I've lost 50 lbs, I need a Chiropractor?

MissusMoon

BrianSharpe wrote: »

Physical therapist for sure, personally I wouldn't let a chiropractor lay hands on me unless I was choking and they were performing the Heimlich maneuver......

WORD.

MissusMoon

TheCrawlingChaos wrote: »

Physical therapy maybe. Chiropractor, no. There's little to not supporting evidence that chiropractic manipulations help with anything other than lower back pain, and even then I believe the evidence is not solid. Anything plausibly claimed by a chiropractor can be accomplished cheaper and safer through physical therapy.

Chiropractic was formed following the belief that "subluxations,"affecting health, can be treated through spinal manipulation. This has never been prooven. While there are "mixer," who mix in some medical approaches, I don't think the proper medical training is required under chiropractic school, and they still generally believe in the notion of subluxations causing diseases. Knowing that I'd rather trust my back in the hands of a proper medical professional, rather than those who base their profession on pseudoscience.

Thank you for this awesome post.

tulips_and_tea

ComptonSkyhawk wrote: »

Thank you everyone for your advice! I guess the first step would be to sleep in my own bed, as I have been working away from home for the last two weeks. Second step would be to see an actual professional. I have been to a Chiropractor once in my life 20 years ago. The practitioner said my hips weren't even. I imagine now they would want x-rays and such first anyway. I'm thinking a massage might be an idea, feels more muscular rather than skeletal. Never had a massage before.

I will concentrate on stretching better after workouts, I guess its a necessary evil, I just find it boring.

Good thinking! Sometimes we forget things like sleeping in a different bed can have an affect on us.

My neck, back, and pelvis are completely out of line due to a car accident years ago. I went to a chiro briefly, but the benefits were short-lived, so I've been getting a 60-minute deep tissue massages monthly and pay very strict attention to my posture. This has helped greatly.

And I stretch daily. Stretching is important. It's a good way to cool down. May be "boring" but it signifies the end of your workout, so that's a good thing, right?

Packerjohn

ComptonSkyhawk wrote: »

Thank you everyone for your advice! I guess the first step would be to sleep in my own bed, as I have been working away from home for the last two weeks. Second step would be to see an actual professional. I have been to a Chiropractor once in my life 20 years ago. The practitioner said my hips weren't even. I imagine now they would want x-rays and such first anyway. I'm thinking a massage might be an idea, feels more muscular rather than skeletal. Never had a massage before.

I will concentrate on stretching better after workouts, I guess its a necessary evil, I just find it boring.

Reading "Can You Go? by Dan John, well respected strength and conditioning guy. He had an interesting warm-up/mobility drill in the book

Lay on back, get up to feet
lay on stomach, get up to feet
lay on right side, get up to feet
lay on left side, get up to feet
push up plank position, get up to feet

Same sequence of 5 except you have to keep right hand on right knee
Then keep left hand on left knee
Then keep right hand on left knee
Finally keep left hand on right knee.

So you have a total of 25 get ups from various positions. It almost feels like playing a solitary game of Twister. If you're not used to moving on the ground it's harder then you would think. As you get better you can try to improve your time.

Might take some of the boredom out.