- Dec 7, 2011
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Let me repeat what should be GOSPEL in every back-pain diagnosis process:
Rule out a broken bone (stress fracture) in the back BEFORE you have a PT or Chiro start treating the area like a muscle imbalance.
Imagine the feeling you MIGHT have by hiring somebody to "adjust" a broken bone element on your child's spine. TRUST ME,... you do NOT want to be the parent that helped put your child through re-breaks due to "adjustments" and ignorance of the potential true culprit!!
Chiropractors, family doctors, and local PT houses do not see enough pitchers/football linemen/gymnasts to have stress fracture in the front of their minds to get the diagnosis right. They see a million weekend warrior injuries (muscle issues) per every sporto that torques the crap out of their back with millions of torso-torque events.
Again - an xray will NOT rule out stress fractures. MRI's and C-Scan's do this job.
Rule out a broken bone (stress fracture) in the back BEFORE you have a PT or Chiro start treating the area like a muscle imbalance.
Imagine the feeling you MIGHT have by hiring somebody to "adjust" a broken bone element on your child's spine. TRUST ME,... you do NOT want to be the parent that helped put your child through re-breaks due to "adjustments" and ignorance of the potential true culprit!!
Chiropractors, family doctors, and local PT houses do not see enough pitchers/football linemen/gymnasts to have stress fracture in the front of their minds to get the diagnosis right. They see a million weekend warrior injuries (muscle issues) per every sporto that torques the crap out of their back with millions of torso-torque events.
Again - an xray will NOT rule out stress fractures. MRI's and C-Scan's do this job.