My name is Christine.  I’m 31 years old and have had migraine headaches since I was 4 years old.  I have had every test done imaginable and have tried every treatment option, including Chiropractic when I was younger.  All treatment worked to some extent to treat the migraine once they occurred but nothing prevented them… until now.  I have been getting adjustment from Dr. Ruocco since February and I have not had a migraine since March!  (I used to get an average of 3 migraines a month, lasting days at a time.)  The migraines were the primary reason that I had an evaluation at Chiropractic Works, but I learned so much more during the information night.  I also suffered from asthma, hip pain, and allergies which all began when I was little.  My newest problem was gastric reflux, which I did not even think Chiropractic care could help until I met Dr. Ruocco.

When I began treatment I was taking mediation for migraines, gastric reflux, asthma and a lot of Advil for hip pain.  I stopped ALL medication 1 month after beginning Chiropractic treatment.  The first month of treatment was rough.  I was sore and my symptoms got worse for a short time.  Dr. Ruocco explained that it was called ‘regressing’ (retracing) and that my treatment was working.  I trusted him, stuck with it and he was right.  All of my symptoms went away.  This is a big deal for me being a Registered Nurse.  Modern Medicine is what I know.  But I also knew that I was only 31 and that I didn’t want to be taking a bucket of pills to be symptom-free for the rest of my life.  I wanted to be without symptoms and Dr. Ruocco has done that for me.  I am very grateful for my cousin who first told me about Chiropractic Works and to Dr. Ruocco, they both changed my life.

How chiropractic care helped me in a big way.  I was diagnosed with asthma since I was a kid.  And growing up taking a lot of medicine to help keep it under control, needless to say I couldn’t do a lot of running activities because I would have an attack.  So I basically grew up with a lot of restrictions and a lot of hospitalization. As an adult, my condition had gotten worse and was hospitalized numerous times. Every time I caught a cold or an infection, I would end up in the hospital pumped with Salumidral theophyllin (an intravenous steroid) and all kinds of breathing treatments.  After my last hospitalization , a friend had told me a little bit on how if your neck and spine were out of alignment it could lead to health problems.  She had given me a coupon for free x-rays and exam.  I was very skeptical, but I did make the call for an appointment.  When I walked in the office, I was thinking, “What am I doing here?” and “How is this going to help me?”  I got my x-rays done and my neck was out of alignment.  I started my first visits in April 2003 and in approximately six weeks I noticed that I didn’t need my inhalers as much as before.  I actually started feeling better. A month later, I had my doctor’s appointment to check on my asthma and I got a clean bill of health which means my asthma was finally under control.  I haven’t had to take oral steroids, or any kind of preventive medicine, but I do still carry around my rescue inhaler just in case.  If I hadn’t come to see Dr. Ruocco, I still would have been on all my medications like before.  So all I have to say that if you are on an long time drugs and would like some relief from them come on in and get x-rays done to see if Chiropractic care can help you with the problem I’m sure it can help.