posted on Oct, 24 2011 @ 04:56 PM
I hurt my back at the gym over a month ago, although I still don't know how. I honestly don't even know how long it has been, now. The pain made it
difficult to stand up or sit down at first, and over time it got worse. I went to the ER and was there for about 7 or 8 hours, got some x-rays and
some blood work (I had neuroblastoma as a child, so I get blood work every year). But they told me absolutely nothing. They just gave me some Motrin
and a weak muscle relaxer, and told me to not lift anything heavy for a week. Well, after that week and things did not improve, I went to a
chiropractor, for the first time in my life.
He assured me that it was not a herniated disc, or I would not be able to walk around. The problem is this: When I stand up now, things are fine at
first, and I feel normal. Over time, my right leg begins to fall asleep, all the way down to my foot. Pins and needles. There is searing, throbbing
pain in my right knee and hip. Not so bad at first, but it gets worse the longer I stand or walk. It begins to feel like my hip is being torn out of
the socket, and my right knee feels like someone took a crowbar and whacked it. The pain only gets worse until I am dragging my leg behind me, which I
am sure looks quite pathetic. Only sitting down or laying down (which is way better than sitting, but not something you do while shopping) will make
the pain go away, then it starts back from square one. Basically, I cannot stand or walk for more than 15 minutes. I still cannot work out at the gym
or do much of anything, and I'm sick of it.
So it's been about 3 weeks now (plus the 2 since the injury, and I'm sure my muscles are fading), and he has assured me (promised me, in fact) that
everything will be fine when my treatment plan is done. "We'll get you fixed up, I promise you." When I go there, I lay on a table face-down, and
he presses down on my back until some popping and cracking noises come out, then sends me home. Lately he barely does anything at all. It only takes
him 3 minutes at the most to do whatever he does. Today, it was even less than that, and he changed his story completely. "You may have a herniated
disc. Now, we may be able to help you, but you should probably get an MRI." I just sort of stood there, confused.
I have pretty much lost faith in this man today. And I feel that I have wasted my money and my time. I do not feel any better since I started going to
him.
Now, here comes the weird part. I have noticed that this man has two televisions in his building, one in the treatment room, and one in the waiting
room. They show a lot of strange imagery and slogans, about how to heal yourself with your mind, positive thinking and the like... and just last week,
the lady at the desk handed out 3 pages of some "research" explaining why television and computers make teenagers have more unprotected sex, lowers
your lifespan, and causes violent thoughts, and thoughts about rape. All I could think was... what does this have to do with my spine? :-/
Well anyway, I'm beginning to think that chiropractors are a joke. And I'm also thinking this guy and his staff are in some kind of cult. Maybe I
should run... but I'm not very good at running in my condition, whatever it actually is (still don't know).