I've been plagued by chronic headaches since grade school. From debilitating migraines to dull…read moreheadaches that would last for literally months, I feel like I've spent more of my life with a headache than without. Naturally, I've seen every specialist there is to see, but the one profession I've encountered more than any other (by a factor of about a dozen) is the chiropractor, and until Lucid Chiropractic, they all said the same thing: that they've cured tons of people of their headaches, and that if I simply follow their [expensive] program, I'll be good as new.
Except no one so much as touched them. They came with the same frequency, same intensity, same everything. The chiropractors would push for me to stay in treatment for another month or year, saying that my feeling better was just around the corner.
Needless to say, I soon wrote chiropractors off for good. Then my husband came home raving about a chiropractor who came into his office, and how this one was "different" and that I needed to give him a chance.
I was opposed to this, and eventually my husband had to force my hand by booking the appointment for me. On the drive over, grumpy, groggy, and headachey--like I always was--I said "fine, but I'm not letting them take any x-rays. My head's been x-ray'd so much that they'll give me brain cancer by the time they solve my headaches."
My initial meeting was with Dr. Geoff. After a lengthy (and informative) description of what sort of chiropractic care he provides (hint, it's not the normal pop-and- crack-em variety), he asked me what was wrong. I explained to him my headaches, and then the unthinkable happened. He said "Well, I'm not sure if we can resolve them or not, but we can try. To start, though, we'll need to take some x-rays."
My husband thought I'd walk out the door at the mention of x-rays, but instead I was all in. This chiropractor knew that there were limits to the care he could provide, already proving he was both more honest and more intelligent than most I had worked with in the past. That his rates were beyond reasonable, and his "treatment plan" only lasted two-to-three months of relatively regular visits, was bonus.
Initially, my headaches were static, but I noticed an unexpected change: I was no longer groggy and foggy-headed. I didn't even realize that one could feel clear-headed and energetic as a normal part of life. I didn't mention this as a problem to solve, and no one planted the idea in my head that I might be more alert, and yet I was downright spritely. It was euphoric, and made continuing with Lucid Chiropractic absolutely worth it, even if my head still did regularly hurt.
After several months, though, even my headaches started to fade.
Now that I know what it feels like to feel good, being groggy, dull, and achy is nearly debilitating. I am so acutely aware of all the ways in which I do not feel good, and I marvel that I was able to live like this, every day, and be a productive person.
When I do something stupid and throw myself out of alignment, I can feel it, and that's saying something. I am not normally the most self-aware person. And now I merely go in to see them when I know I'm out of alignment, they do their magic, and then the next day it's like I'm a real person again.
Dr. Geoff and Dr. Ollie are amazing, and I'm so glad my husband bullied me into seeing them. They single-handedly have improved the quality of my life.
