[iminhell1]

I'm looking for advice on what I can do to help my Chiropractor to get my hips unstuck.
My lower back is always a problem and rarely ever pops. The last 6 (best I can recall) visits (over the course of 5 months probably) he has not got my lower back to pop once. He's a stalky 240# guy and I'm around 200#. He can literately jump on my bent leg and it goes nowhere. DO the 'therapy' (electro shock) thing foe 15 minutes to try and loosen things up. Nothing.
I can try to stretch all I want and I just don't loosen up or budge.
It's to the point where I just don't want to go in because I know it's going to do no good.
I never ask the right questions but, going off a picture I found I'm going to say it's my L5 and Sacrum that is bound up.

Is it time for a X-Ray to find out what's going on there?


btw, this has been a problem area for me for most of my life. Probably because ever job I've had requires lifting moderate and sometimes clumsy loads.

[DSB335d]

You should visit an Orthopedic specialist.

I threw my back out about 7 years ago and I was in some pretty intense pain. Visited a chiropractor about 6x and never felt any improvement. Visited a spine specialist and within the hour I was feeling near 100%. My particular case the doctor gave me 6 shots of cortisone in my lower back, and that relieved the pain and inflammation from my lower back muscles.
After that doctor recommended exercises for my lower back to strengthen and stretch those muscles.
To this day I have never had anywhere near that pain again.
Also I'll never waste my time visiting a chiropractor again. I'd rather go to a massage envy and get a 90min massage.

[upstatedoc]

Originally Posted by iminhell1

I'm looking for advice on what I can do to help my Chiropractor to get my hips unstuck.

Seek the advice of a real physician?

[charlie fairmont]

Here's my useless contribution: How many chiropractors does it take to screw in a light bulb? One, but he's gotta come back 37 times.

[rad doc]

Originally Posted by iminhell1

I'm looking for advice on what I can do to help my Chiropractor to get my hips unstuck.
My lower back is always a problem and rarely ever pops. The last 6 (best I can recall) visits (over the course of 5 months probably) he has not got my lower back to pop once. He's a stalky 240# guy and I'm around 200#. He can literately jump on my bent leg and it goes nowhere. DO the 'therapy' (electro shock) thing foe 15 minutes to try and loosen things up. Nothing.
I can try to stretch all I want and I just don't loosen up or budge.
It's to the point where I just don't want to go in because I know it's going to do no good.
I never ask the right questions but, going off a picture I found I'm going to say it's my L5 and Sacrum that is bound up.

Is it time for a X-Ray to find out what's going on there?


btw, this has been a problem area for me for most of my life. Probably because ever job I've had requires lifting moderate and sometimes clumsy loads.

Yikes, scary post. Dude see a real physician, ortho spine.