Drugs are Medicine's most common answer for seizures. Have you considered the health of your spine, or Chiropractic?

My name is Mr. J.B., I am a business owner in the Colfax/Weimar area.  I am also a yogi and physically active in many ways, enjoying all sorts of hobbies and intensive sports.  I consider myself a "Renaissance man."

With all the living I do and have done, physical traumas have definitely occurred.  I've been in several accidents, including dirt bike, skateboard, and one really terrible car accident when I was a teenager.  I was thrown from a car and still carry the scars.

Early this year I began receiving care at Kind & Gentle Chiropractic.   For the two years prior, my health status was sporadic, and for a year I was having seizures at first every 3 months, then monthly.  I tried many other things before coming to Dr. Sheena (including acupuncture and herbs), but nothing was giving any lasting help with my problems.

Dr. Sheena ended up finding a grossly out of place C3 vertebra that was pinching my spinal cord.  She's worked on that, and other areas of my spine requiring fine tuning.  I haven't had a seizure in 8 months.

I come every other week to her office now for wellness care.  When I leave, I feel more open and free in my body, and I can literally feel better alignment in my neck than maybe ever before.    I've also noticed that I don't feel the same stress and anxiety in my everyday life that I once did.

I'm excited to be back to my old self.

--age 39

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Medical doctors said "allergies", and gave her medications that didn't help. Then she tried Chiropractic.

I've had sinus issues for some time now.  I went to a number of doctors that wouldn't address the issues.  I was going crazy over the congestion in my ears and face, but they just kept saying to take the drugs.  That didn't work and they didn't have any other answers for me, even after the scans and tests.  I had trouble sleeping, sinus issues, headaches, and tingling in my hands and legs.

Dr. Sheena listened to me and truly cared.  She is so helpful and encouraging.  She is not just a chiropractor, but a wellness coach.  After she took me in as a patient, I still have some bad days, but my headaches and sinus issues are a lot better.  I am able to sleep better and I have less tingling!

--Ms.  B.O
28 years old
Penryn, CA

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A chiropractor gets chiropractic care with Dr. Sheena…the ultimate test!

I've played hard during my life!  My most memorable impact was at age 26.  I fell hard off my horse, landing on my neck and upper back, with my legs following.  The force reversed the curve in my neck, and compressed 2 vertebrae 25% in my mid to lower back.  Ouch!

Over the years, I received good care in massage, chiropractic, acupuncture, and self-care.  My lower neck remained stiffer and tighter, as did my lower back, especially with physical exertion or emotional life stress.

Dr. Sheena's work is truly gentle yet very specific and deeply felt.  I had greater ease after the first session.  Amazing to me!  After several months of treatment, my neck regained its full motion without the stiffness.  My whole back feels resilient and just happier.

After living with 37 years of tightness and ache, and considering this as "my normal," I am THRILLED with the "new me."  I feel younger and am grateful.  Yahoo!

--Ms. C.S.
age 63
Applegate, CA

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Forced to leave career on disability over 15 years ago, now she shovels in the garden without numbness in her legs!

I'm a 57 year old female who sustained permanent nerve damage from a work-related trauma to my ankle/heel that required reconstructive surgery, but none the less the injury greatly limited what I was able to do afterward.  I had chronic pain in the areas where the tendons were shredded and pulled apart, and the nerves were severed for so long, and so severely, that the pain absolutely limited my activities, career, and lifestyle choices.

Over time, I just couldn't move my body to get exercise, or even work.  I put on weight, too.  All of these things led to my body slowly deteriorating in other places, in other ways.  I went for all sorts of medical treatments, and even chiropractic care for when my neck and back pain became excruciating.  I was told I had degeneration in my neck and back spinal regions.  I went for 12 years of treatment thinking that this was only as good as it could get, and my limitations increased and I had less and less energy.

I had numbness come on in both of my thighs at some point in years past, and numbness in my arms and hands.  I had sharp pinching sensations in my upper back that would radiate to the front of my chest, and really irregular bowels.  At a point not that long ago, I couldn't even clean a whole room in my small house in a day.  If I'd wake up in the morning at 5 or 6, by 7:30am, the pain and numbness would be so severe I'd have to quit whatever I was doing.

I am amazed and happy to say that all of that has changed.  Even my sinuses are clearer and my allergies are improved since I began seeing Dr. Sheena just a few months ago.  I have energy I don't remember having for a very long time.  I can clean my house, and prune trees, care for my chickens and dogs, and dig and plant in my garden!  I have better range and freedom of movement all around.

