I recently went to this chiropractor for my first ever visit to one, I handed him my paperwork that listed all of this history and what was wrong and what I was there for, he barely glanced at it asked me what was wrong I tried my best to articulate everything that I wrote out because there was a lot and after just saying the initial problems he just rushed on. I got the impression that it didn't matter what I said he had already decided on what he was going to do.
I just wanted to see if anything could be done about my neck as I haven't been able to turn my head to the right for almost a year and now something is pinched bad enough that I can't raise my right hand to my head, I have no strength in it and am losing the ability to even hold a pencil. I am an artist and this is becoming a nightmare come true.
What was said on the paperwork that I didn't get a chance to explain was that I disk degeneration in my cervical spine and especially in my lower lumbar spine caused by a life living with Spastic and Ataxic Cerebral Palsy.
McBride just said okay then had me get on this break away table, he pushed on my back muscles a few times so gently I thought he was just assessing what could be wrong through touch, stretched my legs out and rotated them about 5 times each direction which was incredibly painful, used this air gun thing that basically quickly flicked the muscles in my shoulders, the sides of my neck, a couple times in the back of my head and then told me to get up and follow him, which I tried and a spike of pain shot up from my lower back and my legs gave out, he just said "come on you gotta follow me."
I responded saying that my legs weren't workin, he just walked out.
So I stumbled after him where he then put a heating pad on my back and walked out. It got way too hot, he came back 5 minutes later asked me how I was, I told him I was in a lot of pain and very uncomfortable and he pulled the heating pad off lifted up my shirt said, "looks like the pad burned you, oops, I'm sorry. Well you're good to go."
I asked if that's it, trying to see if he was going to do anything else about my neck or maybe explain what I could do or anything at all... to which he responded saying "just call if you want another adjustment."
All told, start to finish I spent a total of maybe 15 minutes with this guy (McBride), am now in far more pain, I can barely walk and it's been over 12 hours. If I try to lay flat on my back it feels like the pain needle moves from an 8 to a 9 and like my legs are set on fire. He did nothing for my neck or shoulder which is why I went to see him. I'm assuming that this is not a normal chiropractic session...so now I still need help with my neck and maybe to fix whatever this guy broke. I have friends and family whose lives have been changed or saved by their experience with chiropractic medicine. I understood walking in that there might be some soreness. I have almost thrown up 3 times to from the increased pain. Hopefully tomorrow's a better day. This has been my experience, be forewarned and good luck! read more