Chiropractor backfires!

The above contains a pun -- if not too blatant :p

Well, I've been thrilled by how much better I've been doing pain-wise for the past 3 weeks. My left side has been 50-70% better, and thankfully, I've been able to cut back on my oxycodone (which is helping less and making me just too sleepy).

Anyhow, my right shoulder has been giving me problems for a couple of weeks -- just lying in bed (on left side) with my head modestly angled to the right, my right shoulder would begin to ache and get worse and worse. After 20 minutes in that position, it would be too much for me.

So, I suspect that the chiropractic "adjustments" have caused the spinal pathologies on the right to finally become symptomatic!

Doctors have always been baffled at how the spinal pathologies on my right side are worse yet it is my left side where I have all the pain. Thanks to my Chiro, that seems to be shifting.

In fact, the right shoulder has routinely been getting up to a "7" pain-wise, where my left rarely gets that high - more like a 4 most days.

I saw my GP and he wants me to return to my excellent PT for an assessment.

UG! I was starting to feel a glimmer of hope that I finally found a way to really get better.

my shoulder ober the last 12 months has been giving me grief finally mentioned to by dr and got sent for a mri result torn rota cuff in 3 places and a bursitis* 3 cortisone injections and no difference it looks like the surgery path for me .
ive been putting it off for months now but its getting to point I cant rotate my left arm or lift it over my head .
I hope the pt does something for you and gives you some relief .

cheers dean

Doesn't sound like a muscle issue, sounds more like a tear in the cuff or labrum.

the only time I see a chiro is every couple of months the fingers next to my thumbs start to go numb .
he cracks my neck and within 24 hrs the feeling returns to them he thinks it's a pinched nerve causing the problems but as for back pain its never offered me much relief .