chiropractors
Added on Jun, 24 2008 at 9:31 AM by Sarah
My Bethesda Chiropractor asked me to come with him to a Lordex conference. I think he just wants to show me off. My story is actually quite miraculous. When I was twelve I was in a car collision and I was wearing one of those dreaded lap belts that they no longer encourage people to wear and have truly stopped putting in most cars. Well, it is only by the grace of the good Lord that I did not die in that car accident. The driver of the car my aunt died on impact and my brother who was in the passenger seat next to me wasn't wearing his seat belt and spent a year in a coma before he passed. I was really messed up and had several injuries internally and several surgeries. Luckily, I survived as my parents were not in the car and I don't think that they would have ever forgiven themselves if they had lost both their children in that deadly accident. Well, I am healthy now, but it took years to get me to that point. I had injured several discs in my low back, and thank God my parents knew to take me to a group of chiropractors that knew how to handle injuries like mine. I couldn't walk when I started seeing them, but the truth is I was traumatized anyway that is no wonder I can even remember the whole experience.
When I first went into my chiropractors' office I was 15 years old. My parents both had always gone, so I knew what it was about. I think that I probably scared them more than they scared me. By that point, I had been through so many surgeries and had been poked and prodded and hurt by so many in the medical profession I was truly numb to it. Their compassion was incredible, unlike anything I had ever experienced before. It took about a year of major physical therapy and lots of Lordex (a specific, low force, non traumatic chiropractic technique) to get me on my way. First I was able to hold my own back up, which was a major accomplishment. From there I was able to support my own back on my hands and knees. Quite honestly my chiropractor encouraged me to crawl for a while, as a baby would to help strengthen my back muscles for walking. Well, I did finally walk again and now, 7 years after my very first Lordex adjustment I can actually jog and run. I still hate it, but I did before the accident so no difference there.
So now you can see why he wants to take me to the conference. I am glad to go and tell my story so that maybe it will help someone else realize the power of this wonderful technique.