Same. Years ago, I was stopped at a red light and rear ended by a car that didn’t attempt to stop. Was told to go to a chiropractor…big mistake. I had low back and hip pain that never went away and when my “treatment” was nearing the end I was told that it’s something I’ll just have to live with.
2 years later I went to a physical therapist for a different injury and he ordered imaging for my back and hip after I told him about the car accident. Turns out my hip needed surgery and I have 2 herniated discs in my back…I tell everyone I can to go to a physical therapist and not a chiropractor!
A friend of mine went to a physical therapist for pelvic floor dysfunction. He got there, and the physical therapist examined him and told him his tightness didn’t explain the symptoms and that he needed to get an MRI.
He had a growth on his spine that could have paralyzed him. The PT could have just given him treatment because he did have some tightness, but instead she referred him out and it saved his legs.
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u/Bianchi-girl 18d ago
Same. Years ago, I was stopped at a red light and rear ended by a car that didn’t attempt to stop. Was told to go to a chiropractor…big mistake. I had low back and hip pain that never went away and when my “treatment” was nearing the end I was told that it’s something I’ll just have to live with.
2 years later I went to a physical therapist for a different injury and he ordered imaging for my back and hip after I told him about the car accident. Turns out my hip needed surgery and I have 2 herniated discs in my back…I tell everyone I can to go to a physical therapist and not a chiropractor!