"For the past three years I have suffered from severe pain in my bladder, lower abdomen and back. More recently I developed pain all over my body. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in March of 2001. I would wake up every morning with the feeling of being run over..."
Seven years ago, I fell and landed on my back. At first I had no pain, but a few months later I had pain shooting down my leg and lost all the reflexes in my right ankle. The doctors suspected I had chipped a disk in my lower back and decided to do surgery. Since then, I’ve had “episodes” with back pain whenever I would overdo or lift too much.
Last fall, I began struggling with what I thought was a pulled glut muscle. I couldn’t bring my ankle to my knee in order to put on a sock. I traveled to Minnesota to spend the holidays with my family. After a week of sleeping on the couch, the pain in my hip was shooting down my leg and was unbearable. Walking was uncomfortable but I could not sleep, lie down or sit down, and so I paced—night and day. I went to a medical doctor who diagnosed me with an inflamed hip joint and prescribed painkillers and muscle relaxers. I was back in Urgent Care the next day because the drugs didn’t even touch the pain.
After another round of medication, two more doctors and a week of misery and missing work, I called the chiropractor at my health club. I had been to a chiropractor three years earlier after I strained my back while moving, but I was unimpressed with my results. My sister was a firm believer in chiropractic care but I was very skeptical—and I was also desperate. I told them my diagnosis and asked if chiropractic would help. Dr. Esposito said, “Without saying definitely, I’m going to say definitely.” I went to see him the next day.
After one visit, I felt better—not good but there was progress. I continued to go to AlignLife for an intense care plan and was soon off my medication and back to work part time. It took about a month to gradually work back up to full time sitting at my office job. Now, with my intense care plan over, I’m feeling healthier than ever—and I happily report that I can put a sock on normally again.
I am certain that had I stayed with the medical community I would have had a second surgery by now to relieve the pressure on my sciatic nerve. I now believe my first surgery would have been avoided if I had sought chiropractic care then as well. I’m so grateful to AlignLife for all the care and concern they showed me when I was miserable. I’m a believer now!
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