Chiropractors have a bad rep (duh)

Seriously. we all know this.

But what about the well-educated doctor who’s certified and trained in physical therapy, who realizes that PT doesn’t heal scar-tissue between the joints? I met with one today, after having some severe neck pain.

I feel like I just went to a brief mini-training on joints, ligaments, and the healing process after a sever injury like the one I had back in 2001. (I got hit by a car while I was walking…it was bad. I’m better but still in pain.) I was going to say “I feel like I got a crash-course in physical recovery” but that pun wouldda been bad. Almost as bad as this terrible, debilitating pain in my neck! which is a literal pain, a pinched nerve from scar tissue between my joints that needs to be broken up and re-healed in alignment with the ligament so every time I stretch those ligaments, I don’t end up in pain like this.

Anyhow, back 2 the business about chiropractors having a bad reputation… I am hesitant to trust one, but figure I’ll give it a try for a bit and just see what happens. Besides, like Herbert Spencer said, “There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a [person] in everlasting ignorance — that principle is contempt prior to investigation.”

(although there is much dispute over whether Herbert Spencer deserves “credit” for his saying because 18th century British Theologian William Paley actually coined this phase first- “contempt prior to examination” – to see in context click here)