"No, you don't understand: I don't hurt anymore..."

Maybe I DID NOT understand. For over 37 years in chiropractic I've heard tons of people say they feel better many many times each week, but this was an unusual case. This dear lady had hurt for decades - almost 3 of them. She had pain on motion, pain while laying still, pain while sitting and standing. Her life was pain.

When we started her care plan I had told her that her road would be long, but we were blessed and inside of a few short weeks she was 80% pain free and inside of 2 months 99% pain free. On this particular day she didn't hurt at all. That's when she told me she didn't hurt anymore and, fearing I didn't grasp the importance of her recovery, said "No, you don't understand, I don't HURT anymore."

Over the next 2 minutes she told me about all the things that she was looking forward to doing now that she didn't hurt. As I listened I saw her tear up. Then I did understand. She shared the disappointments due to all the time spent feeling rotten