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Lower back pain

Posted by Stacy on Friday, May 23, 2008 1:14 PM

I recently went to see a Maryland Chiropractor for my low back pain and I really was amazed with the results. I was a little skeptical about seeing a Chiropractor, a lot of people seem to believe that Chiropractors are quacks or something; I honestly did not find this to be the case.

On my first visit, I found the office very professional and the staff was extremely helpful and friendly. I filled out all the personal information and past history paperwork and was quickly in to see the doctor. He discussed with me the history in further detail and took extensive notes on what I told him. Then he did a full exam on me and put me through some range of motion activities to see where I was hurting. Then he told me that he would like to take a full set of spinal x-rays to see what exactly was going on in my spine. I consented, and he took the x-rays and then did some therapies on my area of pain, which helped a little. He told me to come back in the morning and he would review the x-rays with me and let me know what he could do. Well, the next morning he reviewed everything with me and explained some of the problems that he saw in my spine, and how although he thought that Chiropractic could help my lower back pain, I needed to understand that there were other areas of my spine that had issues that were not causing me pain, however, they may be causing my body some other problems and that he wanted to fix all of it, not just my back pain.

I consented and began going in to the office 3 times a week. It only took a few days for my back pain to feel better, and then I started noticing some other things about my health improving. Gradually my little finger on my right hand (which had been numb for about a year) started getting feeling back in it again. Then my headaches started to go away. After that I began not feeling well again, and had to go to the medical doctor to see why I was beginning to feel ill again. He said that my blood pressure had dropped and that I needed to stop taking my high blood pressure medication. Well, all this happened in about a year of Chiropractic care.

Now I have relocated to go away to school and I am waiting for my Chiropractor to send me a list of Rockville Chiropractors that he recommends. No one can replace him and all that he has done for me, but I am sure that he will find me someone wonderful to continue what he has started.