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Can anyone recommend a good chiropractor in the Cape Town Blouberg area?

I'm suffering from Repetitive Strain Injury in my right wrist, and need to see someone that can help.
 
josef.van.niekerk said:
Can anyone recommend a good chiropractor in the Cape Town Blouberg area?

I'm suffering from Repetitive Strain Injury in my right wrist, and need to see someone that can help.
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Why not see a real doctor about it? :confused: Go see someone who actually is qualified like an orthopedic surgeon. If its not too serious go see a normal doctor.

But I guess some people prefer chiropractors just like others prefer sangomas. They dont know any better.
 
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I usually see a physio for most stuff but I had this recurring neck problem and my physio eventually said that I should seek other options.

I found a Chiro and with in 5 treatments it was fixed. I don't get that injury anymore. Yes it was a bit odd and I was a bit scared by the things he did but it was systematic and focused.

and it worked.

I still mainly go to the physio when I have back problems but I wouldn't have an issue going to a chiro again.
 
Where's PeterCH when you need him?

Oh yeah. He's busy proving Stephen Hawking is wrong about everything.
 
I went to a guy there in the Blouberg main road many years ago after a car accident.

Was next to that place that does DSTV something or another from what I recall.

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Chiro's can be good for a number of things.

Just don't trust the variety that prescribe homeopathic remedies.
 
I'm a runner and I have an imbalance in my hips. I go regularly to adjust it and also adjust the spine to offset the extra stiffness which is a result of the imbalance. Real tangible benefits for me. But I would agree that the homeopathic-oriented ones lose my interest quickly.
 
Okay, so naturally I read the OP and thought "But if some repetitive task is causing you injury, why not just stop the repetitive task?"

But anyway, since you're rich and want to burn money instead of helping yourself.... Physio is better. Chiropractor's are quacks and cracks backs and stuff causing you to have to come back (repeat business hey, why would they fix you permanently)
 
AcidRaZor said:
But anyway, since you're rich and want to burn money instead of helping yourself.... Physio is better. Chiropractor's are quacks and cracks backs and stuff causing you to have to come back (repeat business hey, why would they fix you permanently)
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Have you ever actually gone to one?

I went for three sessions after a car accident...never any repeat business after that.


In contrast a physiotherapist fleeced me for about 8 sessions when I broke my foot and that's when I decided it just "repeat business" otherwise she would have had me back there every week into infinity.


Just like some Chiro's are lank dodge...so is any other profession.


In my opinion if the medical aid is prepared to cover the cost of a Chiro...then they can't be that dodgy.
 
AlmightyBender said:
I'm a runner and I have an imbalance in my hips. I go regularly to adjust it and also adjust the spine to offset the extra stiffness which is a result of the imbalance. Real tangible benefits for me. But I would agree that the homeopathic-oriented ones lose my interest quickly.
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If you have an imbalance. It is usually caused by differences in your muscle tension around that area. A Chiro will (If they are good and dont accidentally cause more harm than good) temporarily correct this imbalance, but the root cause is the muscles. In the same way that someone that always dislocates a shoulder, can have that shoulder put back in. But the real issue is that the ligaments and rotator cuff muscles are weak and too stretched.
The corrective action is to perform resistance training on those muscles that are too loose, to tighten them up. Resulting in tightening the shoulder joint.

For back/hip problems, it is usually an imbalance in the Hamstring/back and traps muscles that will cause these issues. Going to someone that knows how the muscles work and what will be causing this imbalance is the right course of action.

Chiros at best treat the symptom and not the cause, at worst, they break something or exacerbate the problem.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Have you ever actually gone to one?

I went for three sessions after a car accident...never any repeat business after that.


In contrast a physiotherapist fleeced me for about 8 sessions when I broke my foot and that's when I decided it just "repeat business" otherwise she would have had me back there every week into infinity.


Just like some Chiro's are lank dodge...so is any other profession.


In my opinion if the medical aid is prepared to cover the cost of a Chiro...then they can't be that dodgy.
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Something to consider on the logical fallacy of causal relationships.

I get the feeling that the broken foot issue and the car accident injuries were different injuries and different events. As such it is hard to determine who was actually doing anything of benefit.
For instance. The Physio may well have been fleecing you, but then a broken limb is not going to heal any quicker for having work done to it.

On the other hand (I dont know what injuries you had in this car accident) But it is entirely possible that your body would have repaired itself in that same amount of time that you were going to the Chiro for. So you may be drawing a false causal between the chiro visits and getting better.
Like sneezing twice before winning 10 bucks on a scratch card. Sneezing on the next scratch card is not going to change that card at all. You were always going to win those 10 bucks regardless of the sneezing. Maybe you were always going to get better regardless of the Chiro?

Like I said, I don't know the details of the injury, it's just some food for thought.
 
SoulTax said:
If you have an imbalance. It is usually caused by differences in your muscle tension around that area. A Chiro will (If they are good and dont accidentally cause more harm than good) temporarily correct this imbalance, but the root cause is the muscles. In the same way that someone that always dislocates a shoulder, can have that shoulder put back in. But the real issue is that the ligaments and rotator cuff muscles are weak and too stretched.
The corrective action is to perform resistance training on those muscles that are too loose, to tighten them up. Resulting in tightening the shoulder joint.

For back/hip problems, it is usually an imbalance in the Hamstring/back and traps muscles that will cause these issues. Going to someone that knows how the muscles work and what will be causing this imbalance is the right course of action.

Chiros at best treat the symptom and not the cause, at worst, they break something or exacerbate the problem.
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For sure, great advice here and I am indeed doing all of the above. Also working with a biokeneticist at the Sport Science Institue to improve the root weakness and they recommended going to the chiro to do the major adjustments. Only went regularly for about a month and now at a maintenance phase, so would go only once or twice a year to put me back on the correct path. The results are worth the money for me as I am now running pain free and I seem to have a fairly strong genetic tendency towards stiffness and imbalance. Luckily the challenge of overcoming this keeps me going :D
 
AlmightyBender said:
For sure, great advice here and I am indeed doing all of the above. Also working with a biokeneticist at the Sport Science Institue to improve the root weakness and they recommended going to the chiro to do the major adjustments. Only went regularly for about a month and now at a maintenance phase, so would go only once or twice a year to put me back on the correct path. The results are worth the money for me as I am now running pain free and I seem to have a fairly strong genetic tendency towards stiffness and imbalance. Luckily the challenge of overcoming this keeps me going :D
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I do have to point out the irony in the your forum name, consider your genetic tendency. :D

Glad you are doing all of them, I hope that whatever the issue is, it is sorted out soon.
 
SirFooK'nG, I wish that was the problem, then I'd stop altogether! Hehe! Sad thing is, I might have to stop working and go sit on the beach sipping cocktails for a while, but than wouldn't go down to well either.

Some good advice here, I know some chiropractors can make a mess of things, that's why I'm asking. These are the type of therapists that you really need to know, they know what they are doing!
 
Rather surprised so many people seem to think Chiro's are quacks.
I've only gone 3 times, ever - and each time I felt great afterwards - like my skeletal frame has been realigned like a car's wheels.

No repeat visits, no racket. You'll just have to find an honest one I guess.
 
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