Chiropractic Care - How Often?

[tulip]

I don't do anything to my neck. When I do stretches and Pilates, I find that my spine relaxes and there are some adjustments that happen on their own. It's only when I'm very relaxed. I never force anything, or twist hard.

[bounceswoosh]

I see my chiro once every two weeks, down from three times a week when I started chiro, which would have been 4 or 5 years ago. I experimented earlier this year by not going for a couple of months (although I still got regular massages, one every two or three weeks), and discovered that yes, going to the chiro still helps a lot!

It took me a couple of years before I noticed that, hey, you know, I haven't had back pain in a really long time. I still get it occasionally, usually when I sleep in a funky position or when I am super stressed.

My insurance at the moment doesn't cover out of network chiros, but I don't like switching providers once I've found one I like, and anyway their copay on specialists is higher than his fees ...

[Natural Beauty]

My chiropractor gives me stretches to do that are applicable for whatever life stage I'm in and sometimes my low back makes popcorn noise but in an easy kind of way. I think if I suggested to him that I start self adjusting he'd stroke out and make me sign up for regular visits again.
Besides, have you ever been driving behind someone who all of a sudden grabs their head and starts wrentching it around? AHHHHHHH! That's so Gross! Isn't that a scene from the excersist or something? LOL

[polly4711]

Chiropractic is like braces for your bones. When you get braces for your teeth so that your teeth are straight to prevent periodontal disease in addition to proper chewing mechanisms, it may take a while to get use to. It also takes time. Chiropractic helps align your body and trains your muscles to hold your body in the proper place compared to how you do it currently. Seeing a chiropractor multiple times a week is normal at the beginning and then you can go down to once a week adn then less, and then just for maintaining. I didnt finish reading the rest of the thread to see if you responded about insurance stuff, but many chiros (and other docs for that matter) will figure out a cash/payment methods if your insurance does not cover completely. Being a user of chiropractors myself (for 22 years now) it is amazing to see how my body performs when properly aligned versus just maintenance (and now that i've been in a car accident, of how much that the car wreck messed up my back and how chiro has helped with whip lash, etc). My chiro also does acupressure which is very good for your body. It is helping the electrons to move through your muscles to a targeted area. Through the combination of both, as i stated above, its amazing to see how i am strong when aligned. I would very much so encourage you to continue. Cycling is a sport where it's teh same motion and when another activitiy throws your body out of alignment, you can mess up your back/hips/neck etc. good luck with your race!