Is it safe to crack your own spine? You can mobilise and stretch your own spine, but ´realigning´ (releasing the right joints in the right direction) your own spine is pretty much impossible to do. Chiropractors can’t even do it to themselves. So, what´s the real difference between mobilising and ‘realigning´ your spine? …
The clicks and pops people can sometimes hear in the body aren’t all joints cracking.Some of them are joints releasing and other similar-sounding noises are tendons flicking past bones. Most of these noises are incidental, BUT they can be good for you or bad for you. This depends on how often they pop and where…
Should I bring my MRI to the chiropractor? MRIs show something quite different to x-rays. They show different densities within the body, so apart from bone, they can show the discs between the vertebrae, the nerves, and atrophy in some muscles. This is particularly useful if your chiropractor suspects a disc protrusion, but most cases…
Do chiropractors require x-rays with every patient? The need for x-rays when seeing a chiropractor is a hotly debated subject. Some chiropractors x-ray almost every patient because they feel that it gives them very valuable information about the spine. Eg: Is there degeneration in the sliding joints of the spine, affecting movement? Does…
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