For most of my adult life, I've suffered from tension headaches. I believe they're the result of ingrained tension caused by muscle imbalances in my lower back, shoulders, and neck.
A friend recommended massages from Linda Glover at Your Wellness Connection. Linda is fantastic! Excellent massages, and a sense of humor that I enjoy. After just a couple of sessions (one per week) I noticed that my headaches decreased in frequency. She assured me that we could retrain my back to stop holding on to all this tension. I was happy to embark on that work with her.
One day she suggested that I see one of the chiropractors at Your Wellness Connection. She recommended Dr. Sean Cailteux very highly.
Like many people, I'm wary of chiropractors. We've all heard the criticisms - they're quacks who don't actually fix problems, they always make sure that you need to keep seeing them to bilk you for more money, etc. I voiced this concern to Linda and she completely understood - and she assured me in the strongest terms that Dr. Sean isn't like that.
She told me that Dr. Sean believes in fixing problems. His goal is to see a patient as few times as needed and he hopes to never have to see someone again.
At our first appointment, Dr. Sean had his assistant take some x-rays of my neck and spine; he examined my spine and posture and did a full adjustment. He informed me that there are no major problems with my spine or neck vertebrae - nothing out of alignment, no compression between my discs.
Two weeks later I had a follow-up appointment with Dr. Sean - I assumed this was routine. He did another standard adjustment. Again - he didn't mention any problems with my spine or neck vertebrae.
But at the end of this second session, he told me that he wanted to continue to see me every two weeks for an unspecified amount of time, and then we should be able to taper down to once a month or so - eventually, he said, he hoped he'd only need to see me a few times a year.
Recall - he told me at both appointments that there's nothing wrong with my spine or neck.
I asked him why he felt the need to keep seeing me so often - he rebuffed and deflected my questions. I never got any satisfactory explanation from him. He dodged the questions so skillfully, I'm left with the conclusion that he does this a lot.
My experience with Dr. Sean left a very bad taste in my mouth.
As much I think that Linda is an excellent masseuse, she's the one who recommended Dr. Sean in the first place and assured me that he wasn't what he turned out to be - at best, this means that I can't trust her judgment.
I won't go back to Your Wellness Connection again - not to see Linda, and certainly not to see Dr. Sean.
Linda is a very good masseuse and she helped me quite a lot. But after my experience with Dr. Sean, I can't recommend Your Wellness Connection in good conscience. read more