Dr. Todd M. Muhr Rockingham Chiropractic Center Eden, NC

Pain to Passion

Wendy I., staff member and patient, writes her chiropractic testimony.

At 18 years of age I was rear-ended at a stop. The person who hit me was going approximately 50 M.P.H. at impact. I was the passenger in my vehicle and didn't see it coming. I was not braced for the impact and I wasn't wearing a seatbelt, needless to say I hit the windshield and dashboard very hard. By some miracle, I was only dazed and still in one piece (So I thought).

I went to the emergency room later that day and was x-rayed. According to the doctors there, I had no injury other than muscular strain and they gave me painkillers to treat that. A few days later I had become very sore and was suffering a terrible headache that wouldn't go away. Someone suggested to me I see a chiropractor, uncertain and doubtful I went and he diagnosed me with whiplash. I received my first adjustment that day and I felt much better. I didn't understand what had happened, all I knew was I felt better.

Unfortunately, he failed to educate me on my experience and he failed to invite me back. Knowing nothing about chiropractic, I thought my treatment was over and I never returned. And it goes without saying, my pain certainly returned. I learned to live with it. I suffered with severe pain in the base of my neck, daily headaches, tingling in my arms and numbness in my fingertips. I lived with it for 14 years. It was progressively getting worse. My list of body signals was growing rapidly, I felt like I was getting old before my time.

At the age of 32, I was waiting tables for a living with no ambition in life other than to earn a living for my daughter and myself. All I did was work and hurt. I never felt like doing anything else. I was miserable inside, but I must have hid my pain well because one day Dr. Gammel and Dr. Muhr offered me the opportunity of a lifetime. They offered me a position in their office and chance to earn certification in x-ray.

What a blessing!!! I knew nothing about chiropractic!! I had no idea what I was getting myself into and getting myself out of. I dove in headfirst. I loved the education I was receiving. I wanted to soak up chiropractic like a sponge, it became a passion. I naturally started chiropractic care. Dr. Muhr detected my subluxations and started removing interferences in my nervous system. Things started changing. I stopped hurting, I was sleeping better, I was loaded with energy, I was functioning mentally on a level I never knew existed in me, I could go on and on about the benefits.

My daughter also receives care. To see her be adjusted is such a blessing. I get cold chills when I watch Dr. Muhr adjust her spine, because I understand what it is doing for her entire being. Thanks to Dr. Muhr and Dr. Gammel, health and wellbeing are a part of me and mine.