When is the Military finally going to begin commissioning Chiropractors in accordance with Congressional mandates of 1998, 2002, and 2004??

They need to start using them more. I have had to pay for my own treatment off post for years.

God knows I could have used one in 1988 after pulling most of the muscles in back. When they healed, my spine was never the same again. I went through the final 3 and a half years of my service with a "bent" and twisted spine, and the last 6 months of that on profile. I got out and went through physical therapy, cortisone injections, the works. The odd part was the x-ray showed the problems but the VA rejected my disability twice. Then came the herniated and bulging discs years later. First, the trained medical doctor looked at me and said "muscle strain". Told him I've pretty much had strained muscles for the past 12 years. It's not a strained muscle. He gave me a prescription for muscle relaxers and ibuprofen which I chucked in the trash on my way out the door. Found another doctor who I had to convince to refer me for an MRI (to confirm the disc issues). Got the MRI, found the problem, received yet more cortisone injections, no help. They suggested surgery and I said "HOLD THE PHONE". Found a chiropractor. He told me what was wrong just by looking at me (though he took an dray to confirm). Three visits a week for the first two months,, I was back on the golf course in less than 3 months.
I'm not understanding the "combat" function in another post. There are plenty of doctors and nurses that don't serve in combat. Dentists don't serve in combat (if they do, it is not as a dentist but to perform some other function, maybe to get their CIB or something). I think one of the problems they have is a chiropractor isn't a quick fix person. They don't throw a cast or bandage on someone and say "come back in 6 weeks". They don't give someone a shot and say, "there, you should be good in a few hours". Chiropractic care takes time but, properly done, is very highly effective.

Some time back, I'd read the NY guard, the NY state defense force that supplements the NY army and air Natl guards, listed on the NY DMNA website, I'd read, had, in fact commissiomed chiros who'd helped, I'd gathered, both with what happened in NYC in 2001, as well as hurriacne sandy. I gathered those were the first chiros used in any military force, whether federal, or state. I have immense regard for good chiros, my wife has gone to one since 2001 for a work injury , trust me, please, they'd have immense value in combat, especially for those who've done chiro orthopedic and or radilogic residencies, and also for those trained in activator therapy, a handheld spring loaded instrument chiros use that has done my wife's back immense good, I assure you. I trained , before my now total perm disability, as a podiatrist, though we've since unfortunately had to shut my license now, with sevl chiros, whom ive been most privileged to watch, and compare their approaches with those used in osteopathic manipulation, which uses such approaches as trigger point modalities, and while not the same, I can very much assure all of you that chiro, which I had also applied for and very seriously considered, is very real, and of very real and serious clinical benefit, most definitely, !any thanks, hope was of value and interest .