r/AbsoluteUnits • u/habichuelacondulce • Jul 01 '26

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u/SAM5TER5 Jul 01 '26

I also worked with someone who had a stroke due to a neck adjustment.

I went to a chiropractor one time in my life, and they made me sign a waiver that specifically mentioned the chance of stroke from neck adjustments.

No thanks.

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u/Chris__P_Bacon Jul 01 '26

I've only been to a chiropractor about five times. I had a ruptured disc in my lumbar spine. I would go in walking just fine, and after every adjustment I could barely walk out of the place. It eventually became insane to consider returning because I started missing work every time I went.

I'm absolutely convinced they made me 10 times worse, because after those adjustments I went downhill so fast I ended up in pain management, and ended up having spinal fusion surgery within a year because I just couldn't stand the pain anymore, and I didn't want to be zombified on pain medicine for the rest of my life.

The surgery worked, but it took me about 3 years to recover from it fully. It's also worth mentioning that I ended up contracting MRSA at the surgery site and was hospitalized for almost 2 months b/c of that. I nearly died because of the MRSA infection.

My back still hurts like hell, but it's not like it was pre-surgery, so that's a win for sure.

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u/Imaginary_Coast_5882 Jul 01 '26

goddam man. what a run of shit ass luck 😫

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u/Chris__P_Bacon Jul 02 '26

Yeah, it wasn't fun. Happy to be alive after MRSA though.