Chiropractors / spinal specialists australia
Dr
April Traynor, Health in Hands Chiropractic, Wollongong,
NSW, Australia
As you read this, you will get to know a little about my
family and why we have chosen chiropractic care. There are
five for us: Rob (Dad), Joshua(11), Aaron (9), Jack (6) and
Myself.
I began seeing Grant just after Jack was born. I had
been suffering migraines (hormonal), sciatic nerve pain, "mothers
back", a dowager's hump was developing and I had a family
history of scoliosis. I decided I could do without these
problems on top of all the normal hassles of working and
raising a family. My mother, who had been seeing Grant for
some time, bought me along. Well, the dreaded Dowager's Hump
disappeared in a short time, migraines were now a thing of
the past (from every month to maybe twice in the past 3 years)
and I seldom suffer back pain. With regular visits to Grant
and doing some exercises at home that he taught me, I find
I'm getting along very well.
I bought Aaron in when he turned
five as he was still wetting the bed. Aaron was a bed wetter
and had suffered mild asthma until then and within a few
visits he was dry at night and very seldom even gets wheezy
(I'm sure swimming helps with this too). Rob started coming
along with us soon after. He has Psoriatic Arthritis and
would often get debilitating joint pain, especially in his
hands and knees. Regular chiropractic adjustments keep Rob
mobile and his pain manageable.
After a while, we noticed our
general health was very good in addition to the specific ailments
mentioned above. When those around us were down & out with
flu/colds, we seemed to avoid or recover more quickly from
these, so we decided to bring Joshua and Jack along and make
it a family "thing".
Good thing too, they were both beginning to get misalignments
in their spines, and while the damage to Rob & my spines
(calcification of a couple of vertebrae) can't be undone,
we can rest assured that it will not happen to the boys.
Now
look at us! Instead of paracetamol popping "lounge
lizards" where many activities were not enjoyable if
not downright painful, we are active and healthy. We recently
checked when our last visit to an MD was – April 2000!
We
enjoy long family walks, play badminton, ball games and the
boys are gathering a nice collection of trophies from swimming
and athletics.
What we save on medicines and doctor's bills
more than covers the cost associated with Chiropractic care
and being in a medical fund means we can claim a bit of it
back also. It seems a particularly valuable investment in all
our futures.
Feeling good within yourself really makes "living" a
lot easier, and a lot more FUN!
Dianne Hummel