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Going to chiropractic at a healer, the patient broke a rib

(PLO)-Patient felt pain after manipulating joints in a healer, discovered that he had damaged vertebrae and broken ribs.

Dr. Calvin Q Trinh, Department of Rehabilitation (Hospital 1A) informed that the hospital had just received a case of vertebrae injury, rib fracture due to improper manipulation of joints.

Specifically, patient Huynh H. 35 years old, came to the clinic with back pain, the back of the spine was painful to touch, when moving, breathing hard or exercising, all felt pain.

On X-ray film, the patient has damaged vertebrae and broken ribs. Photo: BSCC

Previously, the patient said that due to back pain from mid-2021, he went to chiropractic at the house of a “medicine doctor” in Lam Dong. However, after half a day of treatment, the whole body was exhausted and collapsed quickly, at the point of touching, there was a feeling of sharp pain, slipping, and vertebrae deviation.

During the examination, the patient showed mild kyphosis, palpation on both sides of the thoracic spine T5-T7 sharp pain, similar to vertebrae T10-T12, limited range of motion of the thoracic spine.

On X-ray film, T5-T6 thoracic vertebrae were damaged and fractured right at the costal cartilage joints on both sides. The 10th rib on the left was zigzag broken near the rib cartilage joint. The 11 and 12 costal cartilage joints are broken compared to other joints.

“From the time of the injury until now, the patient has not rested but moved regularly, or carried things. This is also the cause of not healing bones and joints for a long time,” said Dr.

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Doctor Calvin Q Trinh examines and treats patients. Photo: BSCC

Doctor Calvin Q Trinh said that recently, the hospital received many cases of victims of osteochondrosis, the main culprit being from the trend on Tik Tok. Some “healers” use too much force for the purpose of making loud noises to demonstrate “skill”, not to mention having the right technique or not.

“The manipulation of joints, especially those of the spine, must ensure the health of the spine before performing this technique, in addition, it must ensure that the vertebrae do not slip, collapse, or crack… otherwise it may not be possible. causing damage to the marrow and paralysis, even death…” – Dr. Calvin Q Trinh noted.

In addition, joint manipulation is a technique to increase the range of motion of the joints, reduce fatigue, stiffness, and relax in a short time. It is necessary to evaluate before and after treatment, should not be used often and do not have to be broken to be effective.

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