Chiropractors

Ok, so my Dad had a stroke this week and has been in Neuro ICU since Tuesday. What I found interesting is when he was admitted do you know one of the routine questions? Have you ever seen a chiropractor?! He is at a large nationally-recognized hospital with an award-winning neurology and neurosurgery unit. I don't think I'll ever go back to one. I know some people feel they benefit.

Neurological injury

sorry for having to deal with this - how is your dad doing ?

Thanks, soystud. My Dad is a complicated case. He does not have hypertension, no high cholesterol, no diabetes yet he had one almost completely blocked artery and then injured the other artery. He also had an inactive subdermal hematoma (bleeding on the brain) and had a mini stroke. They did an angiogram/stent placement to unbloçk artery and experienced complications (completely cutoff blood flow to the brain during the procedure). He has lost a lot of physical function plus total sensory loss in left arm....slurred/slow speech...facial droop on left side. It's been a nightmare. He's still in ICU and can't keep blood pressure up.

I'm trying to count my blessings. I just wanted to post that tidbit about chiropractors. I was just shocked that part of routine in a Neuro ICU includes noting any contact with chiropractors. Wow, interesting.

boy, that sucks :-( hope thay can get things figured out soon -

thanks for clarifying he didn't see a chiro. I hope his situation can be resolved and that he recovers well.

I see a chiro and yes...have the "dreaded" adjustment. I'll never stop going.

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The concern is that with neck manipulations you can shear the arteries, particularly the carotid arteries.

I'm very sorry to hear about your family difficulties. Prayers to all of you.

Thanks for sharing the chiro info.

UC-Pgh, exactly. My Dad had a dissected artery on one side....

Quincy, he had pneumonia and they think coughing caused the tear which turned into a pseudo aneurism.

Sorry to hear about your dad, Madpotter. Tough business when someone has a stroke. Sending best wishes for a good recovery.

I'm sure they ask the chiropractor question at the screening because it can rule or count in one place to look for the reason why. Personally, I think it would be far more fitting if they asked "have you been eating the standard American diet"

I see a chiropractor regularly because I had a stroke as a very young girl. The stroke left me with a lot of spasticity in my left foot, so I don't walk properly, this makes my back 'go out' which in turn causes my back muscles to spasm.I am so grateful for the chiropractor I found. He does a technique on me called ART. It stands for active release technique. It doesn't involve bone crunching at all, this technique sort of releases the muscles that are pulling wrongly on the bones. I also informed him at my first visit, years ago, that I didn't want any neck cracking. So, for me, I will always go to a chiropractor, he's kept me mobile.

I have a bad back from lifting items the wrong way. Went to a chiro who initially made me feel better, not 100% better but he wanted to set me up with a bi weekly visit schedule, for 2 months. Insurance didn't cover my visits either, each time I'd come back, he'd shake his head asking what in the world had I been physically doing to make my back go out of alignment, etc. I said - walking the dog, household chores, laundry, weeding. After a while I knew the schedule wasn't necessary, he just wanted to make $ off of my gullibility. Long story short, I googled chiros and what could go wrong. One story was frightening, a lady went for a back adjustment but the chiro cracked her neck, releasing a blood clot. The clot took a while to form and travel, the lady wasn't feeling well and stopped for bottled water, she couldn't even get out of the car, she was lying prone across the car seat until someone saw her and called 911. I believe she had the clot busting drug to reverse the damage of the stroke but she ended up suing the chiro for causing the stroke.

All I know is, I'll never be that gullible again. I'll never see a chiro.

Also this chiro told me how messed up his own body was. Why? He said when in training, they all practiced on each other and all of them had messed up bodies. That's a ringing endorsement? Yes I know I should have RAN on the spot from that office. He did say - don't worry, practice makes perfect, we practiced on each other so we could perfect our techniques on patients.

Well, that's my 2 cents.

Madpotter - I'm so sorry to hear of your dad's stroke.

soystud, yes, I do get botox injections in my leg/foot, every four months. It helps a lot, but it's expensive, very painful, and sort of weirds me out to have poison injected in my body. I keep doing them because they work.