Chiropractic injury linked to death of Playboy model Katie May
- 8 years ago
LOS ANGELES — An injury incurred during a common chiropractic procedure has been linked to the death of stunning Playboy model and businesswoman Katie May.
Dubbed the “Queen of Snapchat,” she died after suffering two strokes in February.
Gossip site TMZ claims to have obtained a copy of her death certificate. Their report states that the Los Angeles County Coroner wrote that May died from an injury sustained during a “neck manipulation” by a chiropractor. That neck manipulation reportedly tore her left vertebral artery, cutting off blood flow to the brain.
The American Heart Association warns that neck manipulation has been associated with cervical dissection — an arterial tear that can result in a stroke.
In the days prior to her death, May had reportedly taken a fall during a Los Angeles photoshoot. The Ohio University graduate complained about neck pain from a pinched nerve she sustained during a photoshoot.
Tweeting about it May wrote: “Pinched a nerve in my neck on a Photoshoot and got adjusted this morning.”
She’d reportedly went to visit a chiropractor twice to try and help with the pain.
According to May’s obituary in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, she later began to feel dizzy and experienced numbness in her hands. She called her parents to tell them she was going to pass out.
After going to the hospital May initially seemed alright, but the situation soon turned tragic. The New York Daily News reports that she’d suffered two strokes and recovered from the first. The second, however, left her brain dead.
May, a single mother, was 34. Most strokes occur in those 65 and over. She is survived by her 7-year-old daughter Mia.
Dubbed the “Queen of Snapchat,” she died after suffering two strokes in February.
Gossip site TMZ claims to have obtained a copy of her death certificate. Their report states that the Los Angeles County Coroner wrote that May died from an injury sustained during a “neck manipulation” by a chiropractor. That neck manipulation reportedly tore her left vertebral artery, cutting off blood flow to the brain.
The American Heart Association warns that neck manipulation has been associated with cervical dissection — an arterial tear that can result in a stroke.
In the days prior to her death, May had reportedly taken a fall during a Los Angeles photoshoot. The Ohio University graduate complained about neck pain from a pinched nerve she sustained during a photoshoot.
Tweeting about it May wrote: “Pinched a nerve in my neck on a Photoshoot and got adjusted this morning.”
She’d reportedly went to visit a chiropractor twice to try and help with the pain.
According to May’s obituary in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, she later began to feel dizzy and experienced numbness in her hands. She called her parents to tell them she was going to pass out.
After going to the hospital May initially seemed alright, but the situation soon turned tragic. The New York Daily News reports that she’d suffered two strokes and recovered from the first. The second, however, left her brain dead.
May, a single mother, was 34. Most strokes occur in those 65 and over. She is survived by her 7-year-old daughter Mia.