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Chiropractic care to reduce “Pisa (leaning tower posture”.

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Has anybody tried Chiropractic care to straighten spine? Husband with DBS, pd falls constantly, severe leaning to right. Interested in knowing if this helped you with posture.

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park_bear

This problem is neurological in nature rather than a subluxation of the spine. So I do not think chiropractic would be able to do anything.

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Parkiewife in reply to park_bear

Don’t know if neurological or not. PD neuro won’t address this. Husband has MANY falls and has high threshold for pain. Broke his collarbone, I noticed the slumped shoulder and took him to ER.

My Chiro would xray first before procedure. Who knows? He may have broken his back at one time? Either way, wish he could get xray to determine if from pd or not?

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MBAnderson in reply to Parkiewife

If your husband is falling frequently and breaking bones, I would take that very seriously and persevere until it gets addressed.

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pvw2 in reply to MBAnderson

My brother, who had PD, died from a fall. It is a major cause of death for people with PD.

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MBAnderson in reply to pvw2

I'm sorry for your loss. It is a major cause.

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kaypeeoh

My back has been achy for weeks. I don't want to abuse tramadol anymore so I tried two 200mg ibuprofen. An hour later it still aches but not as bad, not as irritating. I read that ibuprofen can help PD.

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pvw2 in reply to kaypeeoh

I stretch my back muscles. That doesn't work for everyone, but it was my doctor's recommendation.

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mgregor6

Hi. I see a chiro for PD, along with my neurologist of course. One thing he does is reset the atlas vertebrae to allow more impulses between the spinal chord and brain. In addition, he has me do exercises to eliminate PD stoop posture. He has made a difference.

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Parkiewife in reply to mgregor6

Awesome! I will address this need with my husbands neuro in January! Thank you!

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mgregor6 in reply to mgregor6

I should also add my chiro has many exercises to be done at home, and, that there are many devices you can buy/wear to straighten your posture …….

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chartist

Parkiewife,

You may find the following post interesting. It has a link in it to a study of this nature :

healthunlocked.com/parkinso...

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Yes, having good posture is very important for maintaining overall health and chiropractic care can help you achieve a neutral spine.

Reference: benningfieldchiro.com/impro...

This will helps you learn more about how chiropractic care can help and some other useful spine health tips.

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