About 27 million Americans see a chiropractor each year, according to a National Institutes of Health report. Most people are seen for back pain.
You should not see a chiropractor for spinal manipulation if you are taking blood-thinning drugs such as warfarin.
Other reasons to avoid the chiropractor, according to the newsletter Health After 50:
Severe osteoporosis.
Cancer in your bones or spine.
Bone infection (osteomyelitis)
Numbness or tingling in an arm or leg.
Paget's disease, a condition that prevents the replacement of old bone tissue with new bone tissue.
Rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or ankylosing spondylitis.
Increased risk of stroke.
Unstable spine.
Most chiropractors do screen for these bone conditions.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.