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Because of the nature of my symptoms, always in the same place - my ascending colon, and the fact that I have back pain in the same spot, on my right, I've always wondered if there was something structurally hindering my bowel from working properly. Finally this week I went to see a highly-recommended chiropractor.

After a thorough examination he noted subluxations (misalignment) throughout my lower spine, creating inflammation and tension on my right side - the entire area is always very tender. As he explained, subluxations and inflammation compromise the nerves' ability to send messages to the systems/body parts they control. Since the nerves that come from the lower spine are those that govern the colon, he was not surprised I had such persistent IBS symptoms which haven't responded to other treatments I've tried.

Of course it is a chicken/egg scenario - did the spinal problems cause the IBS, or has IBS caused me to hold my body in such ways as to throw my vertebrae out of alignment...

We have started a course of adjustments. I will report back here in 6 weeks or so to give an update on my progress.

I was surprised when I did a search on these boards for chiropractor, I found no discussions of using chiro for their IBS - the posts I found were unrelated to IBS.

Any thoughts, anyone?

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IBS-C, lots of spasm and trapped gas.

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