There can be all sorts of reasons why a malpractice case is valid yet
not worth pursuing. Some of these are:
You may have signed an arbitration agreement. These often stand up.
The statute of limitations may have run, or is about to run before a
case can be mounted. These can be as short as a year from when you
"knew or should have known" of the problem.

The state may have harsh limits on non-economic damages such as pain
and suffering or loss of consortium, or dilatory procedures such as
mandatory mediation.
The likelihood of proving malpractice may not be sufficient to

pursuing the case. If there isn't an easily provable connection

the PT's incompetence and your subsequent pain, the difficulty of
proving your case goes up, and the probability of proving it
successfully goes down. Especially if you were receiving treatments
that the opposition experts can claim are dubious (chiropractic and
acupuncture are easy targets), they could cast enough doubt on

your pain was due to the PT or the lack of proper treatment to ruin
your case. Lawyers have to look at the likelihood of success and the
probable payout in order to justify taking a case on contingency; if
the odds aren't there, they can't take the risk.
It sounds to me like whatever happened has gone well beyond what any
chiropractor or alternative-medicine type is competent to treat. Did
you get a proper diagnosis (which would almost certainly include

and MRI studies)? And have you seen at least an orthopedist and
preferably a neurologist about it? You don't have to answer, but in
your shoes I would think about seeing these specialists.
--
Not a lawyer,
Chris Green

I have been in constant pain for two years. . . .snip. . .
Two days later my back went into huge
spasms and I have been in pain ever since.

I have spent many thousands on chiropractors,
acupuncture and medications. I have had many
tests and many painful treatments.
Nothing has helped. . . .

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Chiropractors, acupuncture and medications do very little for

Spasms tend to be a problem with a imbalance between muscles,

because some muscle or muscle group is a bit weak for the job it has

(It may be a "normal" muscle which is strong enough for the

expected of the muscle but is inadequate to deal with extra work

bad posture or some other problem)
If you really have "spasms" (who knows), the principal therapy

Directed Exercise to build up the strength of the problem muscle(s).
When I was in my middle 40's, I developed crippling spasms in my

life was essentially shut down and I was looking at disability

I made the rounds of the doctors and had the X-Rays. They finally

me to a really good Physical Therapist. The P.T. gave me a set of
exercises whose pain level was astounding.
However, I persevered. (No College education for my kids if their

was a Disabled retiree. A lot was resting on the outcome!).
I ended up:
a. Going to an exercise center at 10 p.m. each night.
b. Taking a pain pill
c. Doing the exercises
d. Taking another pain pill
e. Going home, taking a sleeping pill,
It took 6 months but I broke through and finally beat the spasms.
I now do the exercises on a weekly basis. I have found that a

vacation lets the pain come creeping back.
I have had two other similar (but lesser) episodes in the last 20

shoulder problem and a calf problem. I found another good P.T. and

exercises solved both problems.
The shoulder problem taught me a valuable lesson. I did what I

were the exercises over a month-long period but they wouldn't work.

a follow-up, he found a flaw, I had one of the angles wrong.

critical exercise correctly knocked out the pain over a single 3-day
weekend.
Regards
Old Al

I feel for you. My wife has had chronic back problems, has exhausted
all conservative treatments, and is now awaiting surgery. People who
don't have this kind of pain don't know how debilitating it can be.
There are two basic problems with pursuing a malpractice case of any
kind. The first is that physicians of any kind don't guarantee the
results of their procedures; all they can do is perform them
competently, with the knowledge, skill, and care expected of someone

their position. The second follows from the first: proving

means proving that the care afforded you fell short of that

and only expert testimony can accomplish this. Lining up expert
testimony to prove malpractice is a lot of work, even for an attorney
who does this regularly.
Some questions to think about:
Was the "adjustment" something you had given informed consent to: did
the PT explain what it was for and how it was to work, and obtain

consent to proceed with it? Lack of informed consent is often a
foundation for a malpractice case.
Was the procedure something that was a suitable treatment in light of
your complaint and what findings had been made up to that time? What
have other physicians you have seen said about it?
And make sure you really understand your state's statute of
limitations. Sometimes it runs "three years from the date of injury,

one year from when you knew or should have known, whichever occurs
sooner".
By the way, the one modality that has been helpful for my wife was
water exercise. Not just swimming, but specific therapeutic water
exercises. If there's a water exercise program available to you,

it out. Good luck.
--
Not a lawyer,
Chris Green