Should a Chiropractic Alignment help?
Okay, so I'm hoping all I need is one adjustment and problem solved, so lets see if that sounds reasonable or not?
I am a fairly healthy, 110 lbs 5' 3" female of 20 years old.
I never had back problems before, aside from lower back period pains...
BUT here is what happened.
One weekend, about THREE months ago, I basically just laid in bed too long... I slept in my bed all night Friday night, and then I laid in my bed almost all day reading a book Saturday, and then slept again all night Saturday night... so was in bed for like over 40 hours I guess? (I mean I got up, walked around here and there, sat up part of the time, but still laid in my bed the majority of that time.)
I ended up having extreme lower back pain after that. I was taking an exercise class at my college and I noticed that it helped a lot, stretching my back out. But then the class was over and 3 months later it won't go away. I feel like an old person getting in and out of chairs. I try to stretch my back as often as I think about it, but it's not enough and nothing I do can make the pain go away.
I can tell it is spinal/alignment related because when I'm standing straight up and kick/raise my leg, it hurts my lower back, and I can feel it stretch and hurt when I go in the "downward dog" position, or lean my upper body forward.
Recently it was suggested that I may just need a chiropractic alignment. So considering the nature of my problem, does that sound about right?
BTW, I KNOW that there are a lot of shady chiropractors that tell you that what they do can help cure diseases and other weird claims, but I'm pretty damn sure this is a muscle/skeletal problem which is what they can actually help with. I also know some will try to get me to come back many more times than needed. But assuming I can find the right person, does it sound like this is what I actually NEED? From what I said above? One to a couple visits, with the right person, using the right method?