Is going to a chiropractor sinful?

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A chiropractor was the only one who was able to relieve my headaches, neck, and shoulder pain from my car accident. A medical doctor just wanted to keep pushing pain pills at me and telling me to “to wait”. If I took the pain pills, I could not function at all. After every adjustment at the chiropractor, I felt like a million bucks for a week or more. And no, mine did not keep me “coming back forever”.
I’ve found M.Ds woefully inadequate for musculoskeletal conditions. D.Os, however, seem to have better training in this area.

Just my experience. I’d prefer to see my D.O. before my chiropractor, but my co-pay is $120 vs. $30.
 
Something else that should be mentioned is the idea of helping yourself. Chiropracty (at least those I’ve vistied) seems very interested in helping one to develop good habits like posture, and excersizes etc.
After visiting Chiropractors for a number of years, for various spinal issues I noted that they pretty much did the same thing each time. I then found that if I didn’t wait until an issue was acute, I could short cicuit big problems by doing small imitations of adjustments myself.
For instance, In the morning just as I’m getting up, while my back is still relaxed from lying down - I will sit on the edge of the bed and twist first left and then right trying to look behind me. When I do this I often hear that tiny click so familiar to the neck adjustment.
We also have an excersize ball and if my lower back is bothering me (too much time bending over my keyboard), I roll on that ball on my back to gently start to move the spine back into it’s proper position.

These are things that I started doing and later (when I really needed it) I disucssed with my DC. He had no problem with it at all.
These have saved me a lot of pain, a lot of trips and a lot of money…

Peace
James
 
All professions have their outstanding, better, average, below average, and totally terrible performers that should be drumed out of the profession.

I am the kind of guy that wants to stay on duty every day. When my back has gone out, the medical doctors say take some pills and lay down until it goes away - maybe in three weeks. I asked if not well in three weeks, what then. Lay down longer.

I wanted a more active treatment. My family carried me into the chiro because I could not walk. He examined me, manipulated my back, and I felt an instant significant reduction in pain. A week later, not three, later I was back to work.

In an other episode several years later, another chiro had me lay on my front on a table that had the bottom half go down and up, gently stretching my back back into place. I learned there are different technioques and this one was the best for me - no worry of something snapping.

Our backs are in segments of bone. Sometimes a segment can slip out of place and rub on a nerve (pain) and then our muscles tend lock tight trying to deal with the pain. We can wait until the muscles relax and hope the bone segment slips back into place. A chiro knows how to move the bone segment back into place, and off the nerve, and we get well faster because of that.

But, to know when a Chiro is right for someone, one should seek out his or her medical doctor first. Everyone is different.

Of the several Chiros I have seen in my life, only one pushed for a regular maintenance schedule. I stopped going to him many years ago. Other than that, the others were professional and appropriate. And each time I got back to work much faster than what the medical doctors expected.

I know of NO Church teaching against Chiropactic Care.
 
I hear ya! I get my back adjusted at LEAST four times per month…usually a lot more than that. I’m 6’5" tall and I just have tons of back problems anyway. If going to a chiropractor is sinful, I’m in deep doo-doo. Add to that the fact that my chiropractor is a practicing Catholic who faithfully goes to Mass and uses NFP, I’d really be confused! 😛
I hope not! After 28 years of being a firefighter I need to get adjusted every other week.🙂 I really don’t think you have to worry about going. If I had any doubts I wouldn’t go.
 
I had always thought that the Church had looked down on this, but now my mom wants me to come with her to have a chiropractic session. It really helped her with headaches, and from where the most nerve pressure is in my neck, it could be contributing to scrupulousity, which this could help.

Anyway, is it sinful, and if not, why?
Go for it, just be aware that some chiropractors branch off into New Age stuff, homeopathy, and other foolishness.
There are good, legit Catholic chiropractors out there.We know some. I think they do alot of good.👍
 
You probably have catholic chiros in your parish. IMHO, chiro in its most benign form is simply PT by another name. However, I do object to the chiros that start making all the wacko claims about random manipulations having all sorts of positive effects. MDs, PTs, and chiros, for that matter, all vary. Some have a passion for their job and some are just there to make enough money for a boat and private school for the kiddos. And sometimes crazy claims make for more patients…

I run marathons and herniated a disc in an unrelated activity 10 years ago. I aggravated it this summer and was in a decent amount of pain. I had thought about a chiro but my wife (MD) encouraged me to go the PT route. I found a PT who is an avid marathoner and they were able to get me back on track and out of pain very quickly!
 
Go for it, just be aware that some chiropractors branch off into New Age stuff, homeopathy, and other foolishness.
There are good, legit Catholic chiropractors out there.We know some. I think they do alot of good.👍
I couldn’t agree more.
Correct, there is no sin unless it involves sacrifice to Zorgon.
LOL.
 
Nope, no sin. My priest goes to the same chiropractor I do. I fully recommend seeing one, cured most of the times I’ve gotten the common cold faster than taking antibiotics would have.
 
Nope, no sin. My priest goes to the same chiropractor I do. I fully recommend seeing one, cured most of the times I’ve gotten the common cold faster than taking antibiotics would have.
Claims like this I’m very skeptical over. Antibiotics do not cure the common cold, BTW…it’s a viral disease.

But if you found it helpful, go for it. 👍
 
I think perhaps the OP thought chiropractic falls within the “sciences” of holistic healing which can indeed be a lame and quasi-occult-like primitive and weird pseudo-science. It reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer took George to a holistic healer and the guy held a triangle over George’s head, told him to quit taking a shower with warm water, and feld his adenoids only to follow up by making him drink a potion that made George’s head turn purple like an eggplant. Classic stuff…:p:thumbsup:
 
I don’t really know. I guess kind of a mix of all that occult/new age stuff that confuses the noodles (for loss of a better word) out of me. I’ve heard accupuncture is of the “occult” before, so I kind of assumed chiropractics were too.

Maybe it’s just my scrupulousity at work.
who told you accupuncture and chiropractic are occult or new age? accupuncture is centuries old and chiropractic at least 200 years old. just because western science cannot explain how or if these therapies work does not automatically make them new age, much less occult.
 
Claims like this I’m very skeptical over. Antibiotics do not cure the common cold, BTW…it’s a viral disease.

But if you found it helpful, go for it. 👍
Sorry I wasn’t specific enough for you, I don’t have my medical degree. Here, I’ll be more specific: going to the chiropractor sure helped with my sinus infection, strep throat, bronchitis, and any other VIRAL disease within my ears and upper respitory area. That work for ya?
 
Such a long thread for such a simple answer… No.
You noticed that too, huh?

The only “sinful” thing I see is that my employer is dropping my current insurance and going with another company that my chiropractor doesn’t subscribe to. :mad:
 
Nice and simple: It’s not a sin.

My son’s migraine headaches actually caused him to be disabled and couldn’t go to school. A very nice young lady I happened to meet was a chiropractor, as were her father and her brothers. She helped him learn to stand up straight and keep his head balanced. I think we saw her 3 times, and even though my insurance didn’t cover it, she charged me the $10 copay I paid all those other doctors who couldn’t help and just kept giving him more pills that made him unable to function. If you don’t like it, don’t go back.
 
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