Look no further for a chiropractor in Cincinnati! Seriously. I moved to the city this past NYE and a couple months back I messed up my lower back, causing me terrible sciatica pain down from my lower back to the middle of the back of my thigh. I had 8/10 pain on my left side and my lower right side was in about 7/10 pain with stiffness from overcompensating when I walk. I went to another local chiropractor (I will be respectful and withhold their name) and after 4 visits, I felt absolutely no change. I felt like there was little to no diagnosis of my condition and the manual adjustments were general, quick and ended with a TENS unit treatment afterwards (My logic would think to do it before hand to loosen the surrounding muscles, but I am no Dr.). The end result was me looking for another chiropractor and I am SO grateful I trusted Dr. Schuler as my next choice.
I got the exact opposite treatment with Dr. Schuler compared to that of the prior chiropractor: He took prob about 15 mins to do a series of tests to determine what the problem area was. After that he had me lay on my back on heated table with a series of rollers underneath that moved up and down my back to loosen my muscles up. After a maybe five plus mins I was moved to another room with exercise balls and shown some stretches to do tailored to the area I was addressing. I am horrible with measuring time, but it felt like 15-20 mins of purely prep before I was even adjusted, and it made all the difference in the outcome.
The adjustment was done with using a tool, which I never have had done, but as someone on Yelp mentioned, it is all about being precise in the areas of adjusting. It went pretty quick, and I walked out of there with the tiniest amount of pain, but easily 75% better just from that one visit. The sciatica pain was non-existent, which was amazing. This is only my experience, but what a great experience it was.
What I really appreciate about Dr. Schuler is the time he took to explain and show me everything that was going on with my spine and why I was feeling the way I did. Ends up I had a bulging disc that was pinching my nerve. He showed me with the lower spine model what was going on and I left feeling very educated about the treatment he gave. That with the fact I walked out the door almost pain-free on the first visit, had me sold. I have had 5 follow up appointments to address the less severe areas and I am so darn happy I am not wincing in pain every time I take a step. The last chiropractor that failed to treat my sciatica would always say "ok, well we are gonna get you fixed up", but Dr. Schuler actually did it! I would say I am close to 90% pain free of what was very intense, sharp pain.
Do yourself a favor and just go. You won't regret it.
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