Since I was first introduced into the chiropractic world, I have been privileged to witness many cases of "miraculous" healing.  In each of the cases described next, the only intervention introduced to the patient's life was the chiropractic adjustment.  Simply put, these people came in for care with problems, got adjusted, and the problems went away.  As a scientist, I know that "proof" can only be established in the context of experimental controls; however, as a human being, I have seen a large enough number of these little miracles to understand that restoring nervous system integrity can have all sorts of far-reaching effects on a person's health.  The following are cases that I have observed firsthand; and these are but a drop in the bucket of those I know of from my fellow chiropractic practitioners.

I share these stories with the aim of helping you, who is reading this, to understand better the true scope of chiropractic care, and so that you might be able to dare to hope for better in your life, or to offer hope to someone else who didn't even know getting adjusted might help them.

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I have seen a patient's hearing restored.  In both ears.  Dubious myself, I performed a hearing test to confirm these findings.  He aced the hearing test with flying colors, and he reports now that he can hear the rain falling on the roof for the first time in as long as he can remember.  This same patient was in horrible body pain and could not sleep in his own bed when he came to see us; he was able to sleep only on the floor, or in a recliner.  Since starting care, he is now pain-free and sleeping in his own bed, for the first time in two years.  My running joke is that the patient's wife now either loves me or hates me.

I have seen two couples, who were deemed infertile by medical experts, conceive and carry to term, producing two adorable human beings.  Each of these conceptions occurred within a month of starting chiropractic care.  One patient was female, the other was male.

I have seen a mother of three, who suffered from diarrhea every day of her life for fifteen years, healed after one adjustment.  She stated that no one could understand how bad it had been for her, chasing around three kids but not being able to go anywhere, anywhere, without knowing the location of the next bathroom.  She was amazed that the solution was something as simple as getting adjusted.  She felt like she had been given her life back.

I have also seen longstanding heartburn disappear with a single adjustment.  This was, in fact, on a patient that I had to refer to another chiropractor who has expertise in an area I do not.  I adjusted him once, did not get the results I wanted to see, and so I referred him to a friend for the type of care I thought he needed.  Speaking with my friend this past week, she updated me on the patient's progress and told me he was doing so much better, and that every time he comes in, he makes sure to tell her to "do that adjustment Dr. Amy did that stopped my heartburn!"  Apparently that one adjustment I performed on this gentleman was more effective than I thought!  I have many friends who have seen the same phenomenon, most notably in babies.  This adjustment on an infant is so very gentle, the baby hardly knows he or she is being adjusted.  And yet, like magic, the heartburn goes away.  For any parent who has a child suffering with this, please consider this simple, natural approach to countering heartburn.  If the underlying problem is the nerve supply to the pyloric valve, wouldn't it seem to make more sense to correct that, rather than to stop the stomach from producing the acid it needs to digest food properly?

I have seen a LOT of people get rid of recurrent headaches and migraines that affected their ability to live and enjoy their life.  Imagine having a headache every day, every minute, every week....  Now imagine getting adjusted and having that GONE.  My favorite of these cases was told by her neurologist at a 6 month follow-up appointment, "Whatever you're doing is working, keep doing it!"  In fact, I have now personally seen three cases that baffled neurologists become headache-free after getting adjusted.  Not every headache is due to subluxation, but I am willing to bet that a whole lot are.  If you are curious as to why, Google search cervicogenic headache.

I have seen depression lift with a single atlas adjustment.  In fact, I have been on both the giving and receiving end of this little miracle.  The same for asthma attacks.  For me, getting adjusted actually works better than using an inhaler.  I haven't even owned an inhaler in many years.

I have seen seasonal allergies disappear, more times than I can count.

I have seen fibromyalgia disappear, in three patients of my own and in several in the clinic where I worked in Georgia.  Anyone who has lived with this, or been affected by it, knows how debilitating it is.  Most sufferers have no idea that chiropractic care can help, and might give them their life back.

Last week, one of my patients told me that she no longer has TMJ disorder (TMJD), after only a month of adjustments.  This was confirmed by her dentist, who called her jaw "normal" and asked why she had marked TMJD on her intake form.  TMJ disorder is closely related to cervical spine motion dysfunction, also known as subluxation.  I have seen multiple cases of TMJD resolve with adjustment.  A particularly interesting one was in a patient who had had TMJD for eighteen years and had had two procedures which had failed to correct it.  Two adjustments and her jaw opened normally for the first time in nearly two decades.  She now really enjoys apples!

I have seen menstrual cramps disappear when lower back subluxations are eliminated.  And many of us know how much better life would be without THAT... But really, the question is this:  if the menstrual cramps that can be *felt* are not a problem anymore, what *else* might be working better?  Correct the nervous system dysfunction that leads to a symptom, and not only does the symptom disappear, but also function improves.  Every time.  The brain can only control and heal what it can see, and it uses the nervous system to do so.

One of my personal favorites is the adjustment that helps the nose and sinuses to work better.  YES, chiropractic care can do a lot more than help with back or neck pain!  It's usually C2, but sometimes it's a sneaky subluxation elsewhere that is interfering with the proper function of the nose, which in its natural state is, of course, clear.  When I perform this particular adjustment, the results are often immediate.  So, what sounds better, a lifetime of Claritin and sinus spray, or an adjustment that clears the nose in seconds?  I have performed this adjustment on many, many people.  Each time, I have to confess, I giggle.  It's just so fun to see physiology change so quickly in response to something as simple as an adjustment.

Another of my favorites is a patient who, when she came to me, suffered from continual exhaustion.  She would get home from work at 230pm, nap until it was time to make dinner, then cook, eat, and go to bed.  This was her life and had been for many years.  Her first adjustment was remarkable immediately:  she turned to me right after, amazed, and said, "I can breathe better!"  She went home that afternoon with more energy.  Three weeks later, she tells me this:  "I have not napped in THREE WEEKS, since the first time I came to see you."  What do you think this meant to her life, and to her loved ones?  Subluxation literally means "less light;" reducing this patient's subluxation certainly did seem to give her more light and life!

And one of my favorites is the first adjustment I gave to a patient who, right after I adjusted her, looked like she was about to cry.  I was a little scared that maybe the adjustment had hurt, until she told me why she was about to cry: that the fog she had felt for years had suddenly lifted, and the world was bright and clear for the first time she could remember.  That patient now lives without migraines or anxiety.  I believe her life is a better place for having been introduced to chiropractic care.

I am privileged to see these little miracles take shape in my practice every day, every week.  So if you're looking for some answers, and you've gotten this far in what I've written here, I think it's time you give chiropractic care a shot.  You have little to lose, and life to gain.

-Dr. Amy