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Originally Posted by Randall55
I will admit that I have no medical background but I believe I comprehend what golfing eagles was saying. A chiropractor has a PHD but that is where the doctorate stops. They have no medical training in hospitals or an expertise on a particular body part. For example: if you have problems with your eyes, you go to an eye doctor. Heart problems? a heart specialist. I hope you can clearly see the obvious choices.
Then why the hell would anyone go to a glorified massage specialist for their hips (or knees) before going to a bone doctor?
And, I believe golfing eagles was also stating that he was not a surgeon and he does have good bedside manner. But, Thank you very much for your concern.
A second doctor chimes in and some of you still want to argue.
Here is my take away: A knee is a hinge. A hip is a ball and socket. I am a retired contractor. I can clearly see you would not place a pin in a rotating joint. That's like using a nail instead of hinge to aid in the opening/closing of a door. A nail isn't going to help open and close the door. Will it? If I have problems with my hips or knees, I am going to trust a bone specialist not someone's wife or a massaging chiropractor. Both may give me comfort, but can they seriously resolve the true problem?
Before any of you ask, no I have never met either doctor who posted on this thread. Truthfully, I had no idea that one of them is a retired doctor. It is called reading comprehension.
Both doctors may respond to my post, correcting me where I am wrong. But, you know what? I will be smart enough to read carefully and comprehend. Trust the professionals, folks!
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Pretty much right on.
But for full disclosure, I often referred patients to chiropractors, mostly when they had chronic back pain unrelieved by traditional therapy. And
sometimes it helped, although no idea why.
The caveat is to get a MEDICAL evaluation and diagnosis first. I've had to watch several patients, one a nursing supervisor, die a slow painful death because they went to a chiropractor first. Which is why I worded my posts so harshly---if I could prevent another such death by denigrating chiropractors, so be it.