He said it could be from posture and pinching a nerve or something. He knew a Chiro office that was life changing for him. But get this, the Chiro doesn’t accept insurance and it’s $75 for every 15 minutes you are with him. The first visit takes at least an hour to analyze you.
I decided to look up online what it could be. Turns out it was strain from staring at a monitor all day. I turned the backlight down and changed the color to more yellow. I also downloaded an app that controls the screen for 20 seconds every 20 minutes and forces me to be mindful and focus elsewhere. No more pain.
Man you got to find a new eye doctor.
I certainly did. I only went to this place once.
I’d report the optometrist to his licensing body.
For what though? Chiropractors are licensed medical practitioners in the eyes of the board. What would I report him for?
Are they? Well, that’s disappointing.
Are you in the US? I highly doubt that any state in the US DOESN’T have licenses for chiropractors.
Most states do require a license for chiropractors to practice, but I’m not aware of any that require a medical license. They usually have their own board of chiropractors
I would not go back to that optometrist.
My optometrist told me masks don’t work, I told her she was wrong walked out and cancelled my follow up.
My general practitioner told me that he’d been keeping weather records for years and personally confirmed that climate change isn’t real.
Honestly, I’m pretty sure that even his office staff had very little respect for him.
My go to response to this kind of shit is just saying “that’s amazing” over and over until they run out of steam
It was a while ago, so I don’t remember exactly how I responded, but it was probably just something like “oh, I see” followed by requesting the other practitioner in the office whenever I scheduled future appointments.
Chiming in to echo what has already been said.
Chiropractors are not doctors, the pain relief they provide is temporary at best, and there is a very real chance to experience injury as a result.
Source: I am not a doctor, but I’ve spent a good part of my career designing spinal implants and instruments.
the pain relief they provide is temporary at best
So, opiates, then?
weed and physical therapy. and find out if you have an underlying condition that’s causing the pain.
It’s worth remembering that chiropractors are not doctors, there’s no science behind it and it’s founder was an anti-vax, magnet-healing grifter who said he received the knowledge of chiropractics from the ghost of a dead doctor.
Chiropractors are basically pseudo-scientists. They claim to be able to do all kinds of random crap by manipulating your back, like getting rid of headaches, helping you lose weight, curing addictions, and so on.
Honestly any real doctor referring you to a chiropractor should have their medical license revoked.
They are half covered by our insurance because sometimes they can help. The electro stimulation of muscles and what not for sports injuries.
I had some neck pain. They ask questions ( that sometimes doctors gloss over because they sometimes treat symptoms not the person). So chiro asks how I got here today (motorcycle), and what’s my exercise regime like (powerlifting). So while a doctor might prescribe pain meds and mri of neck, chiro suggests to me could be weight of motorcycle helmet during gear shifts, but also asked specifics about weight lifting sets and order. Then made a recommendation to change the order. They suggested that doing certain heavy lifts first fatigued all muscle groups involved, meaning smaller exercise after was struggling to work effectively with proper form. They suggested moving the small target exercise first till fatigue, then the larger exercise. Also did the muscle elctro impulse stuff.
Neck pain did go away. Not sure which thing solved it though.
I already knew that and was somewhat upset that he did that. I was going to go back for a glasses/contact exam, but I’m going to cancel it now. No real eye doctor would ever refer anyone to chiropractor for anything. Maybe in passing, but a full on referral is bonkers.
Not to be pedantic or dismissive. But optometrists are not medics. They are a specialized kind of health technicians, like an X-ray operator or a CT scan operator. They are only there to measure visual acuity deviations and consult about lenses and vision correction tech. Ophthalmologists, on the other hand, are eye medics, consult with one and they will more likely have better counsel to deal with eyestrain. Some people could be both, but it’s very rare. Some countries demand the former to be under supervision of the latter. On some other countries optometrists practice freely. In either case, optometrists can’t provide medical advice or prescribe any form of medicine or treatment.
