This was one of those big meetings where they have interns, students, and specialists all gathering together to discuss a case. I don't think they told him directly, but maybe his parents, or his parents overheard it. Bottom line, after his surgeries and he still wasn't on his feet, they basically concluded there was nothing else they could do.

And let me tell you, nobody was a bigger doubter of chiropractors than me before I hurt my back. But it was 2 weeks after I hurt it before I could even leave my apartment. After a few months my improvement had come to a halt. It was so bad that I would push the button for an elevator but unless the one that came was next to the button, I couldn't make it over in time before the doors closed. When I heard my co-workers story, I was ready to try anything. His chiro definitely helped me. I saw improvement from the first week. I think she's very much an outlier in the industry though.

Read it again. The replacement chiro was the quack.

im asking here so i dont die, and Google hasnt helped me

for months, I'll randomly get a tingling sensation on my spine for a few minutes. It's always on the left side, at the base of the neck. It doesn't really hurt, it just feels... unpleasant. I notice no other symptoms. Like I said, this has been going on for months, since last year for sure.

Closest I can describe the sensation is like when your foot falls asleep and you wake it up, though not nearly as unpleasant as that feels when it's in your knee, and it's only over an area about the size of a fingertip.

wtf is it?

Asking random internet people medical questions is the best way to die. Go see a doctor.

Sometimes guesses are correct.

When someone is sick (or hurting) they will eventually either die or feel better. If they receive a placebo just before feeling better, the temporal relationship will create a cause and effect in their mind.

Truth.

However, if you see a ****ing drug rep rushing in with a few boxes of donuts or an armload of take-out lunch stuff, you can consider yourself out-maneuvered.

I would have probed the situation more instead of sitting idly.

But yeah, whatever Larry said.

I honestly don't know why you think I didn't read that properly the first time. My previous post is still my response, and I don't know how to phrase it more clearly.

Why? When the chiro can pop it back in place in 30 seconds and you are perfectly fine? I actually went to a real doctor first and they said they can't see anything wrong and prescribed me some muscle relaxers and sent me home to die of endless pain. I didn't believe in chiros back then, but after 2 more days of agony my old man finally convinced me to go to his guy and yeah, miracle worker for my problem.
Yep. The one I go to has never scheduled me for any follow up. He has just said to come back if I feel any more pain, but don't wait for it to become unbearable. My GF went to one that used some weird machine on her back and told her she needs to come back twice a week. I didn't let her go back ever again. She went to my guy and felt better instantly. Never needed to go see him again either. One and done.
This explains your position. You went to a couple chiros and they were both quacks. Unfortunately there are a lot more quacks out there than good ones that actually help ppl. I'm sure there are many problems they can't fix, that require surgery or whatever, but there are many that they can help and save you a ton of money. Mine bills my insurance and I pay $25 cash each visit. IDK what he gets from my insurance because I don't care to look.

no, actually the ones I went to weren't quacks, they were your standard issue chiropractor. That was the whole point of my long rambling post. That's chiropractic in a nutshell. The quacks are the ones who tout anti vax and organics and think subluxation will cure everything from ulcers to depression.

they do adjustment work as well, i mean he didn't hand make my orthotics, but he figured out where I had underdeveloped muscles and misaligned hips/back w/e.

I was pigeon-toed as a kid, ended up throwing off my hip and back, less than a year and a few visits and 3? sets of orthotics everything was perfect, actually owe alot to that guy, I went to a doctor for the same issue, he literally wanted to break both of my legs, turn them and set them straight