Cervical Curvature

I've been to a chiropractor and a ruptured disc in my neck, causing surgery. chiroproctor bad, not the profession. I'm still in pain and its almost 3 years now. I'm afraid of chiropractors. What kind of treatment will I receive from a physiotherapist who is different from a chiropractor.? The most appts atleast!

There are many things to consider here, including:

1. The site is a curvature of the merger (if you do not say you had a fusion or laminectomy). If melted on this site, nothing will change the position here, because it can not move.

2. Is the curvature reversed relavent in your neck? Often diagnosed by x-ray as "a loss of lordosis" in the cervical spine, it is relavent varies between cases.

3. Are you seeing a PT with certificates of specialization? Depending on the type of training they have had, or how they practice tends to influence how they practice. These certifications with manual therapy can do more hands on techniques. Those cerifera MDT will see how you move and how movement affects your pain and focus more on corrective exercises, etc. ... Finally, those without specific experience cord tend to focus on "core stability" or the general approach to practice rather than specific exercises. Then there is a group of physiotherapists who all tend to do things like "myofascial release" and the trigger point "therapy that really covers up all pain, no fix.

4. The appointments vary. I would venture to say that most appointments are 30-45 minutes. As someone with a cerifera MDT, the score is usually 45 minutes, but treatments are usually quite quickly ... once the motion is found that the pain diminishes. When patients are doing well, I often need to see for about 15 minutes.

5. Finally, once you have surgery, there is almost always some residual chronic pain. Whether reversible or not can be determined once you are in the clinic.

If you want a reference, I suggest you go to http://www.mckenziemdt.org if you want to see a PT who is certified in mechanical diagnosis and treatment.

You do not know exactly what is causing your pain, is it the disc, scar tissue from surgery or attrophy muscle. PT should be able to help the last two. But make sure you do your exercise program at home, even after stopping the PT, or it will probably return.

PT does not take care of the healing muscle. And who can not help you at all ... or it could help you a lot. The length of the appointment depends on where you go and what you see. I'd give it a shot and see if it works for you. I would also suggest the heat and ice treatment.