[mikester]

The chiro I go to my wife has also been using for years. She is low intensity and has been very helpful in improving my posture simply be helping me understand how important posture is.

A couple of years ago I had a couple of moderate back episodes brought on by being rear ended twice by idiots (nearly everyone outside my car is an idiot though :-) ). The first one I actually couldn't get in to see my wife's chiro so I called her for a referral to someone like her. She sent me to a guy up in Palos Verdes (swanky!). He checked me out and explained to me what was happening to my back, what the pain was precisely and exactly what he was going to do to fix it.

I had a pinched nerve on one side; Ibuprofen helped with it but just enough. He made his adjustment and after about a day things started to get much better (I think I had been struggling with it for 3 days by the time I got to him). I am sure that this could be 'debunked' but the thing that stuck with me was the methodology of the Chiros I have been to see. They diagnose and troubleshoot with a mechanical methodology that I think any good mechanic could appreciate.

From that point I have been seeing our chiro at least once a quarter - more than I go to the regular Doctor to be honest and she is helpful. She pushes posture, strength, diet and excercise. If X-rays were available she wanted to see them but she has never ordered any. She does not take insurance much (sometimes with car insurance claims) and she will not appear in court at all or in any proceedings at all.