I am hoping someone can help!
I have recently been diagnosed with 2 prolapsed discs in my neck. I have visited a chiropractor for a number or years with lower and upper back pain. My back consultant was cagey about whether I should continue with chiropractic treatment, even suggested it may do more harm than good. My chiropractor obviously has stated the opposite! Also, the juice in all my neck discs is low so I am prone to arthritis in the future and the chiropractor says his treatment will help to stop the nodules growing around my vertebra which cause the arthritic pain. I am happy to do whatever will help my situation but do not know whose advice to take! Can anyone help?
I am now almost over the current episode of neck/back pain (after 7 weeks off work!)with the help of a magnotherapy bracelet recommended to me by my sister. I have been so impressed with the press cuttings I have read and how it has helped me that I have decided to spread the word for these too. Let me know if anyone wants to know more about this type if pain relief.
Hope someone can help with my chiropractor query???
Sharon
RE: Is Chiropratic treatment right for me???
Hi,
Have you tried McTimoney Chiropractic? It is very gentle. I was having osteopathy after a car accident and it definitely helped, but after a while I found the violence of the "cracks" a bit too much. So I tried McTimoney and I much prefer it. I can't advise you whether Chiropractic is safe with your condition or not, but you may like to try this and see how you feel about it. Another chiropractor may also give you a different opinion to your current one, so it might be worth asking a few what they think to see if either that reassures you any or backs up your GPs opnion that it isn't a good idea.
Lucy
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Thanks Massagemonkey, I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. I will definately check with another chiropractor - good idea.
Sharon
RE: Is Chiropratic treatment right for me???
Dear Ecoflow
Well I had 6 months of Chiro and found it great then I thought I would get it checked out by the physio and she did loads of damage and was off work for three months went back to Chiro and then felt worse again then went for Alexander Technique and I was back at work within a few weeks so I think Chiro is great for a limited period of short sharp fix but I do feel they work on the core issue/symptom and not the underlying root cause where AT works on the root cause.
But different therapies work better for some then others.
The proof is in do you feel better after a few treatments or is just a quick fix?
being love
kim xx
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Hi Sharon 
I've had McTimoney Chiropractic and it's quite gentle. It was great when I injured my neck and my spine was 'bulging' out at the top. However, once that problem was fixed I felt worse after a treatment than before it so I don't go any more.
I should keep it up with the magnet bracelets (my husband wears one). Are you also using fish oils? He finds they help too.
Sweetheart x
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Hi,
Well I tried the McTimoney Chiro after a car accident and it seemed to help.
I get sciatica too and it seems to be worse for a couple of days after but does settle down. You do need the course of treatment for it to be effective tho.
I will be going back again because of another car accident 
both of which not my fault I might add....lol
Hope you get some improvement
Hayley
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I've been going to the chiro for 10 months now for my sciatica and I can tell you its done me wonders - It got so bad that I couldn't even do the hoover. Pushing that would trigger it off but now I can go dancing, do the hoover, cleaning (all with taking care and stooping as soon as I feel something happening).
So I would definitely recommend a chiro
RE: Is Chiropratic treatment right for me???
There is evidence to suggest that supplementing with copper & glucosamine sulphate helps maintain the integrity of the intervertebral disks. 
Re. Arthritis - suggest having a look in the Arthritis forum under Ailments. This thread particularly springs to mind -
As an osteopath - I know a little about chiropractics and like osteopathy it really does depend on the practitioner, but McTimmoney is a more subtle & gentle approach.
Maniplution of the joints in the neck, especially the upper ones, as the sound transmits via the bone - directly to the ear. Having said that there may well be a few chiros or indeed osteos for that matter whose technique may not be as it should. [:o]
I am concerned, however about the length of time & the number of chiropractic treatments, that many seem to need. They're are exceptions, of course & Eco's does sound like a particularly unfortunate scenario. [sm=scratchchin.gif]
Also, it's perfectly understandable with McTimmoney, as it is a more subtle approach, I would expect the same if I were treating an adult with cranial osteopathy, but not with general osteopathy. Unless their joints are degenerative, then an occasional maintainance treatment would be acceptable.
Any chiro's out there want to put us right on this? [sm=soapbox.gif]