osteopath or chiropractor

**boxer08** · 04-09-2008, 05:18 AM

I ve decided to go to a osteopath for my shoulder and back injuries beasuse physio aint done anything for me really. Ive be having second thoughts about wheather to try a chiroprator instaed, ive booked my appoitment for next week with the osteopath so i need to amke my mind up on wheather to cancel it or not. Any advice on which one is the best. Thanks

**39+1** · 04-09-2008, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by boxer08

I ve decided to go to a osteopath for my shoulder and back injuries beasuse physio aint done anything for me really. Ive be having second thoughts about wheather to try a chiroprator instaed, ive booked my appoitment for next week with the osteopath so i need to amke my mind up on wheather to cancel it or not. Any advice on which one is the best. Thanks

I work with both of them the DOs have a more solid back ground with out so much flux in their education. The DCs honestly, you dont know what your gonna get. If you see a DC and he starts rubbing crystal on you get up and run because that house is on fire.

**MuscleScience** · 04-09-2008, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by 39+1

I work with both of them the DOs have a more solid back ground with out so much flux in their education. The DCs honestly, you dont know what your gonna get. If you see a DC and he starts rubbing crystal on you get up and run because that house is on fire.

Im not sure about that, the main difference is that a DO will give you drugs if needed a DC will not. There are nuts in both professions so you just have to do a little backround research on your Doc.

**Tock** · 04-09-2008, 10:35 PM

I had a stiff neck, went to a chiropractor for 30 visits, until my insurance ran out (covered 30 chiro visits a year).

6 months later I went to an osteopath, and he fixed me up permanantly in just 2 visits.

Ya, go see the osteopath.

**boxer08** · 04-10-2008, 03:06 PM

Anyone else??

**Tesla** · 04-10-2008, 07:27 PM

A DO and MD have almost identical training. A DO can do surgery, write prescription, etc. A DC...well......there are many who don't even consider them real doctors.

**boxer08** · 04-12-2008, 10:20 AM

Bump!

***Doc.Sust*** · 04-12-2008, 07:11 PM

i am a DC. it doesnt matter if it is a DO or a DC. it matters weather the person is a good physician or not. i would go by reference from someone who has a similar condition to your.

the only thing i can tell you is this, all the pain killers in the world wont fix your shoulder.(i also am a fan of pain killers and anti inflamatories) the truth is the problem itself has to be diagnosed correctly and has to be addressed. first move IMO is an MRI.

**boxer08** · 04-13-2008, 05:02 AM

Thanks for the help, ive been trying to find a cheap mri scan for the last 8 months. The chheapest i can find around where i am is around the 700 pound mark.

**boxer08** · 04-13-2008, 05:08 AM

If i was to get a mri could it do the back and shoulder's in one, ive had a x-ray on my both shoulders and they gave me one on my pelvis but they all came back clear. The physio seems to think that the back pain is there because i have a slight arch in my lower back and my pelvis is a little higher on the front but the pain has been there for 3 years.