Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihopa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!ihopa!kirk From: kirk@ihopa.UUCP (Kevin Kulhanek) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Chiropractors Message-ID: <248@ihopa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 21-Jun-84 16:19:18 EDT Article-I.D.: ihopa.248 Posted: Thu Jun 21 16:19:18 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 07:34:09 EDT References: <4555@utcsrgv.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 26 <.............................> 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