Chiropractors
/ spinal specialists usa
Drs. Bruce Wong and Dr. Katherine Higgins-Katoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
I am a patient with Dr. Wong for the second time for a little
more than a month now. Before that, three years ago, a year.
When I first started saw Dr. Wong I had two ruptured discs in my lumbar
from an accident at work. Raised by my mom who was a registered nurse,
I was skeptical at first, but had no other choice for pain relief. I
would get spasms in my lower back that would radiate throughout my lower
back to my toes. It felt like a hot spike being driven from the middle
of my back and out my toes. It was so bad I couldn't walk, sit, or lie
down. The pain for a month to a month and a half was constant and it
wasn't more than ten minutes of sleep before I was waken up with the
burning pain. This happened every thirty days or so for a long time.
Because
of my active life-style, I did not choose surgery because the Dr's at
best could only give me a "50-50 chance." It would either "get
better or worse, most likely worse." From the lack of exercise I had
gained 100 lbs, and had symptoms of being a diabetic, with
hypothyroidism.
After a month now seeing Dr. Wong I have no more pain
and could again resume my life. After three months my x-rays showed the
vertebrae were separating and the discs growing back to normal. Well,
after a year of chiropractic care because of unforeseen circumstances
I stopped my visits. Thinking I was 100% better I left chiropractic.
Needless to say the pain started again after three and a half years.
I just started back
again. Because of this latest incident I had realized the value of regular
chiropractic care. There are two types of Chiropractors. The first are
more symptomatic, and the second are more into long term health. Chiropractic
USA treats the whole body for a lifetime, It's like you can go to an
auto mechanic when your car breaks down, or go on regularly schedule
visits to prevent the more expensive repair jobs.
Is it hard to make it here three times a week? Oh yes very
much so. It's very hard to stick to a schedule, but try and miss a
few appointments or stop coming, then you'll miss the trip,
In the beginning I thought is this really doing anything for me, but
it's the time you stop when you notice how much good the adjustments
are really doing.
David