A good chiropractor is worth their weight in gold. I’ve got an L5-S1 low back issue & my neck has a reversed curve by 110+ degrees, it’s almost like an every day whiplash, played football, rugby & martial arts throughout my life. Also have an ankle that’s bone on bone that sucks the most & cause of the low back issues and my gate being thrown off.

Been to tons of different Chiros, PT, stem cell injections, traction, tens unit that I used to walk around with, graston, dry needling, Accupunture, you name it, I have tried it.

3 most helpful things for me at least.

1. Stretching the correct way that is specific to Your injuries. Basically looking at your x-rays & doing Intensive/pin-point stretch techniques to open the joints to allow blood flow and oxygen to the discs etc. (One Chiro I know is very good with this)
2. Dry Needling works Wonders for me, gets the spots that can’t be touched by anything else without the long needles
3. Graston works very good as well, but it has to be very aggressive & rough. I have my own graston tools which are cheap, but it’s not the same as someone applying it, and can’t get all the body parts by yourself.
4. Doing all these techniques and having a good Chiro that knows what he’s doing & makes those specific adjustments to help get you aligned again.

Problem with Chiros, most of the older generation ones are generic in their approach & they do not loosen/ warm you up and just do generic adjustments.

Back in 2014’ish, I was about to get a low back surgery I was in so much pain, went to Najeeb Thomas, imo best back & neck surgeon in NOLA area. He told me to try PT 1st if I wanted to give it a try. So I sought out chiro’s that work with pro-athletes & I went from getting surgery to sky-diving.

Still have much pain, but when I do my therapy & commit to it, it’s night and day.

** I have some very good ones that I’ve found, especially on the Northshore, “Integra - Dr. Paul Gordon”, he has worked with many renowned bone & joint specialist across the globe & his approach is very intensive to the specific alignment issues. He gives good homework for specific stretches to do at home that you can carry with you the rest of your life.