 [ Symptoms ] can a chiropractor cause a herniated disc  i visited a new chiropractordc cause mine is 40 min away the dc adjusted my neck so hard that it scared me i returned to my regular dc the next week with symptoms of neck pain numbness & tingling down my arm he was worried when the arm symptoms did not go away i am currently in treatment with a spine surgeon had x rays steroid pills pain&nerve meds an mri shows that i have herniated discs i had a epidural injection today & if that does not work my next option would be spinal fusion [ Disease ] sadly forceful neck manipulation adjustments can cause a cervical disc to herniate or worse stick with your spine surgeon now and avoid any further chiropractic adjustments