Dr Feel Good

No. I haven't changed Dr Fabulous's alias. I have met a new Doctor and he makes me feel good. He's a chiropractor and making the appointment was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I've been dealing with these aches and pains and just plain feeling like crap for awhile now and Dr Fabulous couldn't find anything really wrong with me. I figured worse case scenario, I'd be the same. Best case scenario, I'd feel like a million bucks.

I have never been to a chiropractor before. I thought I had an idea of what it would be like but didn't really know the whole process. I have heard lots of people talk about having adjustments and figured that it mostly consisted of manipulations of the neck and back. It turns out that I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

It took me almost 30 minutes to fill out all the paperwork and questionnaires. Then I was with Dr Feel Good for almost 90 minutes. We talked over my questionnaire. We talked about my medical history. We talked about my aches and pains and the general condition of my body currently. Then, he began to have me go through a series of tests.

Walk across the hall and back. Stand straight. Bend over and touch your toes. Hold your arms up. Keep them up while I push them down. Push them down while I try to hold them up. This went on for almost 30 minutes. Arms, legs, hands feet. Standing, sitting, moving about. He checked my  nerves with this weird roller that tickled and checked my reflexes with the standard "hammer" tool.

Finally he told me I have flexible flat feet and that I walk on the inside but just a little. Other than shoes with  good arch support, there is nothing to be done about this because I am experiencing no pain from this condition.

Also, my right hip, shoulder and ear lobe are lower than the left. Apparently, its not common for it to all be on one side. Usually it goes back and forth across your body. As your body tries to compensate for the differences, you lean different parts of your body in opposite directions to keep your eyes level ...or something like that. Anyway, turns out that one leg is longer than the other but not by much. An adjustment to my right hip and a few places in my neck/back should make things better.

Now, he announces that he is going to make some adjustments and to lie face down on the table. I really have no idea what this means but I figure I'd just go with the flow. I am so glad that I just did what I was told because I'm pretty sure that if I had asked him to explain I probably would have said no and left. After a few minor adjustments to my back, which consisted of him pushing really hard on it when I would exhale, he asked me to roll over onto my side. Still feeling like things were going along pretty well, I did as I was told.

Then this happened to me. I can't describe it so I found a picture instead. Click here to see it.

Now, it wasn't painful. But it was a little weird at first. I wish I had been warned about how close he was going to be. Although, I'm not sure I could have handled it differently. I am pretty sure I blushed and closed my eyes. It was over in a matter of a minute or so and I have to admit that my hips felt immediately better when I walked. I just hadn't been prepared to be twisted into a pretzel and then  laid on top of.  That sounds more like private bedroom talk and than something a doctor would do but it did the trick!!

I went back today for another adjustment and it was pretty much the same thing. Only this time he adjusted both hips with this now "famous(in my eyes)" move and it was still a bit awkward but once again things felt better when I left. Of course, I still got all the standard things I had originally expected, such as the neck twists and the back cracking but this move will probably always have me blushing. What good girl wouldn't blush when a man, not her husband, got this close and personal!

I feel great and although there are still a few aches and minor pains, I know it will just keep getting better. I have 2 appointments to see Dr Feel Good next week and I look forward to it. I hoped it would help but I had no idea just how much! Why didn't someone make me go so a chiropractor sooner?!?

By the way, this by no means, makes me think that Dr Fabulous is any less Fabulous, just in case some of my more avid readers were wondering. It just means that my small group of health care professionals is now plus one. I see Dr Fabulous, Dr Feel Good, The Surgeon, The Head Shrinker, a dentist, an opthamologist and I have a pharmacy that I trust. Sounds like the perfect group to keep me going strong!