When it comes right down to it, a person has to "want" to get well. In the game of healthcare, there is no such thing as... "I'll try it once and see how it goes." That would not be the best choice with antibiotics, insulin shots or chemotherapy and it is certainly not the best choice with Chiropractic.
A wonderful woman came in years after a significant head injury. She was disconnected, nervous and clearly out of sorts. Her family life had suffered and maintaining meaningful employment had been challenging. When asked to focus on a single, slow moving target, her eyes darted around like an intoxicated moth searching for light in the darkness. Her head injury had obviously not been resolved for a very long time.
After doing my best to explain the seriousness of this one finding, she says... "Go ahead and crack my stiff neck today and I'll see how this goes." Really? She couldn't hold her eyes focused for a second and she thought my "cracking" her neck once may somehow help. No, no, no!
This was going to be an in depth, long term neurologic rehabilitation for which "cracking" her neck once would only make things worse! One Chiropractic adjustment was NOT coming from me. I provided her a simple eye exercise with profound ability to improve the muscular function of here eyes thus providing "stability" to here visual world.
If she is committed to her recovery, she WILL perform the simple eye exercise and I WILL be able to tell. If not, well... so be it. Health takes commitment.
If you are committed to your recovery, I'll be here for you.
Richard H. Crokin, DC
503.431.2388
