Today is Friday, office is not open on Fridays, Nancy has major surgery today also and of course Dr. Michlin is with her.
After yesterday's adjustment I was zinging more, but after a good night's sleep, the zinging went way down and the back stabilized and my left step was more firmer and more solid. As the day has gone by, it has gotten less firm, with an occasional zing.
To explain, when I first went there, I was in constant pain on the left side, every step with my left foot zinged with pain, from tolerable to "YEOUCH"! and I was limping badly, favoring the right foot, and I couldn't bear to walk down the length of a grocery aisle myself. It was left-sided sciatica pain that was from the hip to the toe, and occasional sharp zings that just stop me. Something was pressing on that nerve. I tried two weeks of painkillers/muscle relaxers to get the back to move off that nerve, but it didn't help at all, so I sought out the Chiropractor. From the first adjustment, the pain started lessening, far better than the painkillers did, those just covered them up.
The best way I can explain it is that the left side felt like it was mushy when I stepped with my left foot, and I had to get off it and transfer my weight to my right foot quickly, which was pain-free and firm when I'd step. Then on the left, pain, mushy feeling, achy, sharp pain, then to the right, and so on. What I'm feeling is the swollen nerve being blocked by a misalignment, irritating the nerve, impinging on it and the response is pain.
Now, steps in the chiropractor who releases pressure on the impinged nerve, allowing it to send its signals properly, by aligning the vertebrae into their correct positions. However, my muscles are used to the old positions and keep trying to pull them back, so it's a battle between my chiropractor resetting them to the correct places and my back trying to pull them to the old, bad places that are out of line. Of course, you know who is going to win (and this is the important part!!!) - the chiropractor as long as I go back as scheduled getting the vertebrae put back into the right places. The pain goes down, the muscles are retraining, and most importantly the interference the nerves were getting is reduced allowing them to recover, regrow and rejuvinate, sending full signals to the intended parts. The treatment doesn't stop when the pain stops, that's when the treatment starts even more fervently! You are now getting mobility when you didn't have any, the spine is healing, the nerves are sending full strength signals, the back is getting healthier! Just like my incontinence - back's in the right places now, symptoms disappear! And, with proper long-term care, slowly reducing visits to just maitanence visits, your consistent and proper care reduces to once a month or every two months or whatever frequency the doctor calls for. And, most importantly, you have established the most important part - a good Doctor-Patient relationship. It will benefit you all your life, and you are the best referral, the satisfied one!
After yesterday's adjustment I was zinging more, but after a good night's sleep, the zinging went way down and the back stabilized and my left step was more firmer and more solid. As the day has gone by, it has gotten less firm, with an occasional zing.
To explain, when I first went there, I was in constant pain on the left side, every step with my left foot zinged with pain, from tolerable to "YEOUCH"! and I was limping badly, favoring the right foot, and I couldn't bear to walk down the length of a grocery aisle myself. It was left-sided sciatica pain that was from the hip to the toe, and occasional sharp zings that just stop me. Something was pressing on that nerve. I tried two weeks of painkillers/muscle relaxers to get the back to move off that nerve, but it didn't help at all, so I sought out the Chiropractor. From the first adjustment, the pain started lessening, far better than the painkillers did, those just covered them up.
The best way I can explain it is that the left side felt like it was mushy when I stepped with my left foot, and I had to get off it and transfer my weight to my right foot quickly, which was pain-free and firm when I'd step. Then on the left, pain, mushy feeling, achy, sharp pain, then to the right, and so on. What I'm feeling is the swollen nerve being blocked by a misalignment, irritating the nerve, impinging on it and the response is pain.
Now, steps in the chiropractor who releases pressure on the impinged nerve, allowing it to send its signals properly, by aligning the vertebrae into their correct positions. However, my muscles are used to the old positions and keep trying to pull them back, so it's a battle between my chiropractor resetting them to the correct places and my back trying to pull them to the old, bad places that are out of line. Of course, you know who is going to win (and this is the important part!!!) - the chiropractor as long as I go back as scheduled getting the vertebrae put back into the right places. The pain goes down, the muscles are retraining, and most importantly the interference the nerves were getting is reduced allowing them to recover, regrow and rejuvinate, sending full signals to the intended parts. The treatment doesn't stop when the pain stops, that's when the treatment starts even more fervently! You are now getting mobility when you didn't have any, the spine is healing, the nerves are sending full strength signals, the back is getting healthier! Just like my incontinence - back's in the right places now, symptoms disappear! And, with proper long-term care, slowly reducing visits to just maitanence visits, your consistent and proper care reduces to once a month or every two months or whatever frequency the doctor calls for. And, most importantly, you have established the most important part - a good Doctor-Patient relationship. It will benefit you all your life, and you are the best referral, the satisfied one!
