Case studies
As a chiropractor, one of my favorite moments is when a patient reveals some amazing change that has happened to their health after starting chiropractic care. It is a common occurrence, but I will never tire of the stories or the elated faces of those experiencing positive outcomes.
This is true across the board for chiropractors all over the country. When you restore the brain to body connection and allow nervous system information to travel unimpeded through the body, great things happen. Sometimes chiropractors will publish some of their case studies in various journals and other publications. I would like to share a couple of those case studies:
1) Epileptic seizures, Nocturnal enuresis, ADD (Langley C. Chiropractic Pediatrics Vol 1 No. 1, April, 1994)
Eight-year-old female with a history of epilepsy, heart murmur, hypoglycemia, nocturnal enuresis (bed wetting) and attention deficit disorder. The child had been to five pediatricians, three neurologists, six psychiatrists and 10 hospitalizations. Child had been on Depakote, Depakene, Tofranil and Tegretol. She had been a difficult birth; a cesarean had to be performed under general anesthesia. The mother was told the baby was allergic to breast milk and formulas and was stayed on prescription feeding.
The doctors told the mother the girl would never ride a bike nor do things like normal children do. The child was wetting the bed every night and experiencing 10-12 seizures/day, with frequent mood swings, stomach pains, diarrhea and special education classes for learning disabilities.
Chiropractic adjustments were given at the C1 and C2 spinal bones approximately three times per week. Two weeks after beginning care the bed-wetting began to resolve and was completely resolved after six months. She was also going to leave special education classes to enter regular fifth-grade classes. After one year of chiropractic, the seizures were much milder and diminished to 8-10 per week. Patient was also released from psychiatric care as "self-managing." Her resistance to disease increased and she can now ride a bike, roller skate and ice skate like a normal child. After medical examinations, she is expected to be off all medication within a month.
2) Case Study. Male - age 7 years. (Webster, L. Chiropractic Showcase Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 5, Summer 1994.)
The child was placed under care on Feb. 14, 1994, with the following clinical picture:
Hyperactivity, stuttering, slow learner, retarded growth and left leg approximately 1 inch shorter than right with a limp while walking. Medical plans were to break the left leg and insert metal rods in an attempt to stimulate growth and equalize leg lengths. Our examination consisted of a Metrecom evaluation, full spine X-rays and chiropractic examination of the spine.
Patient was placed on an intensive correction program of three times weekly for a period of two months. During the first seven visits the legs were never balanced, however, each time a reduction of the short leg occurred. On the eighth visit the legs balanced for the first time. Also noticed by eighth visit:
1. The stuttering had stopped.
2. The grades in school had risen from non-satisfactory to satisfactory.
3. The hyperactivity had abated.
4. The limp was no longer constant.
People sometimes like to refer to their health changes from chiropractic care as "miraculous." However, they are not miracles. When the brain cannot fully communicate with the body due to nervous system interference, problems arise. When a chiropractor restores that communication with an adjustment, amazing things can happen.
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