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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0QDREyuRjw
The day of, it didn't hurt that much. I even ran the 4X200 right after that. About 3 days later however, I could barely stand or sit for very long. Leaning my head too far forward hurts a lot. Our trainer said it was called delayed response and all I need is rest and heat, but every day it gets worse since then. And this happened over a week ago now. I'm afraid that it could be more serious. Is this normal when you break a pole?

It's not the pole break itself, it's how you landed. If it's still getting worse you should go see a doctor and bring along that video.

That's a worse landing than most people have when they break a pole, so I wouldn't call it normal.

Chiropractic might be very helpful, but I would try to see a sports medicine doctor ASAP if it's still getting worse. It's normal to be more sore the next day or two, it's not normal for things to still be getting worse a week later.

Yeah that one looks like a spine cruncher to me. In all likely hood it is probably just really sore and a Sports Med doc will probably say heat and Ice, this usualy works slowly and will still hurt for a bout a month, but you accualy have to do it EVERY workout. Meaning heat befor and ice right after. But if you are ancey to make it go away a good chiropracter would probably make it feel better instantly. The only thing you have to worry about with the chiropracter is that if your back was not PERFECT befor the incident it will try to slip back to the way it used to be, and it will be sore durring that period too.

That is my theory of how chiropracters keep customers. Everyone is slightly out of aline and you either feel good normaly out of aline or just a little better perfectly in line. It is the inbetween that aces. So when they straighten you out you feel good, then you start to hurt durring the inbetween period so you go back and they straighten you and you feel really good again, where if you would have just not gone back after the first few times, you would have settled back into your 'slightly off' alignment.

But chiropracters can be extreamly helpful and can fix some stuff you would never have suspected (shin splints, knee problmes, back problmes, neck problmes, migranes, strep throte, the common cold, cancer, diabeties... ect)

disclamer: not all may be cureable by a chiropracter...but who knows...

VP, you're out of line. You have no idea about chiropractic care, and for a young kid like you to slam chiropractors and their profession on here is stepping over the line.

If you want to suggest a Sports Med doc, an MD, or a chiropractor, then that's all you should say. Really, you don't know much more than that.

VaultPurple wrote:That is my theory of how chiropracters keep customers.

Uh ... they're PATIENTS ... not customers.

Kirk

If I offended any chiropracters out there then I am very sorry. I am accualy a big fan of the chiropracter. Durring my senior year I went to the chiropracter every week if not twice a week because of extream hip and lower back problmes I had from a long cross country season. I got to the point were I didnt think I could do good in a meet if I didnt go to the chiropracter the day before. What I was trying to get at with my theory of people being naturaly out of a line when they are uninjured is that you do feel better when you are 'in line'. But It is very easy to get addict to going and I would still probably be going once a week if i could afford it (or i could convince school to pay for it). But I do know they work and for anyone with a signifigent injury i recomend it. The whole thing about the common cold and strept and stuff was just suposed to be a little humorous add but had some seriousness because my chiropracter also took patients that would come to him for colds and stuff because he would treat them with natural herbs and stuff and he would always fuss at me for going to a doctor and getting antibiotics.

Thankfully, the doctor said it was all muscular. I just got some anti-inflamatories and he said it should be back to 100% in 4-6 weeks. Our sports trainer gave me a rubberband and told me to do some exercises. So thanks for all your advice!

KirkB wrote:VP, you're out of line. You have no idea about chiropractic care, and for a young kid like you to slam chiropractors and their profession on here is stepping over the line.

If you want to suggest a Sports Med doc, an MD, or a chiropractor, then that's all you should say. Really, you don't know much more than that.

VaultPurple wrote:That is my theory of how chiropracters keep customers.

Uh ... they're PATIENTS ... not customers.

Kirk

Kirk, I have to disagree with you....not to spiral this thread out of control, but they are both patients AND customers. People have a choice between different chiropractors, physical therapists, MD's, and so on.....that is why they ADVERTISE. Business owners advertise to get customers. They are patients, but they are also customers. VaultPurple actually gave a very good description of what chiropractors do and there was no where in his description where he "slammed" the profession. Which part do you feel was so derogatory? I don't agree with everything that chiropractors claim, but don't jump all over someone when they are trying to help out, and do so by giving factual information.

The inference that they keep "customers" coming back for unecessary treatments.

If I wanted to slam medical doctors, I could say that their solution to every ailment is to treat the symptoms and not the root cause. The MD way is to write out a prescription for many ailments that could be remedied by a more drug-free, natural solution. But that's the extent to which I will say anything "bad" about MDs. They provide a valuable, essential health care service, and they are true professionals. I put chiroprators on that same pedestal.

Chiropractors are much more natural-remedy oriented than doctors. "Let the body heal itself by natural remedies and processes".

To be totally honest and transparent about this, I do NOT like the idea of chiropractors getting into the custom orthotics business. They are changing the professional-patient relationship into a salesman-customer relationship by getting into that business, and I believe that some of them (not all) take advantage of their professional-patient relationship to profit from their orthotics sales. This is not right, IMHO.

Kirk

KirkB wrote:The inference that they keep "customers" coming back for unecessary treatments.

If I wanted to slam medical doctors, I could say that their solution to every ailment is to treat the symptoms and not the root cause. The MD way is to write out a prescription for many ailments that could be remedied by a more drug-free, natural solution. But that's the extent to which I will say anything "bad" about MDs. They provide a valuable, essential health care service, and they are true professionals. I put chiroprators on that same pedestal.

Chiropractors are much more natural-remedy oriented than doctors. "Let the body heal itself by natural remedies and processes".

To be totally honest and transparent about this, I do NOT like the idea of chiropractors getting into the custom orthotics business. They are changing the professional-patient relationship into a salesman-customer relationship by getting into that business, and I believe that some of them (not all) take advantage of their professional-patient relationship to profit from their orthotics sales. This is not right, IMHO.

Kirk

I get what you are saying now.....I'd like to hope that no healthcare professionals do unnecessary treatments. I didn't even realize that chiropractors were getting into orthotics. I agree that they should not be. I do think that chiropractic has an important place in healthcare, but it seems like they are trying to be the super-Walmart of healthcare......they want to have everything.