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Foot/knee/back pain: chiropractor or physiotherapist?

Hello,

I have understood chiropractors as providing short term pain relief and physical therapists who facilitate long term pain relief by strengthening the muscles to prevent injury.

What is your experience?

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4meAndyou · F

My experience is that you have to be VERY careful with chiropractors. If the chiropractor does not begin his treatment with an xray, you are dealing with a quack. I have had one chiropractor in particular misdiagnose my shoulder pain, and he hurt me horribly, stating that my collarbone needed to be popped back into the joint, when in fact I had a very bad case of arthritis right in that spot.

Physiotherapists provide much better and more practical help, and because you have seen a doctor before you see the physiotherapist, there is less chance of misdiagnoses and quackery.

MarineBob · 56-60, M

I see both and my take is the doctor wants you to keep coming back, the chiropractor wants you to get better and send your friends

wildbill83 · 36-40, M

best to see a doctor & specialist (orthopedist/neurologist/etc.) and see what the actual problem is first before going to a chiropractor

In my case, with a previous serious injury, spondylosis, nerve damage, etc. a chiropractor would actually do more harm than good...

SomeHand · 31-35, M

@wildbill83 my experiences with doctors has been very poor. They do under diagnose and say you are a young man

wildbill83 · 36-40, M

@SomeHand In that case, physiotherapist. a good chiropractor would refuse to treat you without knowing more about your medical history...

SomeHand · 31-35, M

@wildbill83 ok. I guess someone told me that this one chiropractor was cheap so I considered him an option. But now I understand i need to be more careful

Wiseacre · F

Physio for sciatica..no experience with chiropractors!

Keraunos · 36-40, M

A massage therapist takes care of that stuff for me.

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