Answer to rtdinc2003 re chiropractic treatment

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Dear ;

In answer to your email re temporary relief only from chiropractic

care .

I note that you had bilat. resurfacing done about 3 years ago .

Obviously you are still in some degree of pain in that general area

since you have found it necessary to have periodic rolfing and

regular yoga following the surgery . The good news is though that you

are experiencing increasing relief and ROM . Further , if this

approach is helping as it seems to be then good on you .... go for

it!

Although I always encouraged my patients to continue with yoga ,

rolfing , massage etc I really have difficulty seeing how you could

adjust your spine (as in chiropractic ) using relaxation and yoga ???

The fact is that all the above are complentary , one with the other ,

however there are times when one has to go beyond yoga , relaxation ,

rolfing and the like to get the desired result . For instance if

there are structural abnormalities present (IE subluxation ,for

example , that is , to simplify , healthy bones fixated out of

position ) then your methodology of correcting this is questionable .

This is particularly so should these structural abnormalities have

been present for a good while .

Although you seem to be going along quite well with your yoga and

rolfing it would be interesting to see how chiropractic treament

would benefit you now post-surgery as opposed to pre-surgery as

before . Certainly , any form of treatment you used while you had the

bilateral hip problem , be it chiropractic, power meds , massage ,

yoga , whatever would at best be palliative .

It's my experience and indeed this is accepted that muscle spasm and

abnormality generally follow body structural fault . (EG) The

antalgic gait associated with sciatic syndrome . The muscular

component is the body's adption to the basic problem ; sciatic nerve

root irritation usually caused by spinal subluxation . So I have

difficulty accepting your premis that the root cause is ,as you put

it , pathological muscle memory . This is not to say that path.

muscle memory is not a factor in all this , however , I don't believe

it can be looked upon as a basic underlying cause .

Getting back to your original question , that is , chiropractic

treatment being palliative only . Certainly there are those health

problems treated by chiropractors that will only respond

palliatively . However , depending on the problem , many patients are

only to happy to get relief even though it is temporary . Generally

speaking though this is not the case . Some patients , unfortunately

go along with a health problem year after year and then finally

decide to do something about it . This makes it tough to handle .

Given reasonable circumstances those cases treatable by chiropractic

respond quickly and effectively

I hope this explains a few things . It's and extremly broad

subject that I've attempted to explain in a few simple paragraphs .

The main thing is that your getting better from what sounds like an

extremely debilitating problem

Wishing you good health

Fred .