Who's been to one and can tell me anything (positive or negative) about their experience?

Last week something in my upper back got way fucked up, I had these horrible muscle spasms and I do mean BAD, as in I was contemplating going to the ER in the middle of the night bad. I got into the doc the next morning and he told me it's intercostal neuralgia (fancy medical speak for pain in the muscles and nerves between my ribs), gave me some muscle relaxers and Vicodin and sent me on my way.

I feel better when I'm taking the pills, but as soon as they start to wear off the problem is very clearly still there. I talked to a friend's mom who's a physical therapist and she gave me some stretches to do, I've been doing those for a few days with no help. I also went to get a massage and that helped a little for a while but the pain came right back.

Through reading and talking to a few people, the underlying problem with this can be that a rib head is slightly displaced and this would make sense because I just started jujitsu again so yeah...can see where that might have happened.

Several forums and also a friend of mine who sees one strongly recommend chiropractors but I'm on the fence about it. I wouldn't see one of the ones who think they can cure cancer, make you smarter, and cure anything other than musculoskeletal problems, but I'm still not sure this is the way to go. My friend says it helps him, BUT his problems always come back, so I don't know if that's just him, or if the chiropractor's helping him at all.

So, any stories or comments that might help me decide would be appreciated.