Make Medicine Better

I was 14 when I had a posterior-lateral disc bulge on my left L4. My parents took me to the family practitioner who was fine with sending me to a surgeon right off the bat. Thankfully, my parents took me to a chiropractor to have it conservatively managed. The first one wasn’t good so my parents took me to another one. After a good history and diagnostic imaging was taken, he initiated a 3 week treatment of care plan to see if he could reduce my symptoms (pain shooting below my knee, etc). And it worked! It took about 25 visits along with home care recommendation and exercise I was symptom free! I have been been restored to my daily lifestyle. And to think, an M.D. was willing to send a 14 year old to a surgeon when the literature clearly indicates I would be back in for another surgery about 5 years later… sounds really expensive to me, and I am sure insurance would have found a way to back out of paying.