Mary Beth

I’ve had scoliosis surgery which involved fusing most of my spine a little over 20 years ago. I had been struggling with very chronic and persistent neck and lower back pain. My neck pain was to the point where it was a little bit incapacitating. I have a really high pain tolerance that I have developed over the years as a result of that, but I knew it wasn’t healthy and that it wasn’t serving me at all. It was just getting worse. Someone I trust referred you guys to me. I had chiropractic care on and off in the past, but I have never had anything that was consistent. I was seeking care for my physical health and for my pain management.

My biggest concern was my general quality of life. I am a very active person and very involved in my grand children’s lives. That was something that was and continues to be super important to me. I knew that was something I needed to address if I was going to have good physical health , the ability to be agile and have my pain controlled. My concern was that it was just going to keep getting worse.

When I came in and had the initial scans done, I was shocked to see how bad things really were… but on the other side it was encouraging because I was finally taking some steps to remedy that and to get myself into a better place. I was just going through life trying to put one foot in front of the other and just pushed it to the back of my head. I was learning how to live with it. The idea of doing that the rest of my life was not appealing and if there was anything that was going to be able to help me improve that, I was all in.

I started noticing the benefits of chiropractic care fairly quickly, and it continued to get progressively better. I think as my body began to reset and I would pay attention to what I was feeling, I started to notice “my gosh, my neck isn’t absolutely killing me every second of the day”. Honestly, this probably saved my life, which seems extremely radical, but from the standpoint of the quality of my life and being able to enjoy life… it’s been dramatic.

There was a time after I came off of the beginning program, I thought I would try out coming only once every 2 weeks. Within 2 weeks, I was back on my once per week wellness plan. I could feel my body starting to slip back. I had this sharp contrast of being physically debilitated by the pain, to having relief… but then I got the idea that I didn’t really need to do much work to maintain all the progress. I now know how important it is to maintain consistent chiropractic care, just like you have to maintain other healthy lifestyle changes if you want to stay healthy. This is a lifetime commitment for me. I am insanely grateful to have discovered that there was something out there that could do this. I had chiropractic care in my past, but I never got the kind of relief and certainly have never committed to a consistent program that could give me that long term relief that I have gotten from CLC.

It’s an investment, but for me at least, coming to Congruent has been the single best investment that I have ever made for myself. This is a community here. I think there is an interesting dynamic here of family and friendship. You combine that with health and well-being and the sincere interest that the doctors have to bring everything to the table that can be of help and of use. It doesn’t matter how young or old you are. You guys have a deep commitment to serving. This has been truly life changing.