Until Saturday, I was in some rather (recently) severe back pain. And until Saturday I was a chiropractor virgin. Now, I am in generally less back pain due to my quirky visit. I have no basis of comparison of what other chiropractors do, so I have no idea what's considered normal.
1. "You have really great blood pressure and heart rate. Especially for someone who doesn't work out."
2. During exam: "Hmmm..." followed by writing on clipboard.
3. Also during exam: "Interesting..." followed by writing on clipboard.
4. "Hmm...don't confuse the chiropractor now!"
5. "Subluxation confirmed!"
6. He explained everything he did and why. Even the unexplainable: "There is no explanation for this. It was invented in the 1920's. Several studies have tried to find scientific evidence to back it up to no avail. Essentially, I'm harmonizing you with the universe." Ah, of course.
There was some cracking and manipulation (not painful as I had imagined), some acupressure (this was way more painful than the manipulation), and some of the aforementioned mysterious "voodoo." I wore a peptobismal pink gown while a quirky D.C. with a salt and pepper ponytail cracked jokes about trying to get me to reveal my co-conspirators. At one point I walked around the room twice with one boot on and one boot off, as I was directed to do so. I let this man adjust my freaking spine! In retrospect, it's quite baffling what we let total strangers do to us when we're in a medical/doctor's office, isn't it?
2 comments:
Ha, it really is. I was thinking that the other day at the gyno. Lol.
hahahhahaa this is funny, shlee!
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