Ask the Doc

Q: Is it ok for my friend to crack my back or pop my neck?

A: I know; I was there at one time too. It seems like a Chiropractor just makes it crack and you wonder why you can’t just do it at home. The very simple key is this: SPECIFICITY. When a bone moves out of place it does so in a very specific manner. The problem when you do it yourself is that you have no idea where it was and no idea where you just put it! Believe it or not one vertebra moves very differently from a vertebra only 2 or 3 segments away. Vertebrae are very oddly-shaped structures and when your Chiropractor was in school, he or she was brutalized with extensive study of vertebral anatomy and how each of them moves! Thus it is very dangerous to do it yourself! Click here for an explanation of why “it feels good”.