Chiropractor

I saw a chiropractor many years ago and decided last week to make an appointment to see him again in the hopes that he would be able to ease and improve my back problems.

I was able to get both an assessment and first treatment appointment scheduled during the course of that week and I will be having treatment on a weekly basis for the next few weeks.

It seems rather insane that, with a national health service, I am unable to get this treatment through my GP (doctor) and consequently free. Yet I am able to see a physiotherapist, obtain X-rays, see a consultant and numerous other medics via a doctor’s referral.

This is particularly “common sense defying” when you consider that chiropractors have been around and using a scientific approach to resolving problems emanating from the spine for a couple of thousand years. They also have to train and qualify for the same period of time as a doctor and need to have continual training in order to retain the licence.

In other parts of the world osteopaths and chiropractors are considered as main stream practitioners, yet here in the UK they are seen as alternative. You are left to conclude that this classification has nothing to do with health and medical practices, but rather the cynical economics used to “miss-run” the British National Health Service.

As for the treatment, the outcome will only be apparent over time and the bending, twisting and manipulations performed by a chiropractors are certainly far from pleasant. But then again there is no gain without pain.

By way of a link, this http://www.roundhaychiropracticclinic.com is the clinic that I am currently taking my treatment from.