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Back Break Mountain
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Subject: Back Break Mountain
Time: 12:45:00 PM EST
Author: lordofbutter
Mood: Silly
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Subject: Back Break Mountain
Time: 12:45:00 PM EST
Author: lordofbutter
Mood: Silly
Chiropractor's are the devil. They are bad bad people.
I'm kidding, they are not. However, when they are working their spine-o-logical voodoo on your 88 year old grandmother, they might just be considered a smidge evil.
My lovely grandmother has a back problem, whereas your lower back is supposed to be slightly curved, my grandmother's is straight as a board. So my mom decided that it would be a good idea to have her go to the chiropractor to knock that sucker back into some kind of curve.
Now I have never been to a chiropractor up to this point in my life, I have no spinal problems to speak of, except occasional aches and pains and a muscle that pulls occasionally in the middle of my back, so I had no idea what was actually involved in going to a back adjusting evil person.
Well, I am well aware of it now.
Grandma goes twice a week to the chiro to help put some curve back in her spine and lower her right hip, and it is a monumental production and the most horrific experience in my life with my grandmother, next to the time she made rice with cheese and broccoli and turned out gray (and yes I ate it, she had a pepper accident).
As you experienced patients of chiropractors know, you end up on a machine on your stomach, lowered down mechanically holding on to the sides. Now I watched this, and thought hey, this is kind of cool and almost masseuse like.
That's when the chiropractor proceeded to assault my grandmother's lower back with the fury of well...something furious. The screams of agony and language that came out of my grandmother's mouth were something to behold. I mean she calls me a "Pain in the Ass (dramatic pause for effect) hole", when I tell her to take her medicine. Which she does. Yes that was me digressing.
So for about 5 minutes, this goes on, then grandma gets rubbed down with a giant vibrating machine that looks like it was once a belt sander.
Then lo and behold, she gets up and says "I feel a lot better." Then I bust out laughing, and take her to Starbucks for a vanilla bean.
All is again right in the world, until next time we go to the chiropractor.
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Oh no! Poor grandma! But at least she feels better when it's over! Must be the
Starbucks! LOL Your so devoted to her-and I like that! Enjoyed this entry very much! ~Diane~ -
Hey Omar! I'm new to your journal.....found you through Brandyp0509's journal. First off I enjoyed reading your entry and I will be back!
I went to a Chiro when I was a child....I loved having my back cracked....he didn't do anything major on me, I just liked having my back cracked, my mother was the patient there.
My husband had to go to a Chiro here a couple of years ago and I was like how did it feel? Do you feel good afterwards? Did it hurt? lol He was like actually, it's quite uncomfortable while it's going on but over time he felt really good......they get you though because it's not like 1 or 2 adjustments......they wanted him to come in for like 10 adjustments and the price they were asking was insane.....he did a few of them and then stopped going.
Again, love reading what you have to say. I will be back!
Angela -
Physical therapists are bad too. OUCH they hurt me.
Thought we were running?! hehe kidding!
~ Promise -
I love my chiropractor. I use to could not get up without help inthe mornings and my oldest daughter had a curvature of the spine and they wanted to do surgery. NOW shes is straight as a pin
6/29/07 5:57 PM
I'm new to your journal and just wanted to say hello. I used to go to the chiropractor once a week but by the time I got home through all that traffic, I was hunched over again so I quit going. I pop my own joints at home, thank you very much. LOL
Nelishia
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