Oceanside Girls 10+ Years of Headaches Gone!!!
When I was about six years old, I hit the roof of our van while going over a speed bump. It wasn’t enough to send me to the hospital, but all the same it hurt. The next few months I started to feel some changes. I would have headaches so severe, “I would lay in bed screaming.” Next came a severe pain in my right eye. It got so bad, that I could not even see. I lost feeling, mobility, and all the things I used to do as a child. I went around giving excuses to even the smallest of exercises, but the truth was it hurt too much to even play tag. This went on for about twelve years. Can you imagine never being able to run around with your friends?
During this time I went to several different doctors. Pediatrician after pediatrician could not find “anything” wrong with me. We even went to a bone specialist. All of them said that they, “could help the problem.” One even suggested that it was psychosomatic and that I should be seen by a psychiatrist. During that time I took about everything under the sun for the pain: Alleve, Tylenol, Ibuprofen, you name it!
Finally, mom came home with one of doctor Michals flyers, I was not pleased. I was VERY against chiropractic care. I told her that I didn’t think some crummy chiropractor would fix what not even a bone doctor could find! She said, “Well you have a choice, I will do what ever you want. You can go to Dr. Michals and get examined, or you can live with the pain and possibly miss the answer.” I thought about it for about a week before I finally agreed.
The first time we went in I already had a set description of Dr. Michals, “rich, won’t take the time to answer questions, won’t help.” I was wrong. The moment we came in I felt like he was actually listening to what I was saying. He took some x-rays and found that I needed a lot of work. He said that I was one of many with this type of problem. So, at long last I had physical proof of what was causing my pain. He said that I needed to be adjusted to fix the problem.
Again, I didn’t believe that it would help. As a result when my turn came I spent about 15 minutes crying. You see, I couldn’t take any more pain, I just couldn’t. I finally decided to do it, with a lot of embarrassment. When it came time to adjust my neck, “I didn’t fell a thing.” I have been coming to Dr. Michals for about three months now, and do you know in that time my pain went away. At one time I actually thought something was wrong because I didn’t feel any pain.
All of my symptoms are gone, I don’t even have to take any pain meds! Now I can play almost all the sports I want. And all because my mom took the time to read a yellow flyer.
Are you suffering like I did? If so, try chiropractic care. If it can help someone like me who had no hope of ever getting better, how will it help you?
Alisha E. from Oceanside
