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Transforming Vision Newsletter

Issue 4 December / February 2004 Page 3 of 6

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Can't Believe it Happened to Me
by Jacqui Mornan

Before
I work as a Computer Systems Analyst for the government in the USA. Even though my job is really challenging, I still get a buzz out of it. I am a very health conscious person and spend quite a bit of my time working out in the gym.

After
I woke up in the morning on the last Sunday in September 2002 to experience something that I never hope to go through again as long as I live.

I had severe muscle spasms in my neck and shoulder area. When the spasms occurred, I could not lift up my head, I was forced to keep my head down at all times, looking towards the floor. My head felt very heavy. It was like my neck was no longer able to support it! My shoulders were drawn up as the pain shot down from my arms to my elbows. It got worse especially when I laughed, coughed or sneezed. When I moved my arms, I experienced even more pain which often left me in tears. I could not understand why this was happening to me because I had been in perfect health the day before.

I could no longer do things that I took for granted like walking or sitting up in a chair as this would result in more bouts of pain. If I washed a cup, my neck and shoulder would go into spasms. Each step I took made shock spasms resonate through my neck. I thought to myself, “maybe I have a trapped nerve or that one of my vertebrae was misaligned”. I decided to take time off work to get medical treatment.

The Treatment
My chiropractor recommended that I had an x-ray and a scan of my cervical column to find out what was really happening. The results revealed that I had two bulges between some of the vertebra on the back of my neck.

The bulges were inflamed and pushed against the nerves that lead down to my arms. At last, the reason for my symptoms had been identified, but “how did this happen?” I asked myself.

I tried lots of treatments from anti parasite detoxes and acupuncture to physio therapy. After a while, I began to feel a little bit better thanks to the herbal treatments and Mineral Infrared Therapy, but it was a slow and steady process.

Someone introduced me to an acupressurist four weeks before I had to return to work. After the ordeal that I had been through, I was not sure what to expect. He told me that I would feel better in seven sessions. Surprisingly, after two sessions I was back at work and regained the use of my arms and legs. I haven’t had any more treatment from my acupressurist again as everything is now back to normal.

Lessons Learnt
It’s hard to believe that the main reason for this mishap was bad posture whilst working at my computer over a period of time. Usually, once I get in front of my desk I get so absorbed into work; my posture is the least of my worries, but little did I know…

Now I understand what the author Barbara Sher meant when she said:
“I believe you can have whatever you really want in this life, in one form or another, sooner or later. All you have to do is take care of your health and be fortunate enough to live for a while. But you can't have it all at once and you can't have it forever. No life has the room for everything in it, not on the same day”. .

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