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Upper back pain, slight curve in spine. chiropractor says i need 40+ session. second opinion? please see xray: http://tinypic.com/r/f4oetj/5

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Dr. Kenneth Merriman answered

Second opinion yes: Nice idea to show us the xray very useful not a very bad curve in a 38 year old person i would definitely seek another opinion upper back pain can be very hard to treat but is not usually indicative of serious pathology and i would tend to doubt that the curve has much to do with it / seek out an orthopedic spine specalist perhaps best of luck with this problem.

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Answered 5/20/2013

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A member asked:

Upper back pain, slight curve in spine. chiropractor says i need 40+ session. second opinion? please see xray: http://tinypic.com/r/f4oetj/5

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Kenneth Merriman answered

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

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