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05-30-2007, 10:00 PM
|  | In Spanish, I'm Marijuana | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Lawn-Guy-Land, NY
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| | Chiropractor treatment and strokes | |
A deadly twist on SELF.com Quote: |
Wade S. Smith, M.D., director of the Neurovascular Service at the University of California at San Francisco, was the lead author of a 2003 study in the journal Neurology that confirmed the connection between cervical manipulation and stroke. In the study, Dr. Smith says, patients with strokes caused by torn arteries were nearly five times more likely to have had a recent neck adjustment than those with strokes caused by something else, indicating that "recently seeing a chiropractor is an independent risk factor for stroke."
| OK, so the article isn't the most absolute on science and statistics, and the connection does not absolutely mean there's causation, but those of you going to the chiropractor at least consider not getting manipulations above the shoulders and keep an eye out for some of the early symptoms of a problem (vertigo, dizziness, etc.).
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05-30-2007, 10:04 PM
|  | Hot and Juicy | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: off campus
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| | Re Chiropractor treatment and strokes | |
I read the article last week, and yes I thought about it when I walked into the chiro office tonight, but the neck manipulation really does help my migraines..... |
05-30-2007, 10:15 PM
| | In Spanish, I'm Marijuana | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Lawn-Guy-Land, NY
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| | Re Chiropractor treatment and strokes | |
Of course you know that a history of migraines makes us more at risk for stroke already...
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono |
05-30-2007, 10:17 PM
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| | Re Chiropractor treatment and strokes | |
didn't know that.... |
05-30-2007, 10:19 PM
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Just if you're going to do it, watch for signs, OK? Strokes have great recovery odds if they're caught immediately. Maybe it's nothing to worry about, but it doesn't hurt to watch for the signs.
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono |
05-30-2007, 11:48 PM
|  | thread-killa | | Join Date: Dec 2000
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| | Re Chiropractor treatment and strokes | |
GAH!
Delia, have you ever tried beta blockers for migraines? |
05-31-2007, 05:21 PM
|  | Usagi Yojimbo | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: The Birthplace of American Democracy
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| | Re Chiropractor treatment and strokes | |
Grumble, grumble.
Moving on...
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05-31-2007, 06:08 PM
| | thread-killa | | Join Date: Dec 2000
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C'mon, JP.... |
05-31-2007, 11:34 PM
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tried meds - prefer not to get the headaches at all |
06-01-2007, 02:06 AM
| | thread-killa | | Join Date: Dec 2000
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| | Re Chiropractor treatment and strokes | |
No... the beta blockers keep you from getting them. Prophylactic meds. I was scheduled to start them when we started trying to get pg with Beanie, and, well, we see how that turned out. 
My dad had at LEAST one migraine a week my ENTIRE life (ask me... I can do a GREAT impression of him puking his guts out since my parents' bathroom shared a wall with my bedroom. Now? He can't even remember his last migraine. I wish I was so lucky! | |
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