Success Stories: From Broken Back to Hiking Multiple Miles Pain Free With Holistic Pain Management Treatments
We interviewed Michael about his success story from using Aspen Creek Naturopathic Clinic in Laramie, Wyoming for holistic pain management treatments that have enabled him to put his back surgery and talk about life in a wheelchair behind him. After only a few pain management therapies from Dr. Shawn Palmer N.D. he is living his best life and hiked four miles with his dog the day of this interview. Read on below to see his testimonial.
When did you first start working with Dr. Shawn Palmer?
Shawn has been working on me for several years in his practice. When I was young I broke my back playing football in a tackle and I had back surgery to repair it with rods and screws and a magnesium cage for a disk so periodically I do things that make it cranky. I had the surgery in about 2001 and in the intervening years sometimes if I twist when I sleep or I go hiking too far I get a lot of pain. I get something out of kilter, probably muscles around the surgery site. I come and see Shawn and he fixes me. He’s just been great.
I don’t take medications for it, no aspirin or anything like that. I get a treatment from Shawn and usually by that evening or the next day I’m good to go so I don’t really have pain. Sometimes the pain can be rather extreme but I’m just grateful that it goes away so quickly after I see him. He has a couple techniques he uses on me and they consistently work. I am very grateful.
Did you try any other pain therapies first?
I’ve tried doctors and they give you pain medications, taking Advil and aspirin and things like that but really none of that worked for me. I tried yoga and all kinds of things but basically when I see Shawn I go home and I’m feeling pretty good by that evening or the next day. It really literally has worked much better for me than anything else.
What problems were you having before you tried this pain management treatment?
I get pain that centers on the side and the surgery site which is the base of the back and it could also radiate out at base of the back. It can be really painful. I wake up in the middle of the night and hurt and not get to sleep for a couple hours. When I experienced that then I just call and he usually gets me in as fast as he can and he treats it and I’m good to go. It really is pretty great.
How many treatment sessions does it take for the pain to go away?
Usually by one session sometimes two and I’m good. He’s worked on me long enough that he knows the the sites to work on and and what to do. I dont go anywhere else and I dont have to take medications and I don’t have prescriptions for pain. This is just I think for me more effective than the other routes. It’s really worked for me.
Are there any downsides to the pain management treatments?
What he does doesn’t hurt. It just works. He’s got the techniques that he uses like infrared and microcurrent on my back sometimes and he knows how to manage those particular devices exactly right for my situation. He takes care of it. That’s really true.
If you saw an x-ray of my back, you would probably be pretty startled at what you saw with looking at rods and screws in there, and the cage holding things up and it looks a little intimidating. It did to me when I saw the X-ray. But it just works.
What made you want to try this pain treatment?
I didn't want to have to take painkillers all the time plus it just didn't really work. It just didn't work. I think that what he does has maybe a deeper impact inside so it just is more effective.
I hiked four miles this morning on the headquarters trail uphill and downhill with my dog. Before I had the back surgery I pretty much was headed for a wheelchair because I couldn’t really walk and I had the surgery and the surgery came out fine, but then as time goes on you get little bit older. It didn’t take very many years and I would run into instances where I would really, really aggravated and so you’re pretty motivated to find a solution.
I will tell anybody because it is so effective for me. I dont know why you would really do anything else if you can have it managed that way so successfully and quickly too. I dont want to lose night sleep because I cant sleep so it’s just great for me.
