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Migraines and Chiropractic
Migraines can be an extremely debilitating condition. As a child of about five or six years old, I began to develop migraine headaches. As you may be aware, the symptoms associated with migraines can occur in various combinations of pain, nausea, dizziness, sensitivities to light and sound, blurry vision, loss of appetite and fatigue. Anyone who has ever had a migraine knows how terribly incapacitating they can be.
Too many of my earliest childhood memories include countless trips to the school nurse to be sent home sick. Many of these bouts of excruciating pain and sickness would end with my head hanging over the toilet bowl.
Years had passed and my parents and I thought that these migraines were something that we would just have to accept. Our family doctor, as great as he was, didn't have an answer for what was causing the problem.
Then one day in gym class when I was in the 6th grade, I injured myself. To be honest, I was doing the standing broad jump and somehow ended up landing directly on my butt. No big deal, but my mother wanted me to see her chiropractor to make sure I hadn't done any real damage.
During my initial visit, my chiropractor learned of my migraines and subsequently examined my neck. He explained how migraines can be caused by problems with the vertebrae in the neck and began his treatments.
The difference was not immediate but slowly my migraines began to become fewer and much less frequent. Prior to receiving treatment, these migraines occurred once a week or so. After seeing the chiropractor regularly, the frequency dropped to maybe once a year.
That is how chiropractic changed the course of my life. It had helped my family and I so greatly that I decided to become a chiropractor myself. Today, I have the pleasure and honor of helping my patients to live happier, healthier lives. I wouldn't have it any other way.