US based optometrists are licensed medical providers, credentialed to diagnose and treat eye disease, including prescriptions for controlled substances. They are sometimes covered by medical insurance. The major scope of practice difference is that optometrists generally may not perform invasive surgery (though there are a few states that do allow optometrists to perform LASIK or post-cataract surgery laser procedures).
There are plenty of optometrists who work in glasses/contact lens shops and that’s all they do. I wouldn’t trust them to treat eye medical issues, at the very least because that’s not what they commonly do all day. Larger optometry groups or optometrists that work in an ophthalmology group are more suited to disease care.
Ophthalmologists do have more training (they are medical doctors first with a 3-4 year eye specialty and sometimes a 1-2 year Fellowship training for subspecialists).
The more you know …***✨⭐
Even medical professionals can fall for charlatans if the placebo effect worked on them.
getting rid of headaches, helping you lose weight, curing addictions, and so on.
These may be chiros, but they’re also quacks. Are you hating the chiro part or the quack part, if you had to choose one?
That’s the great thing! You don’t have to choose! You can hate both…
There is one near me that claims they can cure seasonal allergies.
Sneezes are stored in the spine.
To be fair, headaches in particular CAN be linked to muscle strain in the back and neck. BUT a physiotherapist or medical masseuse (is that a thing in English?) will take care of that, and not a charlatan.
Sounds like a scam. You should probably report that doctor. Wouldn’t be surprised if they got kick backs for referrals.
Report to who? The Police?
The FB Eye!
The See Eye A
That’s good. That’s real good.
The optometrist has a license to practice. You can Google the email for the board in your state.
It seemed fly-by-night and janky in there. I should report his ass.
It is particularly absurd that he’d recommend a chiropractor for eyesight. The optic nerves don’t go through the spine.
Do you have a Costco nearby?
I don’t think Costco near me actually has optometrists. They are opticians, but not eye doctors. I usually just get my glasses from Zenni or EyeBuyDirect, although their prices lately seem to match Costco. As far as contacts, I usually go through my old eye doctor, but I moved and need a new source.
Most Costcos have an optometrist separate from their opticians.
I couldn’t find anything about it
Indeed I do.
You really should.
In your specific case you managed to navigate the situation and develop your own therapy.
Imagine if someone had a more complex or serious issue and he referred them to a chiropractor.
Yikes, neck “manipulation” is dangerous, people have suffered paralysis and artery dissection. Glad you were able to sort this out on your own
I’ve always thought Chiropractors are bullshit. If it was real, why wouldn’t they just be doctors?
There is a very small percentage of chiropractors that sell themselves straight - they make you feel good temporarily, which can be useful in some cases to get you started on physical therapy routines.
Even these Chiropractors are at best roughly equivalent to regular massage therapy.
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Neither are a medical doctor qualified to treat eye problems, though. You’re looking for an ophthalmologist.
This is the real answer, right here. Optometrists are only to treat vision issues, and only with prosthetics (e.g., glasses and contacts). Opthalmologists are medical doctors with a specialty in eyes that can prescribe medications, diagnose diseases, and perform surgeries.
Btw chiropractice is “alternative” medicine
Chiropracty is a scam.
because if it worked it would just be called medicine
Alternative facts based medicine.
It’s just PT with back cracking.
But PT is real medicine. It’s more like an extra vigorous massage.
Oh yeah, I understand that.
The parts of chiropractic that work are not unique to chiropractic.
The parts that are unique to chiropractic don’t work.
So the parts that “work” are also known as massage and physical therapy.
Wouldn’t that be a ch-eye-ropractor? /dad
Oof, man the number of people willing to take advantage of the trust people put in medicine is terrifying
Good on ya for smelling the bullshit before ya stepped in it
Always see if you can see a physical therapist instead of a chiropractor. It helps to see people that have medical training.
Look for a program called F.lux; Mac and Windows, unsure about Linux. But it lets you set the temperature of your screen to reduce eye strain without making adjustments to the monitor itself.
Macos now has that built in, tho iirc, i think flux is more granular.
Built in on Windows too!
Yea, Nightshift they call it. I have been using Flux for so long I’ve never dinked around with Nightshift.
That’s good intel, brother.
