[Jennifer M]

I have two thoughts on this topic:

1) DH had constant, chronic back pain for over a year. He went to a chiropractor for 3 months and she "adjusted" his back each week. At the end of 3 months, the pain was gone, and he stopped going. Pain never returned. She did try to convince us that we needed to go continuously to "maintain spinal health," and dearly believes chiro can cure just about any medical malady....(which we don't buy). But I can't argue with the results. Moral of the story: SOMETIMES chiropractors can cure chronic pain that traiditional medical/surgical interventions can't. This is also true for accupuncture (cured my aunt's bursitis which she had suffered for years)

2) For our family doctor, we see a D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathy). He received the same medical training (medical schoool, residency, Board exams) as M.D.s do, but ALSO received training in chiropractic methods. When I had a neck problem, I went to him (instead of the chiro). He used some sort of ultrasonic device (at least I *think* that's what it was) to relieve the (I think it was) muscle spasm. Well, I don't know how, but it worked. My point is that I think, with his D.O. training, he is more open to firtst trying non-medical interventions than perhaps a typical MD (who might go directly to his script pad).

- J