Success Stories: Three Short Holistic Pain Management Treatments Relieved Pain From Right Shoulder After Three Years of Physical Therapy Wasn’t Working
Lynn Erickson had been seeing a physical therapist for three years to try to get relief from her daily shoulder pain after injuring her shoulder water skiing and nothing was working. After she started feeling better after only three days from initially going to Aspen Creek Naturopathic Clinic in Laramie, Wyoming for her GI issues, she asked if Dr. Palmer could do anything to help her with her shoulder pain. He suggested his holistic pain management treatments and after only three treatments the pain subsided and hasn’t been an issue since.
What was your experience with Aspen Creek Naturopathic Clinic’s holistic pain management treatments?
I had right shoulder pain and I had been seeing a physical therapist for about 3 years and I had no relief from the pain. I sublexated my T3 and basically pulled a muscle in a disc waterskiing at Lake Powell and I’ve had issues with it off and on. Even just driving or daily activity my arm ache and I would have pain and it was just really frustrating and was a challenge to my daily living. I really didn't know anything about the treatment. He suggested it. He thought it might work. When I had my original illness and your lie on the bed and he does his evaluation, my shoulder was kind of achey. I mentioned to him that he is there anything that he could do for my shoulder that the physical therapist that I had been seeing wasn't able to really help and he said well, let's try this treatment. Dr. Palmer suggested the treatment and after 3 treatment sessions the pain started subsiding and by the end of the treatment session I really didn't have a lot of pain and it still is pretty much gone to today. I rarely have pain now.
What did you try before come to see Dr. Shawn Palmer N.D.?
I had been seeing a physical therapist for about three years and he thought I just had a weak muscle and he was doing some work on that but it just wasn't helping. I had seen some articles in the Boomerang newspaper about Dr. Palmer and I was interested so I thought I’ll just give a call and see if he had any appointments.
What other health issues has Dr. Shawn Palmer N.D. helped you with?
Originally he treated me for some GI issues and really made a big difference with that. I had been sick for probably two and a half months. I was very sick and had lost a lot of weight but I just wasn't feeling well. I came to him and within three or four days of the treatment he gave me I was feeling better. We continued for about a month or so. I’m totally recovered from that original GI problem that I had.
What’s your favorite thing about seeing Dr. Shawn Palmer as a naturopathic health professional?
I think his he’s genuine and he’s open. You feel very comfortable sharing your medical issues with him so that you can get treatment to feel better. I see another homeopathic professional and I've seen him for probably over 15 years for my original GI issues. He tried many things and was doing a wonderful job, but it just wasn't getting to the root cause. Another thing I respect about Shawn is he said ‘that doesn't mean they were doing anything wrong, it just means that maybe theres something that we can do differently that might get to the cause of whats going on.’ I really respected that. He’s very respectful about saying ‘you’re seeing other people. I’m not saying they’re doing anything wrong, but let's try this and see if that might work for you.’ I still see that other healthcare professional for my main medical things and the physical therapist has done a wonderful job that I see in Colorado for my sacroiliac issues and and muscle-strengthening. It was just a shoulder the wasn't able to help me with and Dr. Palmer did.
