Chiropractors/bone spur

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Expert: - 7/10/2008


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Hi,
I went to an osteopath for treatment and he adjusted my neck.  Afterward I
couldn't stand
(my right side went limp).  I got back on the table and he adjusted again.  I
didn't feel right
afterward.

Later that day I started having dizziness.  The next morning I fell getting out
of bed and
was weak, dizzy, blurred vision and out of it all day.  Same thing the next day.  
I called the
doctor and he said it was normal and just showed something was working.

That day I had such a horrible vertigo experience, my tongue went numb and
I went to the
ER.  They found bone spurs and neck spasms.  Could the bone spurs have
caused this?  Is it
safe to be adjusted in the future- my doctor says no but the osteopath says
it's fine.

Thanks!

Jen

Answer
Jen,

DO NOT LET THE OSTEOPATH ADJUST YOUR NECK AGAIN!!!  You may have experienced a "transient ischemic attack" or TIA, and this is like a precurser to a stroke.   Your bone spurs have nothing to do with your tongue going numb or the vertigo.    Your osteopath needs to go back to school...

'Good luck with this.

Dr. G

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