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I want a Snap, Crackle Pop

Written By SunCoast SpineCare on January 19, 2022

Eggs Get Cracked…….Patients get diagnosed properly and then their spines get adjusted!

My office has been getting increasing numbers of calls from people who have never been to our office asking for a quick adjustment.  We have about 20 seconds on the phone to reeducate them for their own sake. New patients need a comprehensive consultation and examination to determine exactly what is causing their symptoms.  There is a myriad of things that can cause similar types of pain.  We explain that in order to determine the best treatment, we need to know the root cause of the problem.  Sciatica is not a cause just like headaches are not a cause.  Something is causing the pain and symptoms and that is what needs to be corrected. 

I don’t blame the public for thinking that a chiropractic adjustment is like a massage where it is a cookie cutter approach and everyone gets the same treatment.  That couldn’t be further from the truth.  I do blame some of my colleagues because they are so desperate, it is easier to give people what they want instead of what they need.  They either do a very cursory examination because people don’t want one and certainly don’t want to pay for it and then lie them down for a quick snap crackle pop.  If it helps them, great.  If it doesn’t, well they got what they wanted and if it hurts them, well sorry!

Is that what you really want?  Would you go into an ER with abdominal pain, and tell them just take out my appendix.  My brother-n-law had the same pain and he had an appendectomy.  Of course not.  

Would you say I have stomach pain, just give me a shot of Demerol?  Do you think they are not going to examine you first before providing treatment?  You could have stomach cancer or inflammation of your liver or gallbladder.  

As a chiropractic neurologist, I concentrate on the spine which houses the spinal cord and spinal nerves.  This is a delicate organ.  I am not going to guess with such a fragile part of the human body.  

A few weeks ago, I had a woman call my office and say, “I just need a quick adjustment.  I know what the problem is.  I have sciatica and it is from running.  I’ve had it for 20 years.  Well if she has had it for 20 years, isn’t someone doing something wrong?  Obviously they are not fixing her problem.  This is extremely disturbing to me.  

I have turned down more people wanting a snap crackle pop in the past 5 years then in the 30 years prior to that.  It is very sad that not only are people asking for this type of slip shot care but that there are doctors of chiropractic who are providing it!  I am ABSOLUTELY disgusted by this type of practice.

The bottom line is this.  If your car didn’t start and you brought it to a mechanic and he said let’s replace the battery.  Nope that didn’t work.  Let’s try the alternator, nope.  How about the spark plugs?  You get the idea.  You can have vertebrae that are misaligned.  You can have facet syndrome.  You can have spondylosis.  You can have bulging or herniated discs.  You can have a spinal cyst.  You can have bone cancer, which I just found in a patient suffering with lower back pain.  Can you imagine what would have happened if one of these chiropractors gave him a snap crackle pop?  Whatever the cause is, I will find it by doing what needs to be done….first starting with a consultation and examination.  Sometimes xrays, CT scan, MRI, bone scan or neurological testing are necessary.  Whatever needs to be done, I will do.  If you want slip shot care, go elsewhere.  If you want to be treated properly, give us a call.  I will be more than happy to consult with you and give you the highest quality chiropractic neurological care.  

Remember, EGGS DO NOT NEED TO BE EXAMINED TO BE CRACKED!

HUMANS DO NOT GET CRACKED!


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