During my pregnancy I started seeing a chiropractor to help with the increasing backaches, and found that it was fantastic. After giving birth, after going back to work, I’ve finally gone back to help everything back into place. Today they took x-rays – usually the first thing they do with new patients, but I was pregnant at the time so they couldn’t.<\/p>\n
I’ve always had lower back pain. When I started working (at 18) I went to the doctor to figure out why, because it was so very bad. He looked me over and pronounced me “fine.”<\/p>\n
Well you know what? I’m not “fine.” I’m not some mutant, but I’m not fine either. Xray showed that my L5 vertebra is fused with my sacrum, which is not typical. She said she sees about 10% of her patients with it, so it’s not this rare thing, but it’s not exactly how it’s supposed to be either. She gently pushed around the L4 vertebra and said, “You carry your weight here instead.” Ow, I said. Yeah. That’s where it always hurts. That’s where it’s always hurt. Apparently the fused vertebrae cause a more prounced curve of my lower back, just like Den has always commented on.<\/p>\n
I feel a little irritated that my old doctor, years ago, never bothered to even check it out. I know he was an old-fashioned type where “if it aint broke, don’t fix it.” He was also the one who delivered me via c-section because my mom’s pelvis was “too small.” But mostly I’m just irritated that I’ve been living in pain for years simply because a doctor never said, “Your back really hurts? Hey, have you seen a chiropractor?” Of course it’s all a moot point now.<\/p>\n
Oh also, she told me I need to stop sleeping on my stomach, for my neck’s sake. Ugh! You know how happy I was to be able to sleep on my stomach again after giving birth?! I firmly believe that was the biggest reason I had trouble sleeping when pregnant… not the pregnancy itself, but the fact that I was forced to sleep on my side!<\/p>\n
All in all I’m pretty damn happy to be seeing a chiropractor. I had been having shooting pains down my left leg and a whole lot of soreness in my lower back… after one visit I felt a ton<\/i> better. It’s kind of cool to not<\/i> have back pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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