Martha’s Life-Changing Miracle (Part 3 of 3)

[Read Part 1 Here]  [Read Part 2 Here]

(Excerpted from Dr. Norton’s soon to be published book: Where Does It Hurt? Dr. Norton’s Surprising Stories and Transformative Insights for Releasing Pain and Restoring Whole Body Health)

“You Literally Saved My Life!”

Thanks to my wife’s invitation and Martha’s humble willingness to come and seek an answer in our office, within the first few days of gentle adjustments Martha was now able to walk as the pain was diminishing! This was after six weeks in bed on strong pain medication without any benefit. Over the next few weeks, it seemed as though tangible positive gains were being noted in reduced pain and greater function each and every day.

Martha was amazed, declaring that she was experiencing “a miracle” and thanking me profusely for my assistance. After four weeks of chiropractic care she informed me she was 70-80% improved.

During our interview Martha told me that “the sad thing is that I’ve lost so much of my life. I missed my daughter growing up and my marriage was on the backburner. We now need to rediscover where we are and how we can reconnect. I always had jobs with major responsibility and now I have to learn how to just cope again. I’m realizing that I’ve become afraid to make some decisions now”.

“I’ve held onto 20 years of magazines that I haven’t been able to bring myself to throw away. They involve crafts and other lifestyle activities and I now understand that I’ve been unable to release them because they were things I wanted to do but couldn’t”.

Earlier this week she excitedly declared “I had no pain all weekend. For the first time in 21 years I am able to fully feel and yet didn’t feel pain! I can’t wait to begin applying for work right away and start making a valuable contribution again with my life”.

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Psychologist Carl Jung said, “There is no coming to consciousness without pain”.
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Martha had been stopped in her tracks for too long by being prevented from feeling the unpleasant.

This past week my wife received a card from Martha thanking her for telling her about chiropractic as a possible solution and for opening the door for her to reclaim her freedom. She said, “You literally saved my life!”

What could have been causing Martha’s disturbed function? On the surface she just had back pain. She was simply having her symptoms “treated” as we had warned about back in chapter 7. Nobody was really looking for the condition causing her pain. They weren’t asking what factors might be underlying the DF (disturbed function) resulting in the disintegration of Martha’s life.

Martha told me that one critically important lesson she learned was that “you have to make sure you’re asking the right questions”.

Her DF began with a traumatic auto accident, which injured her spine and nervous system but was never properly diagnosed nor corrected. It diminished her life. She was led to tolerate it due to a failure on the part of the professionals she trusted to evaluate and treat her appropriately.

Martha began to assume there wasn’t a real solution and that maybe she couldn’t get better. She was trapped in treating her symptoms alone and never really understood anything about functional disturbances that could be detected and corrected.

Martha’s DF was further complicated by the toxic chemical she consumed for 10 years and the psycho-emotional turmoil created by the satisfaction vacuum that had become her life.

How about you? Have you had injuries or overwhelming life stressors that have derailed you on your journey? Are you stuck or at least slowed in your forward progress? Have you really paused long enough to inquire and find out for sure?

I challenge you now, whether or not you are currently in pain or laboring under a disease diagnosis yet, to dig into your soul a bit with the intent of allowing any areas of blockage to be revealed and brought into the light of day.

Then and only then can you become free and empowered to upgrade your quality of life.

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Dr. Norton unites his passion for learning, teaching, and healing with a compassion for those who are struggling with pain and illness or not performing at their peak. He brings to his work a high level of academic achievement and cutting-edge bodymind research. However, he also brings a deeply caring heart transformed by difficult personal life experiences. Read more.