chiropractor cured/healed Colitis or Crohn's - possible?

Personally, I think that you *want* to believe that a chiro can cure your UC and you're grasping at threads. You seem to be pretty disappointed that nobody has a success story for you.

I'm actually a big believer in alternatives as I know first hand that the doctors just really have no clue, other than doing things to weaken our immune systems. I don't knock doctors for the things they do know and I can't fault doctors for things they don't know yet, including causes and cures for autoimmune diseases. I'm also a big advocate for the chronically ill and am really against snake oil salespersons who prey on the sick for their own profit such as my recent postings to a "doctor" in the colostrum thread. Medical science certainly doesn't know the answers to many chronic diseases and many people have had successes, including myself, using alternative treatments. Unfortunately, I have never seen any evidence of any alternative treatment that works for the masses. Everyone seems to wind up having to find their own way and many find out that no alternative treatments work for them. I highly encourage people to try finding alternative treatments that do work for them and I'm really happy for them when they find something that does work but people have to also realize that there are many things out there that are nothing but a plain crock and don't work for anyone. You just can't assume that when someone gives you a bunch of BS about a product that it must have worked on someone. You have to be wary of products that give false claims that can't be backed up by anything other than stats thrown out by the very people who are trying to sell that product, especially for products that claim they can cure several different diseases from asthma to something that begins with a Z. Same holds true for chiropractors. EIt strikes me as very odd that a chiropractor would actually have pamphlets in their office stating how they can heal UC. If they are that successful at healing UC that they actually make pamphlets for it then logic and common sense would indicate that my doctor's office would be a ghost town and there would be a line going down the block at this guy's office. I'm pretty sure that even my gastroenterologist doesn't have any pamphlets stating how he can cure UC.

The body wants to heal but the mis-aligned vertabrae is blocking the signal from the brain to your gut. It is called a Vertebral Subluxation. ;)

Thats how the story goes, I know, my L-5 is broken. I have seen a lot of chiropractors. Not the way to fix UC.

keep us posted on your experience.
q

Hi Gary, Thanks for the response. I can assure you I am not stressed over this stuff. I came to healing well in 2009 mainly looking for ways to heal myself. I've found that and much more here, wonderful community. I believe we were all born whole, perfect, and complete, it's just a matter of figuring out how to get back there. When I post on here I do so for everyone, not just those that have responded to the post, but also to those who have yet to respond, yet to even join healing well. I know I have searched for "cure" on healing well more than a few times, because I know it's out there. Does this stress me out, no, I'm content with what I have today, yet, as in all areas of my life, I'm always improving myself, and yet content with where I am at. It's a balancing act I'm still learning. I think it's great people have tried Chiro, and other modalities, I'm not trying to convince anyone, I'm just putting out there what I've found. If one person reads that someone healed themselves, and, off meds! for so far 5 years, that would make me content. To me, sharing is giving, and that is what healing well is about.

In good Health

soystud....you never will. We will wait for the miracle.

q

uh beach buddy, with all due respect, it bugs the crap out of me when my question gets answered with..............a question -

sheesh !

Born "whole, perfect, and complete?"

I wouldn't say that to a mother who has just given birth to a child with trisomy 18, or some other equally horrible condition.

Somedude - wow. thanks for the stereotype on yoga teachers. Seems every doctor I talk to, every medical journal I read about Crohn's/UC recommends Yoga for US(us being those of us with gut issues). I took that to heart and became a teacher. I should tell you about the first class I took, I almost walked out, it was a joke, I thought how ridiculous it was, how silly I looked, how weird it was. But then when layed my body to rest that night, I started to feel the affects. And it continued when I awoke the next day. And this was from a general class at a nationwide gym. At first I did yoga to solely address my UC, it's become a lot more than that, I'd recommend it to everyone. Everyone who wants to try it. If you think it's not going to work, guess what , it won't work. Yoga Teachers come from all walks of life , some hard core hippy, some hard core workout fitness types, some lovey dovey, some straight, some gay, some men, some woman, some old, some young, there are all kinds, just like any other profession. Lawyers focus is on law and their clients, Yoga teachers focus is on the mind and body, and ultimately their students. We are in service of them for a better life, less anxiety, more flexibility, more clarity, be more comfortable in who they are , with whatever condition they have. The focus really depends on who the student is, and what their goals are.

