I'm a very curvaceous woman.

I'm the one on the left.

I could talk to you for hours about the benefits of chiropractic work.  You see, before Fibromyalgia completely destroyed my life, I was an office manager for a chiropractor for three years.  I loved that job more than any other job I've ever had.  I loved it.  It was my passion.  My pain decided it wasn't.  I quit because I couldn't take the pain any more.  A decision I still regret.  A decision I knew I had to make.  It wasn't easy, but it was one I was forced into.  I still get free adjustments and free professional massages.  My massage therapist also happens to be my best friend.  It's quite therapeutic to get a two hour massage along with dumping all my emotional crap on her, too.  Boy, I could talk to you for hours about the benefits of massage therapy, too.  Holy smokes, it's good for all but very beneficial for Fibro.  So, my spine.  Let's talk bones for a minute.  Ya see, when you have Fibro, your muscles are pissed off all the time.  Waddia think that does to your spine?  That's right.  It pulls the spine in all sorts of directions.  When I first started getting adjusted, I had a reverse curve in my neck, and my spine was in the shape of an S.  I don't have Scoliosis.  I have Fibromyalgia.  I wasn't diagnosed with Fibro at the time I started getting adjustments, so I was quite shocked when I saw my x-rays.  With time, my chiropractor was able to correct the reverse curve in my neck and also got rid of the first curve in my spine.  I shrunk because my Fibro got so bad.  I went from 5'6 to 5'4.  He got me back to 5'6.  I still have an incredibly huge c shape at the base of my spine.  That one doesn't seem to want to get fixed.  I guarantee you, I'd be 5'9 if that was straight.  It's huge.  We're still working on it.  Angry muscles can't hold a spine in place, though.  I strongly encourage you to get massaged along with your chiropractic adjustments.  Muscles can't hold your spine in place when they're inflamed and muscles are inflamed when the spine is crooked.  The two go hand in hand and honestly, I do believe you have to get both to get optimal results.  I don't think you're hubby should be massaging you, either.  I would pop you in the eye if you told me your cousin Francis, the cake decorator, was adjusting your spine.  The spine is a very delicate system, you only go to professionals to get it adjusted.  The same goes for your muscles.  It takes a very trained professional to know how the muscles work, and how to work them.  My husband can give me a headache and make things worse.  I've had my friend give him some pointers.  He still doesn't give me full blown massages.  He works some tender nodes the way he's been trained to.  You won't believe the difference a professional massage will make.  We're not talking about a massage feeling good, you should get one.  We're talking massage can heal and yes, cure you of many things.  It's a treatment.  I highly recommend getting one.  Fibro or not.  You'll be surprised what they can find.  For example, my massage therapist can make me poop better than any cleanse I've ever done.  I'm sure you wanted to know that.  She found that my colon is seriously inflamed.  She found my intestines are closed off and seriously inflamed.  My Pancreas is very inflamed.  She massaged my stomach and I pooped for two days.  For someone who poops once a week, (something that comes with Fibro) that's a pretty big deal.  She was also the one who found the source of my Cluster Headaches.  My muscles were pulling my Atlas out of place, the very top vertebrae in your neck.  If that puppy's off, you're in a lot of pain, my friend.  I have to have that one put back in place every time I get adjusted.  Helps the headaches by about 95%.  She also found ripped muscles in my shoulders.  Ouch!  Sprained muscles, who knew?  I was able to take steroids to kill the fever in them.  She has been 95% of my treatment plan and has offered 100% pain relief.  I am not 100% pain free by any means, but she's made me feel 100% better.  I highly recommend.  

See how painful a crooked spine could be?  It only takes the weight of a dime to feel pain.  Take a look at what a pinched spine could be trapping.

Nerves come out of the spaces you see in-between the spine.  See how they could be trapped and pinched?

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C'mon, it's not rocket science.  Brain = computer.  Nerves = transmitters.  Your brain will send a signal to your kidneys through your nerves.  Spine is pinched?  Your kidney's not getting the message it needs.  Kidney problems.  So much is related to your spinal health.  Rubbing nerves?  Lots of pain.  Your foot pain could very well be related to your spine.  Symptoms you may not even think could be related, often come back to the spine.  Blindness has been treated from chiropractic adjustments.  The very first chiropractic adjustment cured a deaf man.  You'd be surprised.