Patient Says Chiropractor Ruined His BackPublished: 2010-04-10 05:20:13Author: LIZ POTOCSNAK | Courthouse News Service | February 22, 2010DALTON, Ga. (CN) - A patient says his chiropractor snapped off a piece
of a spinal disc that ended up lodging into his nerve roots. He claims
the botched spinal manipulation caused excruciating pain, numbness in
his legs, and left him shuffling with a walker.
Michael Doran says he started feeling numbness and tingling in his legs
within minutes of leaving his appointment with Dr. John Wall. Doran says
he underwent five more "adjustments" before an MRI was ordered, "due to
concerns that [he] could lose control of his bowels."
In his complaint in Whitfield County Court, Doran says his back was not
even hurting that badly the day he got his first "adjustment," in a
20-minute procedure.
He heard a "pop," he says, but did not think much of it until numbness
and tingling spread down his legs. By 2 p.m. that same day, Doran says,
he had to leave work because the pain and tingling had gotten so bad.
The next morning, he says, he could not get out of bed due to "stabbing,
excruciating pain," and he called Wall for help. He claims that without
giving him an MRI, Wall diagnosed his problem as "sciatica," a
condition that Wall said needed further adjustments: roughly $1,500
worth.
Doran says he underwent five more treatments and still could not walk
without a walker.
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