I woke up with a sharp pain at the base of my spine, very sharp. Spinal aches weren't new to me as I have had motorcycle accidents, a bad skydiving landing, a few car accidents, fell off a roof, fell out a window, et al, but this day the pain was too sharp to ignore and something had to be done. I called Westerville Chiropractic and they scheduled me right away.
Chiropractic care is not a magic bullet, it's a process. You don't walk in, get "cracked", and walk out cured in one visit. I took my pain to Dr. Brooks and instead of crack-crack-go home like many lesser chiropractors will do, he started asking questions and did an actual exam of my spine, complete with x-rays, and then we mapped out my pain. I had been to several other chiropractors in the past, but their treatment was always a generic adjustment, not focused on my problem specifically, and I had never been given an x-ray. It turns out that I have a tilted pelvis, as evidenced by the x-ray. Some gentle probing confirmed that my L5/S1 joint was frozen...and had probably been frozen for a long time. I sold two vehicles because I couldn't fix the tilt in their seats and now I find out I'm the one who is tilted! I received a very gentle adjustment that day and set up a 30 visit treatment plan (it's a process, remember?).
The sharp wake-up pain in my spine was not there the next morning, it was merely a dull ache but the improvement was very welcome and I viewed it as a great start.
I started decompression therapy, three days per week for four weeks. The decompression machine essentially pulls your spine apart, gently, and allows fluid and nutrients to reach into the vertebrae, plumping up your spinal discs. That first day on the "rack" was less than pleasant and sitting up after the treatment was worse, but they assured me it would get easier and they were right. It took a week or so, but I eventually looked forward to my morning stretch. I could feel my back improving, it no longer hurt to bend, my strength was returning, and I even felt younger. I have completed 12 of 30 visits and, just today, I finally felt my L5/S1 move a little during my adjustment and it is glorious! Glorious!!
Dr. Brooks is attentive and professional, he speaks in layman's terms and patiently explains the process in detail so I never have any surprises. Billing and continued treatment discussions do come up as they are a necessary evil, but you won't feel like a used-car salesman is giving you the full court press so he can finance his new boat, I promise. Dr. Brooks wants you to feel better and sees you as a patient, not a profit center. I won't go into too much detail, but the prices at Westerville Chiropractic are very reasonable with several payment options available (shop around, the prices at some of the other chiropractors will stagger you). His staff is well trained, polite, and very pleasant. The communication in the office is excellent, they never have to ask me about what the doctor wants to do. I was able to schedule a month of visits all at once and was handed a single page print-out of the whole thing rather than a phone-book thick stack of single visit pages. The office itself is clean and modern and comfortable as are the various pieces of well-maintained equipment. I actually look forward to my visits and today they even had donuts!
Great doc, great staff, great office, great prices, and great balls of fire do I feel better! I highly recommend Dr. Brooks and Westerville Chiropractic for all your spinal column and other chiropractic needs! read more
