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Chiropractors and CP

jerraw81
jerraw81

Does anyone go to a chiropractor?  Have you ever gone to a chiropractor?  How did your body respond to it?  Would you recommend it?

katali
katali
Hi jerraw81,

I deal with left spastic hemiplegia and have worked with chiropractors for about 20 years. I "shopped around" and have seen my current chiro for the past nine years. Though, he's not the run-of-the-mill chiro but specializes in upper cervical care -NUCCA, rather than cracking of the back. He is my ninth chiro after shopping around, and I drive an hour and a half for the appointments. Yes, his procedures do provide relief for neck, shoulder, and back pain I experience. He is the only professional I see these days for relief. I'm in Michigan and there are only about a dozen of the NUCCA chiros in the state, so that's how specialized is this type of chiropractic care. You can check the website

NUCCA.com

To search for a practitioner in your state. I hope this helps.

Kathy
jerraw81
jerraw81
Thank you for responding, Kathy. I'll check out the NUCCA resource you shared. My CrossFit coach recommended a chiropractor and I will see her for the third time on Tuesday. I can honestly say that I've experienced some relief from the muscle pain and weakness since I started going to see this chiropractor. She pinpointed the source of the pain during my first visit and tried/recommended several things that seem to be working. I don't think she has much familiarity with CP, and I will likely look around on the NUCCA website to see if there are other practitioners in central New York who have experience working with adults who have CP. My doctors are absolutely useless when it comes to CP issues.

Thanks again for your response/suggestion. I appreciate it.
katali
katali
jerraw81 - I just sent you a personal email.