My back tragedy seems to have averted itself
I still need a chiro appointment to sort it though
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 9:48, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

what's the difference between a chiro and a physio?
they always seem fairly similar to me??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 9:52, Reply)

Physios are actually medically trained
anyone can call themselves a chiropractor.

So in practice, unless you know someone who can actually reccomend the chiropractor then I'd be very wary about going to see them over a physio.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 9:55, Reply)

I wouldn't even recommend going to see a Chiropracter.
It's all shit, and they're ridiculed regularly in the BMJ etc. It's on the same level as homoeopathy.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 9:57, Reply)

well, they can be quite effective masseuses.
or however the fuck you spell it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:00, Reply)

No, it's not all shit, the actual skeletal muscular assessment and adjustments
that some chirpractors do is exactly the same as that which a physio would do.

I know that there is a whole other branch of chiropractorosity (sp?) that deals with energy flows and shit like that, but that's why I said you should get a recommendation off someone who knows that they are the kind that acts like a physio rather than a quack.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:01, Reply)

He just needs his chakras realigning

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:07, Reply)

with a shovel.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:16, Reply)

Inserted into his bike spokes.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:24, Reply)

a physiotherapist is medically qualified
a chiropractor isn't.

Basically.

before this degenerates into abuse, I'm not saying that chiropractors are necessarily not any good. Just they aren't necassarily qualifed or regulated.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 9:56, Reply)

ah, gracias all
i've never needed any of them (touch wood) but good to know just in case.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 9:59, Reply)

If they make you touch "wood" they're probably not a real doctor
Learnt that one the hard way
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:21, Reply)

I went to see a chiropracter last year about my back
and he actually made it worse, which I didn't think was possible. He ended up buggering up my sciatic nerve as a result.

He was so apologetic that he stopped charging me for treatment. I went to see him maybe a dozen times and only paid for the first 3 visits. However, my back still isn't fixed, and I've given up on him.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:13, Reply)

You should have given up on him straight away and gone to see a physio
I can recommend a guy in north london.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:14, Reply)

Aren't you in Edinburgh?
Sports physios at Heriot-Watt are pretty good and cheap. I imagine the Napier ones are probably OK as well, as long as you don't get one of the students.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:16, Reply)