I have been coming to Family Chiropractic since Jan. 2007.  Since I began I have not had any colds or the flu.  It has been great not even to get the sniffles once when my friends were complaining about having the flu this past winter.  It was not until my auto accident at the end of July that I began to notice that along with my neck and back pain came the return of the colds and upper respiratory congestion.  I am looking forward to getting my neck and back into alignment and another cold free winter.                                                                                                                                       Thanks!
Wendy

Before coming to the Family Chiropractic Office I suffered from headaches and backaches constantly.  I usually would take Tylenol or aspirin to relieve the pain.  After only being adjusted by Dr. Tim for a couple of months I feel great!  I enjoy coming to Family Chiropractic and seeing the wonderful staff members Dorrene, Dr. Tim and Dr. Andrea.

I finally decided to seek chiropractic help after I twisted my back so bad while playing tennis that I could no longer play because of the pain.  Over the years my lower back became more and more of an issue as the muscles would tighten up after a bought of activity or simply long durations of standing or walking.

Then one evening I was playing tennis and I really pulled something in my lower back that created a sharp pain and much more tightness than I could live with or simply stretch out.  That's when I decided it was time to have a chiropractor take a look and see what they could do.  Thankfully my mother-in-law was a patient of Dr. Tim's and Dr. Andrea's so she referred me to them.

My immediate objective was to see if they could get rid of the acute pain I was in, but I was also hopeful that they might be able to do something about the more chronic tightness and pain that I had grown use to living with.  I had never visited a chiropractor before so knew nothing of the science behind the methods, only that it had something to do with them cracking your back and neck.  Dr. Tim and Dr. Andrea did a great job in educating me and explaining everything before they began my treatment.  My x-rays showed that I had a number of issues with my neck, back and hips.  I had more weight on one leg than the other.  My hips were slightly rotated forward and not level.  My spine was not straight up and down, but off to the side a bit.  My head was tilted forward.  Finally my neck was not nicely curved the way it should be, but quite straight and fixed.  After about two adjustments my acute pain dissipated enough that I could play tennis again.

I was shocked when I first got my neck adjusted and I suddenly had so much more flexibility and rotation in it.  I didn't know I was supposed to be able to move it around that much.  I'm now three months along and within the past month I've begun to notice that I no longer have any tightness in my lower back after I play tennis.  I was out shoveling snow recently which would always cause me to be really stiff and sore, but I felt nothing afterwards.  It is as though I have been given a new back.

I'm very excited now by the corrective action I have taken and the hope that as I get older I can maintain my flexibility and continue to be comfortably active.  I see some older people who are all hunched over or have to shuffle along and have clearly lost their flexibility and I know I don't want to be like that.  I really appreciate the work of Dr. Tim and Dr. Andrea and will be making chiropractic care a part of my overall health care for the rest of my life.

Gary

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