[GqArtguy]

Originally Posted by Phaedrus49er

The sad thing about my chiro is that he's ART certified (that's why I went to him in the first place) and only after the first time or two did I realize that he'd been doing chiro stuff when I specifically said not to. Not a whole lot of options in Charlotte.

On the contrary, I used to live in Oxford, Oh and the chiro there wasnt ART certified but def knew his soft tissue work and other methods beyond adjusting. So I think that its hard to make generalizations as there will be good ones as well as sucky ones.

Maybe not a trainer so much as a physical therapist or sports medicine doctor, but yes, they should provide recommendations for other avenues of treatment--IMHO, chiro in and of itself is shady because it perpetuates itself (you feel good after a treatment, then a week or two later, you have to go back to feel good again, kinda like crack *bah-dum-bum*, without addressing the root problem).

Well I know that the root of my problem is lifting heavy weights ballistically. If I fuck up hard enough once or just have buildup from cumulatively fucking up, then Im going to live with getting treated on going. Thats not the fault of the chiro.

Same with regular people. If you dont go find a good trainer to address your muscle imbalances, then youll have the same problem which can be treated by chiropractic. Its interesting that no one dismisses MDs and their profession entirely despite that their method of choice is just giving you a pill without also addressing the root problem.