My mother has been experiencing back pain for a few months now, and insists her chiropractor is making it “tolerable.”
Whenever I plead with her to see a doctor or a physical therapist, or suggest that maybe the chiropractor is the problem she gets very upset with me. There is no convincing her of any alternative, she won’t even get a second opinion and I’m not quite sure how to help at this point.
My sister got her got her an appointment to see a massage therapist, which she went to and said nothing but good things about, but she will not budge on the chiropractor.
I dunno maybe I’ll just shut up about it, but it all just seems like quackery to me.
The most life changing therapy for me was Physical Therapy. For years I was going to a chiropractor for neck pain or I’d just crack my neck myself, nothing worked. Then I got into a Motorsport accident and was assigned a PT named Doug who worked with me for three months and gave me a personalized workbook to keep going at home. The neck pain was a pinched nerve in my shoulder. If I feel it getting stiff again, a few stretches and it goes away. I love you, Doug!