I Am All Jacked Up

So tonight was my first experience with a chiropractor and it was a better experience than I could have expected. Just over a week ago I started experiencing severe pain and it didn't go away for five days and then when it did go away it wasn't 100%. A couple days after enjoying my neck all went to hell again. My neck and left shoulder were back in severe pain mode this past Saturday. So, basically I had a crappy weekend while I iced my neck and sat around the house like I was 80 years old. After advice from everybody I know I finally called a chiropractor and made an appointment for tonight.

This just wasn't any chiropractor it was the chiropractor the famous Dr. Cox referred both Andy and I too. That alone didn't make me feel more comfortable about seeing a chiropractor. I basically spent all day today worrying about what he was going to do to me. I kept envisioning my neck being twisted in all directions while it just snapped in every which direction. Talk about a frightening image. Anyway I finally made it out to the west side of Phoenix to Stein Chiropractic and met the world's tallest chiropractor. Yes, that is what his website says and after meeting him I definitely believe it. Dr. Stein is seven foot two inches tall...he makes Andy look short...if that is possible. He was very nice and I explained my neck pain and how I just wanted it fixed. After a better understanding of how chiropractic works he took my x-rays and we looked at them together. Mmmmm...my spine is all jacked up! No joke! Starting from the tail bone in veered to the right and then back to the left and then to the right a little and then it went straight up to my neck. Ok, I thought this was somebody else's x-ray because how could my spine look like that...well, it does and I accepted it. So, normally Dr. Stein does not do adjustments on the consultation night but since I was referred by the famous Dr. Cox he did since he looks up to Dr. Cox.

Time for the adjustments. I really had no idea what was going to happen but Dr. Stein uses the Gonstead method which is very safe and he does not twist you at all. That made me feel more safe. Instead of twisting he pushes. First he pushed one of my vertebrae back in place up by my neck. I think I squeeled just a tad. Then he pushed on the middle of my back to put those vertebrae back in place and the cracking noise and feeling was just crazy. The feeling and noise is so not what I expected so I screamed...just a little. Then I laid down on a table/couch where he did my lower back and that wasn't so bad. Then he did my left shoulder which was also weird. All of this was a complete new experience for me and when I went to pay at the front desk when it was all said and done the ladies giggled a little and told me they heard my screams. Ooops! I hope I didn't scare any of your other clients.

I know a lot of people see a chiropractor, but this was my first experience and I thought it was quite the experience so I wanted to share with everyone. I wish you could feel what I felt because it was insane. My neck is already starting to feel better. I will go back again next week to see Dr. Stein for another adjustment of my back. I need to get my jacked up spine back to looking normal. If you saw what I saw on the x-rays you would be a little worried about your back too.