finland chiropractic
Dr. Harri Maki-Pesola Pori, Finland
To make people understand how lucky they should
feel if they're healthy, I would like to share my story:
When I was a young woman, and had just given birth to my
first child, I started to have really odd symptoms which
seemed to change but never go away. For two desperate years
the doctors tried to find what had gone wrong with me. They
never found the reason but all of them seemed to be certain
I had to have my thyroid gland surgically removed. That was
in fall of 1966. Ever since, although medication, my health
deteriorated gradually and surely.
Now, the past 40 years
seem like a terrible waste. I haven't had a day of good health.
The aches, pains, depression, problems sleeping, tiredness,
weight gain, unexplainable infections, memory loss, heart
and lung disease, and all else just wore me out and made
me lose my mental health. I felt like it was the medication
that made me worse but the doctors kept giving me more and
stronger medication, which I later refused to take. That
was enough for my husband, father of my three children, who
decided it was time for something else. I was locked into
a mental institution for months against my own will.
Result
was more medication without anyone listening just how bad
it was being trapped in my body or why I was having all these
issues with my health. I seemed to be the only one thinking
it was not only in my head. I became very bitter and I'm
sure it was my christian belief that kept me alive those
months.
After the mental institution,
another two years went by. still
I was drugged and it seems like a long sleep. Last fall (2005)
a friend showed me an ad she had seen in the newspaper. By
the time I had never heard of chiropractic other than help
people with their back problems. But if someone could relieve
my back pain, I would be more than grateful. What I also
didn't know was what I looked like trying to stand up.
The
pictures of my spine were shocking! My spine looked like
a collection of bones that weren't meant to be in a same
spine. Although I'm only in my early 60's, I looked worse
than those over 100. I could easily relate my posture and
painful areas in my back to different health problems. my
husband couldn't. Because of this the chiropractor refused
to accept me under his care until my husband promised his
support (we live far away from the office and I need him
to drive). I promised his support as a christmas gift.
At
the beginning there only seemed to be minor changes but as
time went by I began to notice some other changes. for
years I hadn't walked more than just a hundred metres at
a time, but suddenly (compare to 40 years of inability) after
just few weeks I was easily able to walk for an hour, painless.
That was not all. my heart beat went from 120/min to just
80/min without adding any medication, breathing started to
feel easier and my mental attitude started to change.
Actually,
as I had only been complaining for the past 40 years, I was
told no one in the chiropractic office wanted to hear complaints. they
only wanted the good news. That made me understand I should
also look at the bright side of life. As I've done it, I've
noticed that there are now much more good days and only a
occasional bad day. About the good I tell everyone, the bad
I put aside. For me chiropractic has been the ultimate solution.
Although I haven't been able to throw all my medication away,
it seems wonderful not needing them so much.
It is a policy
to attend the chiropractor's health classes at least 4 times/year.
So far I have tried to attend at least twice a month to bring
other relatives and friends. I was lucky enough to convince
all of my family to come for a spinal check up. My two sons
live far away but my husband and my daughter are now patients
as well, although they didn't really have any problems. It
just made sense to take care of the postural misalignment
they had, before they start to have any problems. As a result
my daughter has felt so energetic she was recently promoted
in her job and my husband just seems happier than ever.
Liisa