Why I Tried Chiropractors for my Sciatic Nerve Pain

So back in 2003, I had a coworker that rode in a charity bike ride event called the MS150 from Houston to Austin. Although that year I found out too late to begin training, I told him I would do it in 2004.

So when the time came to start training for the 180 mile April ride, I figured I better get to the bottom of my pinched nerve pain. So based on a family member’s recommendation, I went to a chiropractor in the hopes THEY could get rid of my pain FOREVER.
 (keep in mind this is before I had discovered the 10-Minute Sciatica Program)

So when I first went into see the chiropractor about my piriformis syndrome, or whatever I had, she first took some x-rays. The x-rays clearly showed that my pelvis was WAAAAY out of whack. It was tilted up on the left side and rotated. So she consoled me in the fact that if I did 6 weeks of adjustments with her, and several months of follow up, she could straighten out my spine, and relieve my sciatic nerve pain for good. I can’t tell you how excited I was. By that point I had lived with sciatica for 3 years, so I was desperate to get back to my normal active lifestyle.

So just like she asked, I went several times per week to get adjustments in my lower back. I wasn’t a big fan of her twisting my neck, so I asked her not to do those, and just focus on the low back. Although I noticed my pain would go down, it would come right back.

I would say that I enjoyed visiting the chiropractor’s office. It was relaxing when they would give me massages. Even the adjustments felt good, lick scratching an itch.

So to make a long story short, I kept going to this chiropractor in the hopes that something miraculous would happen, and my pain would magically go away. As you can imagine, it never fully went away. In fact, my back started popping like it hadn’t before.

I actually didn’t stop because it wasn’t helping, but because I was moving for work.

But just like some of my other stories with doctors, prescription drugs, and physical therapists, chirpractors didn’t solve my piriformis syndrome in the long term. It didn’t get to the root of my pain, which was caused by years of physical activities that were building up muscle imbalances.

I’ve spoken to hundreds of people, and most have same response. Going to the chiropractor felt good, but the pain always returned, sometimes worse than before. But if you’ve gone to the chiropractor, I understand what you’re going through. You’ll do anything to get rid of that pain!

- Bryan

Founder of the Back in Action Institute and 10-Minute Sciatica Relief Program