Injury recovery
5.8.2009 at 08:29:31 AM
As I mentioned in my last post, I injured my back. I've been going to a chiropractor and my treatment is nearly complete. With every visit, I felt a little better and my exercises at the gym are almost back where they were when I first injured myself.
Part of my treatment is correcting my bad behavior. I've identified with my chiropractor several places where I'm positioning myself poorly. Number one is my posture. I'm a bad sloucher. For instance, those ergo chairs people rave about with the lower lumbar support. Means nothing to people like me with horrible posture unless I force myself against the back of it. So I'm correcting my posture as best I can and even have some exercises to help with that. I also sleep in bizarre positions, play drums with poor posture, type and drive with poor posture, etc. These are all places that can be improved and if I do so, my overall back health should improve.
As I've talked to people about my issues, I've seen a lot of different opinions on chiropractic. I wasn't aware there was so much controversy because I've known multiple people who have had their lives improved by chiropractic treatment. I don't really want to get fully into it here, but for me the treatment has definitely helped. It seems that chiropractors weren't always as safe as they are today. But I checked out mine, found no reported problems with him, and he is a certified doctor.
The only other controversy besides safety and effectiveness is whether or not you "have to" go back for appointments "forever." My research there indicates that chiropractors tend to view their services like the dentist. Even if your tooth doesn't hurt, you go back to the dentist for a checkup once or twice a year and if your tooth does hurt, you go in.
I haven't decided what I'm going to do once my treatment is complete, which should be next week. On the one hand, I don't really want to have another doctor to visit once or twice a year. But on the other hand, if I do, I'll be spending $15 and a half hour of my time to do it. But either way, I'm just glad to be better and able to do my full workouts and softball without worry of injuring myself more.
Part of my treatment is correcting my bad behavior. I've identified with my chiropractor several places where I'm positioning myself poorly. Number one is my posture. I'm a bad sloucher. For instance, those ergo chairs people rave about with the lower lumbar support. Means nothing to people like me with horrible posture unless I force myself against the back of it. So I'm correcting my posture as best I can and even have some exercises to help with that. I also sleep in bizarre positions, play drums with poor posture, type and drive with poor posture, etc. These are all places that can be improved and if I do so, my overall back health should improve.
As I've talked to people about my issues, I've seen a lot of different opinions on chiropractic. I wasn't aware there was so much controversy because I've known multiple people who have had their lives improved by chiropractic treatment. I don't really want to get fully into it here, but for me the treatment has definitely helped. It seems that chiropractors weren't always as safe as they are today. But I checked out mine, found no reported problems with him, and he is a certified doctor.
The only other controversy besides safety and effectiveness is whether or not you "have to" go back for appointments "forever." My research there indicates that chiropractors tend to view their services like the dentist. Even if your tooth doesn't hurt, you go back to the dentist for a checkup once or twice a year and if your tooth does hurt, you go in.
I haven't decided what I'm going to do once my treatment is complete, which should be next week. On the one hand, I don't really want to have another doctor to visit once or twice a year. But on the other hand, if I do, I'll be spending $15 and a half hour of my time to do it. But either way, I'm just glad to be better and able to do my full workouts and softball without worry of injuring myself more.