Are you still seeing the chirpractor and are you still getting good
results? I'm scared to let anyone manipulate my neck since even
traction in Physical Therapy and most PT stretches seem to make
things worse.

--- In Cervical_Spondylosis@yahoogroups.com, "geelayne"
<ERVettek2000@...> wrote:
>
> I'm quite young and have spondylosis from C3 to C7 and more bulging
> disks from T4 to T10. Not a normal spine, not a surgical one
either,
> just screwed up enough to leave me in constant pain. At one point I
> was on Fentanyl Patches I was flat miserable. Happy to say the
> patches are gone now and I'll never even consider those evil things
> again.
>
> But, what I wanted to throw at you guys is this...a few months ago,
> in one of my totally despondent moods, I took a chance and went for
> non-surgical decompression with a chiropractor that has been worth
> the chance. It's a lot like traction, except it senses your muscle
> contraction and adjusts with it instead of yanking on it anyway the
> way traction does. Some people claim nothing short of miracles with
> this treatment, I'm not going that far, but I can say I'm taking
far
> less meds and I'm finally starting the rehab I've been trying to do
> since I got hurt in Jan 2006 and without all the extra pain and
nasty
> numbness in my hands all the time. It's a long road, but at least
I'm
> on it now. :-D
>
> It's apparently been around for years, it just isn't that well
known.
> And we all know our surgeons won't tell us about it!lol! It might
not
> be what we all need, but after not turning my head to the left for
a
> year, this little improvement is nice. I figured it might be worth
it
> to get the idea on here just in case it can help more of us.
>