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From: kirk@ihopa.UUCP (Kevin Kulhanek)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Chiropractors
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Date: Thu, 21-Jun-84 16:19:18 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 21 16:19:18 1984
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I threw out my back playing basketball 18 months ago. I went to a
chiropractor who took x-rays. My back was extremely curved due to
compressed cartilage in the lower vertrebrae. Looking at
the x-ray taken from the front the vertebrae at my neck was 3 or 4
inches off from where it should have been. I had problems getting in and
out of cars and it was uncomfortable even to sit. The first adjustment
felt great and "snapped" me back a little. The chiropractor also used
AC and DC current on the affected area (lower back). The DC current felt
like little needles poking in your skin. The AC current made the muscles
in the back tighten in jolts much like the frog leg experiment in high
school biology. The current applied never hurt and was used to loosen
up the muscles. The chiropractor would then give me an adjustment which
always felt great. The treatment took about 9 months with 3 visits a week.
I have no problem with my back anymore, it feels great. My dad
also used to take us to a chiropractor when we were kids if we had
trouble shaking a cold. I don't remember if it worked or not but it was
always fun hearing your joints and bones crack.

Well, time to go ring the Notre Dame Bells again...
-- 
	Kevin Kulhanek
	..!ihnp4!ihopa!kirk
	AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il.
	(312) 979-5308