First Visits to the Chiropractor

I’ve had some fairly significant lower-back problems in the past few weeks. I originally hurt my back about a year ago improperly lifting some heavy catering plates. I re-aggrivated it a few weeks back moving in my new HDTV (which I absolutely love).
Anyways, my most recent pains didn’t go away nearly as quickly as they had in the past. And seeing how successful a co-worker had been in going to a chiropractor, I decided that I should give it a try.
So, I met Dr. Brown yesterday, and I really like him. He’s funny, smart, and seemed like he was asking the right questions and doing the right things. In the first visit, he basically did an exam and took x-rays.
I went back today to “read the x-rays”, and to get the first adjustment/treatment. I’m not sure how positive I am about Dr. Brown anymore.
When he read the x-rays (and also confirmed from the physical exam), he mentioned that there was some damage to my 4th and 5th lumbar vertebrae, which was more pronounced on my left side. The x-rays also showed that the spacing (sorry, I don’t know the medical term) between the 5th lumbar and my coccyx was too close, and that could be causing some pressure against some nerve endings down there. OK, all seems to make sense to me (and my un-medical-school-educated knowledge).
So, he says that he was going to apply heat, make some slight adjustments, and then do some electro-therapy (again, I’m not sure of the medical term — but he basically had some electrodes in 4 spots in my back apply slight shocks in a pattern for about 10 minutes). He mentioned that this would be a less-intense session than a regular visit — kind of seeing how I react to it, I guess.
Well, after the initial therapy, I feel worse!!! I fell as if I have gone back about 2-3 days in how my body had naturally began healing itself. That said, I don’t have the sharp pains that I had a week to 2 weeks ago. But, I’m not as painless as I was yesterday (or even before the visit today).
I’m hoping that this is just how it works. That it takes a couple of visits before things work right again. If anyone has had similar occurances with a chiro, please send me info to my g-mail account… BCunningham2 (at) gmail.com