I’m not normally overly evangelical about brands and companies unless I have either had a really remarkable experience with them, or they’re paying me a per diem. But I have to share a story that happened to me tonight.
Less than 20 minutes ago, I had a migraine. Not the kind of migraine the other colleagues in your office tell you they get from looking at a monitor so they can go home early – I’m talking the honest-to-God drymouth, nausea, weeping, lay in a dark room and pray for the sweet release of death migraines. I couldn’t speak properly. I was shaking, sweating and shivering all at the same time.
When I first started going to the chiropractor after throwing out my hip doing a spinning hook kick at jiu-jitsu, he told me that if I ever needed an emergency adjustment, to call. “Why,” I asked “would anyone ever need an emergency adjustment?”
Over time, I started believing a little more in chiropractic, especially when I pinched a nerve in my neck and an adjustment allowed me to turn my head again. If I had a headache coming on, I would normally find that after an adjustment, the headache would subside.
Tonight, I took him up on his offer. A friend of mine had to call for me, since I was unable to speak properly, and he was able to come by my house on his way home. It took about 30 seconds before I could feel a difference. In 10 minutes, my headache was gone. In 20, I was sitting in front of my computer writing this.
When I started going to the chiropractor, I was skeptical. It’s easy to be with any preventative healthcare. It’s also easy for consumers to be skeptical about the value of the service that you provide. My chiropractor curbed my skepticism by being good at what he does, and providing that extra level of service when I needed it most. I’m sure there’s a lesson for everyone who works in a service-based industry to be learned there, but I’m still recovering and am in no shape to find it.
That said, I will now tell everyone I know who gets migraines that a chiropractor may be the answer.*
*I am not a doctor, nor qualified in any way to give you medical advice. Don’t listen to me.
** If you live in Ottawa and are looking for a chiropractor, I highly recommend Dr. Ellard at Glebe Chiropractic.
