I was in a minor fender-bender recently and have been seeing a
chiropractor on a regular basis (3x per week). Things were coming
along fine when, about a week ago, the DC adjusted me rather
forcefully, the result being a couple of my ribs were bruised. I was
in extreme pain the first six nights, then the pain started to subside
(after treatment from a different chiropractor).
Understandably I am rather upset because his rough handling actually
CAUSED me an injury. Do you have any comments or suggestions?
Thank you
M. McK.
Reply
Good Afternoon Ms McK.,
Thank you for your post to the Chiropractic Awareness Council website.
My interpretation of your note is that you feel that a chiropractor
has caused you discomfort through his care. If I understand this
correctly, you had undergone a series of adjustments that were quite
comfortable and you were quite happy with prior to the incident
described by you. Your question is "Do you have any comments or
suggestions?". Being so far removed from the situation, there is
obviously no way to definitively explain your experience. However, I
can give you some observations.
As a practitioner, if a patient or wellness client was uncomfortable
with any type of technique interaction, I would be dismayed if they
didn't let me know about their concerns and discuss alternative
approaches which might be more amenable to them. As a wellness-care
client myself for over 25 years, if I had this experience with my own
chiropractor, I would mention the incident, and hopefully determine
why it was uncomfortable the one time, and whether or not it was an
indication for trying a different adjusting technique approach, or
simply a normal response to care.
The truth is, sometimes even the gentlest technique will cause muscle
soreness as the body responds to positive changes in the nervous
system following the adjustment. In fact, sometimes muscle soreness is
celebrated as a sign of successfully reducing nerve interference
patterns that accompany vertebral subluxation complexes. Being
uncomfortable after an adjustment is not always a bad thing. I hope
this helps you make sense of your experience.
Sincerely,
Dr. Steven J. Silk
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Chiropractic Awareness Council
C.A.C. Head
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