Would you pay $2,000 for a chiropractor

I would not. But I wouldn't do a chiropractor in general, so I'm starting from a biased place. PT can give you more lasting results.

I’ve never been to a chiropractor and have no interest in going. If my doctor advised me to go to PT, that is what I would do. I love PT!

Physical therapy for sure.

I go to a chiropractor but would look for one that does a more individualized plan. The 3x weekly visit plan is a default. If they do it for every patient, they are making some people come far more often than is needed.

I saw mine once a week at first to manage some severe pain and now go as needed. I only went once a week at first because that’s what I needed to do to manage my symptoms, not because that’s what they told me to do.

I like chiropractic care for me personally but I think how they approach your care plan tells a lot about how they are going to treat you as a patient.

I have a great chiropractor that I see monthly @ $30/visit. I have trouble with my hips and seeing him regularly has stopped my pain. I would not go to a dr that had some pre-set number of visits that I needed to go to. How does he know thats all you need? Or whats if you need less?

no. never been and will probably never go.  

I have similar sounding back and neck pain. I went to a chiropractor and he wanted me to go three times a week. I didn't have much relief after the first 5 visits so I stopped going. I just could not justify spending that much with the level of pain that I have. I think mine is more muscular rather than skeletal so I wasn't sure chiropractic would help. However, I have had success with chiropractors in the past when I did have other issues. For example, one time in college I started to have pain when I swallowed. I went to the dr and had several tests done with no diagnosis or improvement. It kept getting worse throughout the week and I could not eat or drink anything without a lot of pain. Someone suggested the chiropractor and he immediately knew which area was out of place (and had a chart on the wall with symptoms, etc). I felt better right away after that appt.

You'd be hard pressed to find a doctor who would refer you to a chiropractor. At least in this country. Chiropractors are not well regarded by the medical profession. I was talking to a friend of mine who is a GP about this very topic on Sunday, after another thread here.

No. And I go to a chiro that fixes me right up, but I can go when I need it. It may be every few months, or, in a flare up a couple times a week. I’d say I go about 5 times a year on average

That's mighty high for a chiropractor based on 3x's a week for four weeks. My chiro appoints are $45 that includes adjustments and WITHOUT insurance. Yes, I can go to the most touted chiro near the hot CrossFit place in Austin but they only charge $90 a visit without insurance.

If it's bad posture PT will more than likely have you do exercises to strengthen your stomach, hips, and middle shoulder muscles.

One thing about high deductible health plans I have learned since being on one these past three years - either take the responsibility to take care of me with proper exercise, nutrition, weight management and stress management or I'll be paying out the wazoo for someone else to.

This is me!  I do have herniated discs and went for about a year and I NEVER felt better after adjustments- only much WORSE. He wasn't even one of the aggressive, money-hungry ones, either. 

I have done both with good results but in the situation described, I would do the PT.

I have had good success with chiropractors too, especially the first guy I saw who was able to resolve about 85% of my chronic back, neck and shoulder pain but it took about six months or so of regular adjustments that eventually tapered down to one visit a week. Just a handful of chiropractic or even PT visits likely won’t do anything.

I go to a different guy once a week who is mostly a maintenance chiro but it only costs me $15 a week. Now that he is better aware of what works for me (drop tables do nothing for me) he has been able to mostly correct the other 15% of my lower back pain as well.

I will also say that PT won’t be a quick fix either. My last stint for a twisted ankle took almost three months of going 2-3 times a week before my problem was resolved, but it was resolved and that’s the main thing. I’m pretty sure that the total cost for that was easily over $2000 when all was said and done but a good chunk of that cost was either reduced due to discounts negotiated by my insurance, and another chunk was paid for by insurance. I only paid a small part of that out of pocket because my individual deductible for the year was almost met at that point.