I thought I'd add a few comments here and tell my story of how my back pain was completely cleared up, so please bear with the story to follow. Or.... just watch the youtube link.
Several years ago, I developed a debilitating sciatic nerve problem, that caught me by surprise. The doctor sent me for exrays. The specialist diagnosed spondylolisthesis in lower back, or one vertebra had slipped out of place compared to the one beside it, creating pressure on the sciatic nerve. I tried massage, physiotherapy, and visits to a regular chiropractor. After a few visits, this chiropractor told me that the lower back muscles were now relaxed and there was nothing more he could do for me about the pain. Gotta love an honest chiropractor, some of them want to book you for the rest of your life.
Anyway, at this point, I could not work, could not stand for more than a few minutes, well, you get the idea. My doctor told me, "get used to it, did I ever tell you about my knee?", and that he could prescribe some painkillers. I decided no painkillers.
Anyway, that's the back story.
The point is, I also recalled a friend at work mentioned that he had migraine headaches for years and NUCCA chiropractic had cleared it all up. I was desperate and therefore booked an appointment at the Edmonton office he mentioned, which is symmetry spinal care. Their preliminary tests showed I had a badly misaligned spine and was a good candidate for NUCCA adjustment. My total misalignment was around 24 degrees btw.
After the adjustment, the problem completely cleared up. I did have to return for readjustment every few months, and now it has been over a year since I needed a readjustment.
I should mention that the total cost for this procedure was around $1000, and that it was not covered by my health insurance. Most of this cost is for the xrays, btw.
Also, after this experience I referred a 60 year old male with chronic neckpain (old motorcycle injury), a 68 year old with one leg 3/8" shorter than the other who was unable to walk over 100 yards at a time, who was planning a long trip with lots of walking.
In each case, the NUCCA adjustment solved the problems for them completely.
By the way, part of my problem was that I had poor posture, both standing or walking. This bad habit dated back to my childhood, when I would walk fast to keep up with the big kids. As a result, I ended up with weak lower back muscles.
Since I really couldn't get into the regular lay on the back etc exercises that are recommended by experts to strengthen the back, I found that simply going for walks with the correct posture was the way to keep my lazy back muscles strong.
By going for "proper posture" walks daily and especially just after an adjustment, I reduced the frequency of needing to be readjusted.
If someone wants to give NUCCA a try, a few comments:
Folks that do NUCCA adjustments are always chiropractors already, it takes additional training for them to be qualified to do these adjustments.
The last time I looked there were NUCCA chiropractors in Edmonton, Calgary, Kamloops, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Toronto.
Make sure you read their reviews beforehand.
Good luck.
. I have been battling a pinched nerve in my lower back all year. Able to get along, but in misery. I work part time for a big farm. They seeded 27,000 acres this Spring. I worked all Spring, took summer off, helped harvest running a combine. After harvest, my job is running one of 2 Degelman ProTils, pulled with JD 9570 rubber tired 4wd. Rough job at best, always turning, turning, turning, looking back, bouncing around. Our job is working up sloughs, breaking, ruts, and alkali spots. Last week I was working up a little slough, going about 8 mph (usually going around 9.5mph). I was looking back to see the job I was making and hit the grandfather of all ruts left by another implement. It was like a bomb went off in the cab. I ended up launched out of the seat into the left front corner of the cab. Luckily I had my foot on the clutch and was still hanging on to the steering wheel. Banged my head on the radio cabinet, banged up my right leg and thigh, and twisted my lower back good and proper. Was knocked a bit out of whack for a few minutes and felt $hitty the rest of the day.
