So with this recent neck\/arm\/shoulder\/numbness excitement, I decided to go to a chiropractor and see if they might be able to help.\u00c2\u00a0 Buddy of mine is one, is very intelligent, well studied, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 Went to see him.\u00c2\u00a0 He told me that it was a muscle spasm – definitely not a subluxation – and that we need to do an adjustment (back, neck, elbow), some shock treatment, and the apply moist heat – ABSOLUTELY NO ICE – to relax it and make it go away.\u00c2\u00a0 Next day it was worse.\u00c2\u00a0 He told me to come back.\u00c2\u00a0 Performed the same procedures on me.\u00c2\u00a0 Went home to heat.\u00c2\u00a0 Worse the next day.<\/p>\n
Decided I would try another chiropractor I knew.\u00c2\u00a0 This guy is a bodybuilder, and seems to really understand how things work.\u00c2\u00a0 He x-rayed my spine.\u00c2\u00a0 Showed me things on the x-ray (might as well been an x-ray of a brontosaurus – no idea what I was looking at), – told me that it was a subluxation, not a muscle spasm.\u00c2\u00a0 Did an adjustment (exactly the same as before – back, neck, elbow), and told me to go home and ice it – ABSOLUTELY NO HEAT.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Guess what?\u00c2\u00a0 Yep – worse the next day – in fact, now I was getting numbness in my arm.<\/p>\n