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From: elw@netexa.UUCP (E. L. Wiles)
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Subject: Re: My opinion of Chiropractors.
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Date: Wed, 19-Mar-86 19:25:16 EST
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> 
> In addition, I have been known to pull a muscle in my neck, preventing
> me from turning my head in one direction.  The first time it happened
> to me I was in college.  The athletic trainer put ice on it for awhile,
> which didn't help.  I then went to the infirmary, which put me on
> muscle relaxants and prescribed physical therapy.  The problem went
> away--I suspect due to p.t. rather than medication.  Two years ago,
> though, the same thing happened.  This time, I went to the chiropractor,
> who (with one crack of my neck!) relieved the pain.  Much faster than
> several days' worth of p.t.
> 
> Shelley Rosenbaum

First, please understand that I have been to a chiropractor for _severe_
neck pain, the kind that forces you into near total immobility from the
shoulders up.  Within one treatment, as you describe yours, I was relieved
of the pain. (Thank God for that chiropractor!)

But, faster is not always better!  The physical therapy would probably
strengthen the neck, generaly making future injury less likely.  Thus,
one might recommend that a visit to the chiropractor be combined with
a visit to your local physio-therapist (sp?).

			E. L. Wiles @ NetExpress, Inc. Virginia