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We've all heard the expression, right? “Step on a crack”…you can finish it; I know you can…”break your mother’s back!!”
Though I think that is quite insensitive to the mothers of the world, when it comes to me, if I step on a crack, I usually break SOMETHING. I have had more broken bones, torn ligaments, fractured whatevers, cracked something-or-others, and ‘itises” of the whatchamacallits than anyone I know. True story.
It is very difficult to have an opinion these days, especially if you’re me. I am a bit of a nut-bucket (no secret), and for that reason, people sometimes find it hard to take me seriously. For instance, when I am touting all the good reasons to be a clean and healthy eater, most people – not all, but most – guffaw at organics or the thought of taking processed foods out of their diets. (Nice usage of ‘guffaw’, right??)
But I’m here to tell you I have PROOF of what I am posting about today…so keep yer guffaws to yerselves. (Totally went Cowboy Camp Speak on ya there; sorry)
This guy – we’ll call him Dr. Derek Maxson, since that’s his name – is a chiropractor from another PLANET. First day, I walked (limped) into his office and I say, “I've got this knee thing.” By the time I walked out – I WALKED OUT. No limp!
Next, I walk in and say, “So I've been running now! Thanks for fixing my knee! But I've run myself into a bunion.” Low-and-behold, bunion gone within minutes. Another time: “Cough, cough!!” (That’s me coughing) I hand him a hand-written note saying I have zero voice, sore throat, ear ache, AND I have to sing the very next morning. BOOM. Voice back by the next day after one of those “adjustments”. AND he adjusted my EAR to fix it. MY EAR, PEOPLE.
But recently, a diverticulitis and gall bladder attack set me back. (It’s an epidemic these days, but I've been dealing with this since I was a kid) I mean it was such terrible pain. I walked in with swelling that made me look five-months pregnant and pain shooting through me all up in my down-below. (And this is AFTER an emergency-room visit did NOT help me) I did what he asked (some crazy contraption and a different kind of adjustment) and I walked out of there moments – literally MOMENTS – later with no swelling and relief from the pain enough to tend to it from home properly.
Last but certainly not least, I recently had a sweet friend yawn and dislocate his jaw. Don’t laugh; it COULD happen to you! It was not only painful, it was scary. And it was late at night. But Dr. Derek Maxson (I’m starting to sound like a commercial for him at this point) got up, met my friend at his clinic, and gently and patiently adjusted and healed his jaw.
I know – not only do I sound like I’m selling you on a pyramid scheme of some sort or trying to get you to buy a time-share, but I’m also making him sound like some sort of weird superhero. Well Folks, that’s because HE IS. (Minus the pyramid scheme/time share part!)
Me telling you all about my chiropractor may sound like quite the little thing in the grand scheme of life. But I think we MUST enjoy the little things, because one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. Thank you for helping to keep me well, Derek. My health is a big thing. That’s just my opinion.
Trust and adjust!!
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