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Growing up, I was a ballet dancer who occasionally got cast in more modern-type pieces. My senior year (2004-2005), I had a back injury. I can narrow it down to the piece that's likely the culprit: a modern piece where the choreographer for some strange reason liked to put the shorty (aka me) on the bottom and someone jumped on my back. We--myself, dance teacher, physical therapist--all thought it was muscular in nature, so I went through several months of PT. Turns out, that might not be the case.
Once I quit dancing, a lot of my back issues stopped or at least eased up enough to function day to day. But then with all the heavy lifting that comes with my job, recent pregnancy, and Minion being affectionately referred to as "Butterball" (hint: he's freaking heavy), it had gotten to the point I was crawling out of bed most days due to the back pain and starting to have trouble with my hip and knee, so it was time to do something about it.
I've been to a couple different chiropractors off and on. The first guy was kind of a crock and I stopped going after a few visits. The next one seemed competent enough, but his office hours were super inconvenient. I actually ended up taking Minion to a pediatric chiropractor and was delighted to find out they treated adults as well. So now that Minion's issues are resolved (yay!), it's my turn.
Last week I had the initial consultation and xrays. Today we discussed the xrays and treatment plan. As I suspected, my spine is way outta whack. There's virtually no curve in my C-Spine (neck) even though there should be, and while the L-Spine curve is good front to back, it has a couple sideways shifts which is making my hips all catawampus.
And then the doc noticed something funny on my films. I don't know if she saw it initially or happened to spot it while we were talking, but it appears my T10 has an old fracture. I certainly wasn't expecting that. Doc says it looks consistent with a fall, but I have never fallen in such a way to cause that kind of injury--especially not recently. So now I'm wondering if that back injury I incurred over 10 years ago was more serious than initially thought. Doc is getting a second opinion from a radiologist to make sure it's nothing to worry about--chiropractors take xrays mostly to check alignment and not much else--but she was able to adjust the area without any issues. Which she wouldn't have done if there had been any guarding or tenseness.
Gotta say, my spine sure made a satisfying series of cracks as it was adjusted. And it felt amazing. Here's hoping I can get to a point of not having back pain every day.
Once I quit dancing, a lot of my back issues stopped or at least eased up enough to function day to day. But then with all the heavy lifting that comes with my job, recent pregnancy, and Minion being affectionately referred to as "Butterball" (hint: he's freaking heavy), it had gotten to the point I was crawling out of bed most days due to the back pain and starting to have trouble with my hip and knee, so it was time to do something about it.
I've been to a couple different chiropractors off and on. The first guy was kind of a crock and I stopped going after a few visits. The next one seemed competent enough, but his office hours were super inconvenient. I actually ended up taking Minion to a pediatric chiropractor and was delighted to find out they treated adults as well. So now that Minion's issues are resolved (yay!), it's my turn.
Last week I had the initial consultation and xrays. Today we discussed the xrays and treatment plan. As I suspected, my spine is way outta whack. There's virtually no curve in my C-Spine (neck) even though there should be, and while the L-Spine curve is good front to back, it has a couple sideways shifts which is making my hips all catawampus.
And then the doc noticed something funny on my films. I don't know if she saw it initially or happened to spot it while we were talking, but it appears my T10 has an old fracture. I certainly wasn't expecting that. Doc says it looks consistent with a fall, but I have never fallen in such a way to cause that kind of injury--especially not recently. So now I'm wondering if that back injury I incurred over 10 years ago was more serious than initially thought. Doc is getting a second opinion from a radiologist to make sure it's nothing to worry about--chiropractors take xrays mostly to check alignment and not much else--but she was able to adjust the area without any issues. Which she wouldn't have done if there had been any guarding or tenseness.
Gotta say, my spine sure made a satisfying series of cracks as it was adjusted. And it felt amazing. Here's hoping I can get to a point of not having back pain every day.
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