There have been a few people who have died from cracking their neck or having their neck cracked and one almost died.
A 28-year-old man cracked his neck and nearly lost his life after he suffered a major stroke.
Josh Hader ended up at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City after tearing his vertebral artery, which leads to the brain, ABC affiliate KOCO reported. "His wife had been telling him, 'Don't pop your neck.
In 2016, 34-year-old model Katie May died from a stroke after going to the chiropractor for a pinched nerve in her neck, CBS News reported.
An autopsy found that May's vertebral artery tore as a result of a “neck manipulation.
A Chiropractor could accidentally break your neck but if you have a good qualified Chiropractor then the chances of the Chiropractor breaking your neck are slim to none.
Chiropractors are really a doctor but they are not an MD doctor and cannot prescribe medications or do other medical diagnoses and treatments.
There is always a chance that any work your chiropractor does during adjustments could lead to an injury. However, most are not life threatening.
The neck, though, due to its location and physical design is a delicate area where harm can easily be done even by the best trained chiropractor.
A chiropractor is really a doctor.
However the chiropractor is not the same type of doctor as a regular MD doctor which is a medical doctor.
When it comes to being a chiropractor they have to go through a medical school of chiropractor medicine and learn about the body and how to manage peoples pain etc.
The chiropractor uses their hands literally to fix peoples pain and relieve pain and not medicine.
If the chiropractor thinks the person needs medicine or surgery to get rid of the pain that they cannot do then the chiropractor will usually refer the person to a regular medical doctor.
The chiropractor cannot prescribe medicine or do any surgery but they can refer you to a doctor or have you see your doctor about getting medicine.
But a regular medical doctor has to be the one to prescribe any medicine.
A chiropractor can really help with back pain, muscle pain and just about any other pain but sometimes a regular doctor or surgery is needed.