fruitgirl - great point, as I thought of a reply that did cross my mind, a child born with a condition, and to be honest, I'm not yet smart enough how to reply properly. I did learn something about how a top notch coach communicated with a guy in a wheelchair with MS, and it was amazing, the guy with MS came out of that short conversation SO ALIVE. I don't have time to write about that right now.

soystud - I was curious your thoughts, and everyone's thoughts really. Outside of the yoga community(sorry somedude!), I've learned that phrase elsewhere, a few times now, , and it really resonated with me. For me, and perhaps most of us. We were born whole perfect and complete. And then something happened, put us in a funk, some got healthy again, some got colitis, some had their colon removed. For me it's returning myself, and others, back to whole perfect and complete. It's balance though, like anything in self development, we're perfect right now, yet at the same time on a quest to learn more, heal more, love more. Look at kids, they don't have fear, fear of being themselves, fear of using their real names, their real age, what mommy and daddy are doing, wrong or right. they are honest, they haven't been hurt. Heck look at them learn to walk. They are crawling around and one day attempt to walk and BAM, fall down, maybe a scraped knee, maybe a bruised forehead, but they get right back up and learn how to walk. Can you imagine trying to learn to walk today if we only knew how to crawl, wow would that be a challenge!! that's why I say what I say. I'm seeing a therapist right now for something else. And he's walking me through the process of owning, of becoming comfortable with that thing, essentially being whole perfect and complete even though I have somthing going on. I believe the same is in UC. For once we own it, once we believe we are not being a burden on ourselves, on others, the pain slowly goes away. I've seen it happen in myself, and others.

side note: boy I wonder if everyone would be so candid if the usernames were not anonymous here, if first and last names were used....anyway, I digressed...

I do see more good in this world, I see the possibility of a cure, for everyone, soystud, fruitgirl, somedude, quincy, everyone. But we have to want it. We have to want it more than anything else. Yes I know placebo's work(I've read up to 30% effectiveness), but for change to occur, we have to take action for that change. Anyway, I know I'm preaching to the choir with you guys, just wish one wouldn't jump on another's ideas so fast. I spoke to a girl on Sunday who cured her Ulcerative Colitis from Chiro. She was on Prednisone. I'm sure we can all sympathise with her. She's an actress in LA, and now, with full 100% health, able to follow her dreams. Isn't that AMAZING? i know I'm amazed. In the past month I've spoken to I think 5 people who have cured their IBD, no more meds, each did a different modality. Does that mean it works for all, no, but it does mean it works. Really...we're all here for the same thing. Aren't we. I'm not to condem you, I'm here to support you. there's no space for judgement, criticism or ridicule - perhaps that's how we got here in the first place. Studies do show anger leads to inflammation. I'm here to support each and every one of you in whatever goals you have for yourself.

"side note: boy I wonder if everyone would be so candid if the usernames were not anonymous here, if first and last names were used....anyway, I digressed..."

I wouldn't be a member of this forum if I had to use my real first and last name. I seriously doubt there's another person with the exact same name on this planet, as my first and last name are both unusual. My job is relatively public. It takes less than a minute on google to get all of my work contact information, which I honestly don't want most people on here to be able to access.

It's not because I feel I'm "too candid." It's because there are some strange, strange people out there and this is a public forum. If you and I had been sitting in a room together and you had said that "whole, perfect, and complete," stuff, I'd have said exactly what I typed.

Yes. But I am VERY careful about who I friend and I have my profile as locked down as it can possibly be. And yes, I've checked to make sure you can't see anything other than my name and profile pic if you're not my friend.

Nothing against you personally, but I wouldn't friend you. I've only friended two people on this site, and they are both people I "got to know" via email pretty well before doing so. So I really don't have any FB friends that I don't know in "real life."

And you can get away with not using your real first and last name. Heck, I could be Fruit Girl on FB, if I wanted to. Or I could use my first and middle name. A few of my friends have.

Nope. My first name is sort of a combo of two fairly common "American" names, so when I used my maiden name, which is relatively common, I was still the only one of me. Then I got married and took my husband's Polish-roots last name (which is sort of uncommon, even by Polish standards), so it's even worse now, in terms of uniqueness.

The only good thing about having an uncommon first and last name is I always know when it's a telemarketer.

And it's not that it's you, per say, that I wouldn't friend you, it's that I don't know you.  Like I said, the two people I have friended I emailed back and forth quite a bit before doing so.  So I was able to figure out that they're not crazy stalkers.