Chicken Soup for the Chiropractic Soul

The following stories are excerpts from "Chicken Soup for the Chiropractic Soul"

The Miracle

At age sixteen, George James woke up one morning to discover that he had lost the vision in his right eye.  Shocked and dismayed at this sudden loss, his mother immediately made arrangements for him to be examined at Willis Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.  After extensive testing, the doctors announced that they could not find the reason for his loss of sight.  For an entire year, George continued to return for follow-up exams hoping the doctors would find the cause of his problem.  He consulted a neurosurgeon who suggested that he might be suffering from multiple sclerosis which could account for his visual disturbance.  For some twelve years longer, he lived with his problem, always expecting the worse.

George woke up one morning with a severe headache and terrible neck pain. “Aspirins wouldn't even begin to touch it,” he said.  A very close friend suggested that he make an appointment with her chiropractor, as she felt very sure he would be able to help with his headaches and neck pains.  After a careful case history, examination and X-rays, it was confirmed the presence of serious vertebral misalignments were causing his headaches and neck pains.  After his first corrective spinal adjustment, George began to experience some relief. The next evening was when the “miracle” occurred!  George was watching television when his right eye “flashed with sight for about a half hour.”  It then faded away once again.  Puzzled and frightened, George didn't tell anyone at first.  The next day his vision returned again, and stayed, getting clearer and stronger.

George visted his chiropractor two days later and not only reported improvement in his head and neck pain, but also the return of vision in his right eye.   George had a comprehensive eye examination several weeks later that showed the visual acuity in his right eye to be 20/30, almost normal.  His vision returned to normal and remains that way.

-Richard L. Hartman, D.C.

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