Jackie, yes, on my neck, by myself. (By thrusting my head sideways as if laying down on shoulder)
I cant comment on your shoulder issues....You have had extensive revision thoracic and shoulder work done which is so rare....You’re the only one....
I stopped Chiro since I don’t have much left to adjust. (smiley face) I have joked about this at the office, stressing my “ONE” level left, (My head) and they don’t laugh much. LOL The math has to be off for the comedy to work. If there are 24 levels to adjust and I only have one left, I should get a severe discount? Like 1/24th the price right? Many times I would go down to my Chiropractor walking in sideways like a crab, beat from a ski crash or whatever and they would always ask, “What happened?” The looks on their faces was hilarious....We tried all sorts of things through the years, and they kept me walking. They also knew I would need surgery and gave no guarantees. I would judge their efforts of pain relief. It was better than doing meds for decades.
Traction has worked, and not worked.
However, one device that I used years ago at my Chiropractor that helped quite a bit was the Pneumex traction treadmill. You wear a vest that wraps around your rib cage and pull up vertically while exercising on a treadmill. We would set the vertical pull at 60# and I would do 30 minute sessions. After 30 minutes on this machine, it was difficult to get any adjustments from a manual adjustment by a Chiro on a table because the machine did the adjustments while walking. Pulling apart or de-weighting while exercising with scoliosis is a good thing. This was one of the best pieces of equipment I have ever used for scoliosis therapy. It really helped with pain. I was doing it 3 days a week for a few years, I should have been on that machine every day.
http://www.pneumex.com/Pneu-Lift.html
One can get a handyman to rig up this setup cheaply with a system of pulley’s and weights. This company uses air, which is nice, but I don’t think its necessary.
Scoliosis is complicated......Its going to take a lot of effort in all areas to solve the puzzle’s and its going to take a really long time.....(smug face)
This is why its important to donate to NSF....
Ed
I cant comment on your shoulder issues....You have had extensive revision thoracic and shoulder work done which is so rare....You’re the only one....
I stopped Chiro since I don’t have much left to adjust. (smiley face) I have joked about this at the office, stressing my “ONE” level left, (My head) and they don’t laugh much. LOL The math has to be off for the comedy to work. If there are 24 levels to adjust and I only have one left, I should get a severe discount? Like 1/24th the price right? Many times I would go down to my Chiropractor walking in sideways like a crab, beat from a ski crash or whatever and they would always ask, “What happened?” The looks on their faces was hilarious....We tried all sorts of things through the years, and they kept me walking. They also knew I would need surgery and gave no guarantees. I would judge their efforts of pain relief. It was better than doing meds for decades.
Traction has worked, and not worked.
However, one device that I used years ago at my Chiropractor that helped quite a bit was the Pneumex traction treadmill. You wear a vest that wraps around your rib cage and pull up vertically while exercising on a treadmill. We would set the vertical pull at 60# and I would do 30 minute sessions. After 30 minutes on this machine, it was difficult to get any adjustments from a manual adjustment by a Chiro on a table because the machine did the adjustments while walking. Pulling apart or de-weighting while exercising with scoliosis is a good thing. This was one of the best pieces of equipment I have ever used for scoliosis therapy. It really helped with pain. I was doing it 3 days a week for a few years, I should have been on that machine every day.
http://www.pneumex.com/Pneu-Lift.html
One can get a handyman to rig up this setup cheaply with a system of pulley’s and weights. This company uses air, which is nice, but I don’t think its necessary.
Scoliosis is complicated......Its going to take a lot of effort in all areas to solve the puzzle’s and its going to take a really long time.....(smug face)
This is why its important to donate to NSF....
Ed
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