Two weeks ago I put my back out at work - thankfully it was a bankholiday weekend so I recovered it enough to return to work. Last week at work I stupidly agreed to lug some boxes around which really hurt and then on Saturday morning I bent to pick up my bag and my back went completely! It was so bad I could not move! After two days of bed rest (couldn't do anything more!) I went to my doctor on monday who had zero sympathy and said just get on with it.
On my journey home from the doctors I passed a back clinic and out of curiosity asked if they had an appointment available. They did so I went back later in the day and had a complete check up of my back (my GP hadn't even bothered to look at my back). Today I went in to hear her conclusions and to have my first adjustment. The adjustment was wonderful. (Just so very scary when someone is tugging at your neck!) I have not been able to sit in a chair since Saturday yet as soon as I got home I can sit down again - vital to returning to my desk job!
Anyway what is worrying me is the time scale and number of treatments quoted. She is saying that I will be needing two treatments a week for the next few months and then drop it to 1 session a month. For the first few months that will cost £720 based on two a week!!! All my money at the moment is being funneled into a 'give me a year maternity leave please' fund and that £720 would pay for two and a half months of maternity leave. I am a cynical person and I know the chiropractor is a business not the nhs. Many years ago my mum used a chiropractor, three sessions and she was sorted and has never had back issues since.
Basically for those of you who have used chiropractors (just for back sprain/injury like mine caused by lifting - not a proper back illness) How many treatments did you need? Just one has made such a difference but I am wondering how many are really necessary? Thanks!
On my journey home from the doctors I passed a back clinic and out of curiosity asked if they had an appointment available. They did so I went back later in the day and had a complete check up of my back (my GP hadn't even bothered to look at my back). Today I went in to hear her conclusions and to have my first adjustment. The adjustment was wonderful. (Just so very scary when someone is tugging at your neck!) I have not been able to sit in a chair since Saturday yet as soon as I got home I can sit down again - vital to returning to my desk job!
Anyway what is worrying me is the time scale and number of treatments quoted. She is saying that I will be needing two treatments a week for the next few months and then drop it to 1 session a month. For the first few months that will cost £720 based on two a week!!! All my money at the moment is being funneled into a 'give me a year maternity leave please' fund and that £720 would pay for two and a half months of maternity leave. I am a cynical person and I know the chiropractor is a business not the nhs. Many years ago my mum used a chiropractor, three sessions and she was sorted and has never had back issues since.
Basically for those of you who have used chiropractors (just for back sprain/injury like mine caused by lifting - not a proper back illness) How many treatments did you need? Just one has made such a difference but I am wondering how many are really necessary? Thanks!
