Hello all, I've never made a post on here before but am hoping to get a little more insight/advice. 

I have always had a pretty tight back with pain on and off my whole life. Ive always attributed this as pretty normal given I had a high stress childhood as well as doing a lot of manual labor growing up. I have seen a chiropractor before to help with lower back tightness bad enough that it hurt to walk as well as to try to help with migraines and neck pain. I haven't seen one in nearly a decade. In that decade I've had two children and had jobs that required being on my feet and walking up to 12,000 steps a shift. Thats the backstory.

​Last week I felt quite tight and sore (not abnormal) and I picked up my right leg, felt a pop, and then the lower left side of my back locked up really badly. My hips got locked in place very very crooked. Because of when it happened I couldn't see a chiro for a few days and the pain shifted to almost my whole body as I assume it's been compensating for the misaligned hips. When I went to chiro they took x rays and seemed pretty shocked at how bad my mobility was as well as the curve in my upper back being reversed a bit and the top and bottom of my spine pinching my spinal cord pretty tight. At least that's what they said. They said that this looked like several years worth of damage and that it will likely take 6 months plus of work to fix. I know people dont love chiropractors but I dont feel like these people are scamming me or anything. I would just like other input. 

Ive attached the x rays for reference. Let me know your thoughts or related experiences!

Chiropractor Eval. And XRays