finland chiropractic
Dr. Harri Maki-Pesola Pori, Finland
My experience from chiropractic has always been
very positive. I got immediate help for my dizziness a decade
back and my upper back pain was relieved a few years ago.
Therefore, it was a natural thing for me to seek a chiropractor
again after a car accident. The accident happened when we
were crossing the road when a truck driver didn't stop on
a red light. Instead he hit our car on the left rear end.
The collision made the car spin and it seemed like my head
was going to spin off. My husband drove our car and shortly
lost his consciousness when hitting his head on the side
window. After the release from hospital the next day our
problems started. I started
to have headaches and weird problems with my eyes. I couldn't
see as well and that made reading very difficult. My husband's
problems were much worse. His headaches became worse by the
day, he had pain and numbness in his hands, he couldn't turn
his head due to muscle pain in his neck and he felt like
vomiting all the time.
The x-rays were taken in the hospital
but the doctor told us there weren't any fractures or any
other visible problems. It
was time to visit a chiropractor. This time it was a different
one (Dr Harri), because the one I used to visit didn't want
to see us only a few days after an accident. We were lucky
enough to get an appointment with the new chiropractor in
town. We discovered that we both had lost the normal neck
curve and that my husband's spine was already bending forwards.
This didn't appear to be a new problem, because I had told
my husband for years he should sit up straight and the chiropractor
showed us both that there were already some bony spurs and
that the discs weren't as high as they normally should be.
In addition, my posture was way off from normal and it seemed
as if I was standing on leg only. We both decided that our
spines needed correction.
The experience was what I had expected.
Both of us were much better shortly after we started care
but as we went along we started to appreciate what the chiropractor
was telling us. This time the care was not only to get us
feeling better but to correct us so that we would stay better.
During our care (last 1,5yrs) our posture has changed and
our health has improved. We have also made it possible for
our children to get regularly cared for. This was especially
important for our eldest daughter who had to wear a corrective
brace for 12 months to correct her scoliosis. She is now
straight and feels wonderful.
Eila & Mikko