Dr. Sheena was patient with me, as I just didn't think we'd get anywhere new for a while.  Then I realized that all the processes that were going down hill for so long were actually going backwards!  The day I noticed revitalizing sensations in my legs, and then that I had feeling again, was a game changer for me.  Even the old nerve and and tendon wound doesn't hurt as much as it did before.  I think that the nervous system is so amazing that chiropractic can do all this.  I tell anyone who will listen what's happened, and even made sure my friend in Arizona went to see a chiropractor that practices similarly to Dr. Sheena.

Anyway, after a dozen years of treatments with medical doctors, and even with a chiropractor at another office, my condition has improved to such an extraordinary degree that I can't believe that the other chiropractor could dare call what they have been doing with me "maintenance" care.  I had so much farther to come.

Thanks Kind & Gentle Chiropractic!

--Ms. A.M.
Colfax, CA

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Unable to walk, shop, do household chores because of hip pain…until Chiropractic!

I am a 65 year old woman who was very active until age 54.  At that time, I fell and hurt my hip.  I didn't do anything about it until almost 3 months ago.  The problem was just getting worse and worse, and I couldn't walk very far because the pain was so bad.  I stopped working out or even going anywhere.  I would get massages monthly or even weekly over the years, but they never gave any lasting results.  The worst pain was when the weather would change, and it would rain.  Then, the pain was so bad, I'd almost cry.

After seeing Dr. Sheena for Chiropractic care for just this short amount of time, I feel 100% better.  I stand up straighter now and for the most part, the pain is gone.  I'm working out again, and when it rains, I hardly ache like I did.  I'm excited that the pain is mostly gone so shopping and walking for sometimes hours is no problem for me now.  I also have energy I didn't have since, I think, before my fall.

It feels great to feel good!  Dr. Sheena has been a blessing!

--Ms. C.F.
Colfax, CA

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Surprise remedy for pregnancy pain? Migraines?

I am a 24 year old and am 34 weeks pregnant.  I am self-employed as a writer and editor.  I've never tried chiropractic work before to address my health concerns prior to this experience.

I had migraines, upper back and neck pain and some mental fogginess before visiting Dr. Sheena.  Also, beginning in my second trimester, I began having very bad lower back and hip pain primarily on my left side.  I walked with a limp because of this.  That pain is what brought me to seek professional help.

Since being accepted as a patient at Kind & Gentle Chiropractic, I no longer suffer from intense lower back and hip pain, and I can now walk normally, pain-free!  My migraines and upper back and neck pain have also improved noticeably.  The mental fog I had before has lifted considerably as well.

I was surprised that the adjustments are so non-invasive and painless.  The little instrument that Dr. Sheena uses is simple, yet effective and actually feels nice.  I am excited that the adjustments seem to help me feel better all around, and more grounded.

--Ms. A.A
Colfax, CA

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The worst disease you could possibly ever have

I see it more often than I’d like in my office, and even more in the streets, in the coffee shops, in the stores….  What’s sad is that it is completely preventable, and treatable, but it is so rarely recognized.  If something isn’t recognized, after all, there is no way to treat it.  Additionally, depending on the condition of the patient, it can cost an extraordinary amount to treat, and no insurance covers the treatment.  Medical insurance, actually, won’t pay for any of it.

This illness is not a laughing matter, in any regards.  It’s serious, and it most definitely does kill.  It is a slow, painful, and confusing death.  The illness can better be seen as a grouping of three diseases, really, and while you may be able to point them out in others, it often is not so easy to see them happening in yourself.  What is this horrible disease triad?

It’s a lack of self-ownership, self-awareness, and self-responsibility.  It’s the disease of presuming that how you feel, how happy or satisfied, or how healthy you are, is out of your control.  It’s thinking that how you feel, how happy or satisfied, or how healthy you are, is someone else’s, or something else’s responsibility.  It's believing that it's the Medical doctor's, health insurance's, the government's, your family's (etc, etc) responsibility to make you feel better, happy, satisfied, or be healthy. 

Let me step back.  I may have gone over the top there.  I may retract the aforementioned claim that those things are THE worst disease you could possible ever have.  I think I am wrong.

The worse disease is not even knowing that YOU are the only one that can make you healthy, happy, well, and satisfied.  Health, happiness, and satisfaction, if they are true and lasting, can only come from inside YOU.  They involve decisions that YOU make, every minute, every hour, every day.  Autopilot is thoughtlessness, and is still a decision you make.  Our quality of life has everything to do with our personal choices, and little to do with anything else.

No more sob stories.  Take charge!

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