Posts Tagged ‘L5’
8/4/10 – Chiropractor and Massage, Finally
What a banner day! I wake up with my nerve in my right arm raging, my quads screaming at me with every movement, and my ankle feeling fine.
So, I arrive at Dr. Larry’s office EARLY, which I never do. As a matter of fact, I think I’m 20 minutes early! Do ya think I’m really looking forward to this visit?
Anyway, when I get to the room, I launch into the shoulder explanation:
Me: “You need to adjust my shoulder b/c my nerve is shooting pain down to my elbow.”
Dr. Larry: “Let me test it first.”
Me: “You really need to adjust my shoulder….”
Dr. Larry: “Just let me test it. Hmmm. Ok. I’ll adjust your shoulder.”
My Shoulder: “CRACK!”
Me: “Ahhh.”
Dr. Larry: “That’s amazing! Have you thought about becoming a chiropractor?”
Ok, so maybe we said slightly different things, but it was something to that extent. I really think that my chiropractor is awesome. His shoulder adjustments are actually a special move that he kind of invented, which as he has said is a combination of two moves to make one super move – “The Macarena”. This is my favorite shoulder adjustment. It always does the trick.
He also did the standard pulling my leg, adjusting my ankle and of course the L5 for the sciatica.
Next, the massage 🙂
Lynda was back from her awesome bike ride across Ohio (correct me if I’m wrong, I think it is Ohio). So cool! She stayed with people she knew all across the state and ate homemade cookies that a family was simply GIVING away to the bike riders. She slogged through thunderstorms and finished with a family wedding. She is awesome!
Then, on her first day back in the office, she has to deal with me – muwahahahaha!
So, she gets to the right shoulder first. Turns out that b/c I have not been wearing my night guard, I have been clenching my jaw, which is not causing issues with my jaw. Instead, the clenching is completely screwing up my right shoulder! It’s all connected, baby.
So, she works some magic on my shoulder muscles (she’s like the muscle whisperer – they release when she tells them to). Then, down to my oh-so-sore quads. I was so not looking forward to this as I knew it was going to hurt.
And it did, but she was able to get the muscles and tendons to relax, which did quicken the recovery time.
My left foot was really crunchy, too. It did decide to relax a bit. She also released my hip flexors.
Overall, a really wonderful and very needed afternoon.
7/19/10 – Another Successful and Incredibly Informative Chiropractic Visit
I looked forward to this chiropractic visit all day today because I missed it last week due to a minor period of complete and total brain fart. So, when I finally arrived, I knew I needed to have some serious adjustment of my L5. Seriously.
For this adjustment I changed into exercise shorts because I did not want my jeans to be in the way, as they can be even though the doctor insists that they are just fine. I’m just sayin’ that I disagree, and I figured every little bit helps 😉
Of course, I begin by telling Dr. Larry exactly what I think my diagnosis is. He then examines my back and tells me exactly *what* my diagnosis is.
Me: “I need an L5 adjustment because the sciatica has returned to my left leg and my right hip just isn’t working right.”
Dr. Larry: “Your L5 spinous process is rotating to the right.”
Alrighty then.
He got to work on my mid back, my neck (very impressive pops this time), my hips (he “pulled” my leg – ahahahaha), and the ankle. After all that, he did a very specific adjustment to push the L5 spinous process to the left only. Normally, he does a lower back adjustment that includes the L3,4 and 5 on both sides, but today he focused on the L5 and only pushing it to the left.
Let me tell you – INSTANT MIRACLE! It is amazing how fantastic your body feels when the spine is in alignment. My sciatica is abating (it takes a few days as the sciatic nerve is slightly inflamed, and must be calmed down with stretching and exercise), and my right hip working correctly, again! Hooray!
Thanks, Dr. Larry!