Before treatment, I was battling constant, debilitating headaches, migraines, dizziness, nausea, and jaw pain. My ears always felt full, my head felt like it was floating 24/7, and everything around me was kind of moving in slow motion. I couldn’t work. I couldn’t go to the gym. I had to fight my way to grocery shop and things that I had to go do. Most days I would wake up, only to have to lie back down within a couple of hours because I felt so awful. It completely stole my summer. I couldn’t even remember what it felt like to feel good.
The scariest part was not knowing where to turn. My symptoms didn’t seem skeletal, so I didn’t think a chiropractor was the answer. I spent thousands of dollars on doctors, tests, and scans that all came back “normal”, but I didn’t feel normal. That uncertainty sent my anxiety to an all-time high. Then I met a holistic consultant who suggested I look into upper cervical chiropractic care.
From my very first visit, I felt seen and validated. The staff was incredibly kind and welcoming. They listened to every detail of my story, showed me videos that made sense of my symptoms, and took scans that revealed I was misaligned in five places. No wonder I felt so miserable! In October 2024, I agreed to treatment. The first months weren’t easy. My body was so out of alignment that it took a loonnnnggggg time to see changes. I remember Dr. Ed reassuring me again and again that I was making progress, even when I couldn’t yet feel it. Slowly but surely, things shifted. The first thing to go was my migraines that once hit every few days became once a week, then once a month… until finally, they disappeared. I also began noticing I could tell when I was out of alignment, a huge sign of healing and awareness. After six months, new scans showed significant improvements, and they even adjusted my treatment plan to make my adjustments more effective. The last thing to go was my dizziness. But now is a tell tale sign to me that I need to get adjusted.
Now, one year later, I can confidently say that I got my life back. I still have occasional symptoms, but I feel good 90% of the time. I go to work, I go to the gym, I wake up with energy, and I live without that constant fear of the next dizzy spell or aura migraine. Words can’t express how grateful I am to the doctors and staff here. They don’t just adjust spines... they restore lives, and they genuinely care about each person who walks through their doors.
And it doesn’t stop there. For over a year, I dealt with constant jaw pain. I clenched in my sleep, my jaw locked halfway open, and eating and even talking was painful. Treatment helped, but it wasn’t fully gone. Recently, I mentioned it to Dr. Ed, and he decided to check my collarbone. Turns out, it was an inch and a half out of alignment. After one adjustment, my jaw pain completely disappeared. Within days, I could open my mouth fully with zero pain... something I hadn’t experienced in so long.
If you’ve ever questioned whether chiropractic care could help you, let this be your sign. I never imagined it would change my life the way it has, but it truly has. To the team at Upper Cervical of Rochester: thank you from the bottom of my heart!