication that wouldn't inflict itself on the so called Majority (75%)

I hate pain meds with a passion. ONE 500mg paracetamol is enough to make me dopey and inclined to sleep. ibuprofen not only doesn't help with the pain but inflicts major gastrointestinal joy! (*note sarcasm) and leaving me like I am drug fucked.

No. Forget the woo, don't even consider it, if it is muscular-skeletal then Chiro and Acupuncture just MAY be the way to go for you. Keep seeing your mainstream Medical Practitioner and keep him/ her updated on your progress. Also view these practitioners as your staff. They are there to help you and IF they are not talking to each other then you have a problem ...is my thinking.

[festive1]

I'm very glad we have modern medicine... But not everything should be, "There's a pill for that!" Yes, it's awesome we have antibiotics, pain meds, psychotropic meds, and everything else medical technology provides us, but sometimes *certain* things should be treated simply by being a little better to our bodies. Like altering diet and exercise for high blood pressure or cholesterol... But if that doesn't work, or doesn't work well enough, then supplement with meds (unless dangerously high of course, common sense is a good thing too).

[John V]

There are chiropractors and patients who overestimate the scope of chiropractic. That said, the basic reasoning behind chiropractic is that the spine and the bones attached to it have an optimal position. How exactly is that woo?

[Faith No More]

There are chiropractors and patients who overestimate the scope of chiropractic. That said, the basic reasoning behind chiropractic is that the spine and the bones attached to it have an optimal position. How exactly is that woo?

The woo lies in your first sentence.

[John V]

There are chiropractors and patients who overestimate the scope of chiropractic. That said, the basic reasoning behind chiropractic is that the spine and the bones attached to it have an optimal position. How exactly is that woo?

The woo lies in your first sentence.

So we're all cool with chiropractic within certain boundaries? Seemed like some people were against it altogether.

[Faith No More]

So we're all cool with chiropractic within certain boundaries? Seemed like some people were against it altogether.

I think some people are skeptical as to whether there is any validity to the chiropractic approach at all.