If you want to take Spaw's advice one step further and get some of the moves of the chiro-quacker without the pain, find a DO. Doctor of Osteopathy. They turned out a lot of them here in Fort Worth. They are medical doctors with the extra hands-on training. I hurt my back one time (it hurts just to remember crawling to the phone with only a two-year-old in the house with me) and we didn't have a regular doctor yet. I remarked to the now-ex on our way to the emergency room that too bad we didn't have someone local to see first. On impulse we stopped at the neighborhood minor emergency clinic, run by DOs. Amazing--the doctor said "I don't get a chance to do this very often," turned me on my side, put a hand on my shoulder and on my hip and did this twist - Pop! went something in my spine. Had me roll to the other side, hands on shoulder and hip again, and Pop! Pop! and it was instant relief! I took motrin for a few days, no bed rest and muscle relaxants, just taking it easy. The back was tender, but back in position. The relief was instantaneous.

SRS