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I Thought Chiropractors Only Fixed Backs!
"I have a furniture making company that requires me to do repetitive motions daily which has caused injury to my wrist. This discomfort and pain to my wrist was not allowing me to be as productive as my business demanded. I had tried several remedies to correct the problem but was unsuccessful. I decided to go see Dr. Darla Thompson so that she could diagnose the problem. She spent a long time evaluating the cause and explained thoroughly different methods I could use in my work to avoid the discomfort and further injury. Additionally, she made several adjustments and after just 2 visits, I was pain free.
I am now able to work in my shop pain free and confident that any pain I may encounter in the future Dr. Darla will assess and alleviate.
Thank you Dr. Darla. "
Leslie Ravey
An English Teacher Visits Dr. Darla: A Play In Three Acts
"Enter your fear. I know what you're thinking: she'll twist my neck enabling me to imitate Linda Blair on a bad day; or, worse yet, she'll break my neck rendering me paralyzed for the rest of my life, making the visit to the exorcist look like a picnic. Well, I thought these horrors were distinct possibilities; furthermore, I believed the bigotry of the medical establishment which would have us to believe a myth that chiropractors are quacks even as those M.D.'s tell you they want the best of health for you. Well, one August, after I had ruptured my post-tibial tendon, I endured 4 weeks of a cast which caused muscle atrophy, and two medical opinions that ranged from tendon detachment and scraping (to remove scar tissue) to complete bone reconstruction (not to mention between $18,000 and $30,000 cost), yet not one doctor mentioned exercise. I had to beg the second doctor to write a prescription for orthotics as I tried to heal myself; and in his best condescending manner, he acquiesced. By January, I was in so much pain, I was ready for the Linda Blair imitation, or better yet, paralysis. At least I wouldn't be able to feel the stabbing pain I had started to endure after just one hour at school every day. Enough said? Do I have your attention?
Enter my audible request (imagine a whining, grating "I hurt; help me") for a chiropractor. One of my student's stepmother was a chiropractor, so she tried to set me up only to return the next day allowing that her mom wasn't taking any new patients. Great. I finally get up the nerve to see a quack, and not one is available. Same day, still whining. I get a phone call from my companion (who is way over listening to the complaints) saying that she had met this chiropractor. No coincidences in my life. Well, I arranged an appointment THAT day.
Enter my personal savior. Darla Thompson not only diluted my fears, she completely washed away the myth created by a community of medical professionals who apparently can not handle the power of doctors who are adept at offering patients whole health without drugs or surgery. Within a month I was on a regimen of muscle-and-tendon strengthening exercises, receiving regular deep tissue, neuromuscular massage (to break up the scar tissue), getting my entire body adjusted on a weekly or when necessary twice weekly basis, and discovering that not only could I walk without pain, but that my allergies were decreasing, my posture was improving, and the incidents of my chronic respiratory ailments were diminishing rapidly. I will have to see Darla for decades before I spend the amount of money the orthopedic surgeons would have charged.
She has proven that taking care of my whole self is beneficial not only to my physical health but also to my mental health. I exercise more (but not a lot more) and have even lost some weight ( but not a lot of weight). Darla continues to research anything necessary to improve my health and her profession. The only M.D. I see now is my gynecologist; please let me assert that I certainly prefer my weekly adjustments with my D.C. I continue to teach myth where it belongs - as literature, and the only quacks I am aware of swim where they belong - in the water. "
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