I have stiffness, almost like a constant "kink" in my neck (like the one you get from sleeping on it wrong) and dull pain in my back. My instinct it to crack them or stretch them but nothing happens. More often than not, the pain seems to move to my arms, particularly elbow pain and overall numbness in my hands and arms.
Is the chiropractor the person to see for this? Can it be covered by insurance (low income family so that is important.)
By the way, I’m an 18 year old high school student.
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You can see a chiropractor if you want to try a conservative approach to treatment. If you go to a neurologist or an orthopedist, all they’ll do is offer drugs or surgery… which is fine if that’s what you need but they should only be utilized when all conservative options have been exhausted. Chiropractic has a really good history of successfully managing these kinds of cases if they aren’t quite to the point of surgery. Try that first if you’d like to avoid surgery, if it doesn’t help then get a neurologic consult. If you’re getting numbness, you need to see someone about it though to make sure you won’t get permanent nerve damage. I’d say start with the chiropractor.
Don’t let Skeeeeeetz scare you either. He posts the same answer to every question. When he doesn’t know absolutely anything about your condition but claims that chiropractors can’t help your condition, he really makes himself look like a moron.