I was recently in a car accident and was given the option to do surgery, physical therapy, or chiropractic. Does anyone have any experience with chiropractic medicine?

I’m a fan of chiropractic. First let me say my background is having worked my entire adult life in the traditional Western medicine world. I became disappointed at the “success” of this medical world and began exploring alternatives about 10 years ago. At my last 2 military facilities, we had chiropractic and I worked with these providers. I began seeing a chiropractor myself regularly about 6 years ago. It helps keep pain from an old shoulder injury at a minimum. I also sought this treatment for the impact on overall body organ function. I am an occupational therapist and have worked with a lot of great physical therapists. I definitely developed my own road map of which of my patients I referred to PT vs chiro, and many of my chiro consults were people who had been in accidents.

I have a friend who is a massage therapist. She had a car accident about 10 years ago and injured her neck. She was told that she needed surgery, but that she would still have a life of pain and disability. She sought out non-surgical treatment including chiro, massage, acupuncture etc. She is essentially pain free today, but none of this treatment was covered by insurance.

Me personally, I would go in debt if I had to for treatment other than surgery.

Chiropractic is the medical dicipline that believe that many health issues can be corrected by manipulation and adjustment of the spine. Most chiropractic adjustments are done by DC's (Doctors of Chiropractic)... keep reading →