Quote Originally Posted by Euclid440 View Post
He is a practicing Chiropractic Doctor, I don’t know how you feel about Chiropractors, but I can tell you having been through 2 back surgeries and pretty much tried everything available for mobility and pain reduction in the last 25 years, Chiropractic is the only non-invasive treatment that is capable of near instant pain relief for me, in some cases.

I have had a lot of experience with chiropractors over the twenty years I was an ironworker. I have, last time they checked, 1 herniated, and two bulging discs in my lower spine. It is true that chiropractors, using hands on spinal manipulation, alleviated my pain, and kept me going many times when I injured myself.

What I found towards the end of my ironworker career was that it is not a cure, but a band aid of sorts. Reading up on it, and talking to orthopaedic doctors about my particular condition, I confirmed for my self that the main problem I had was weak spinal erectors, poor posture, and a lack of flexibility. When an ortho told me that I was taken aback. (no pun)

I was strong as a bull, and twice as handsome, doing structural steel work for years. It was only after I left that trade and got into the sedentary job of tattooing that I began lifting weights and discovered the ortho doc was absolutely right ....... In my case. YMMV