Chronic Pain, Joint Swelling, Knee Pain, Leg/Hip Weakness, and Tremors
A Testimonial
This is what I posted in July, 2012 to a forum for undiagnosed disease:
“I have had migrating joint swelling episodes since 13 years old (I'm now 47), sometimes with joint pain, but mostly pain from pressure of swelling. It has always been one or both knees, it doesn't matter which one. Years later, the ankles and chest (on top of the ribs) had a lot of pain, with sudden onsets and remission states.
This current flare ( the past 7 months) includes for the first time; thigh muscle weakness (to the point that I can't walk on my own), chest & hip-joint pain, and tremors of my head as if I had Parkinson's. At times, my body has tremors ranging anywhere between a vibration feeling, to being “shivery” when I try to stand or walk.
The tremors seem to coincide with the severity of joint and muscle weakness, but there are days with only tremors of my head and body, and then it's gone completely! The back of my head at the base of the skull has hurt real bad all this time and I can't turn my head much.
There has never been a positive ANA or rheumatoid factor in any of my tests. The doctors throughout the years have no idea what the problem is - and they still don't all of these years later. I'm wondering if I have MS... Any ideas?”
If it were not for my husband meeting Dr. Blom in November of 2012, I would have eventually been in a wheelchair the rest of my life – with no explanation as to why! The x-rays of my skull and neck showed what the problem had been all along. My neck was curved backward, the atlas bone was tilted, which ultimately caused my spine to twist and have 2 curves.
Dr. Blom told me that there had to have been a blunt force trauma to cause my neck to be so bad. Furthermore, he could tell by the look of the bones in the neck that it was a very old accident. I had never been in a car accident, the only thing I could remember happening was bouncing down cement stairs on the top of my head when I was 3. He grinned, as if to say, “That explains it”.
My body had to compensate for the atlas bone being knocked out of place at age 3, which, over time, created the curves of the neck and spine.
Ten years later, at age 13, the first symptoms showed up. Thirty-four years later, the nerves, descending from the skull, were being pinched from my spine (which had been continuously twisting). The end result – the brain was unable to communicate with the thigh muscles to tell them to move. Sounded reasonable...
After the adjustment (pushing the atlas back where it belongs), he had me go to a room to lie down for 30 minutes, and that's when I knew this was my solution! It was the oddest, yet most exciting experience lying there! Instantly, my thighs and knees were getting fluttering spasms in short spurts all over my problem areas. Furthermore, the pain at the base of my skull went away, and the uncomfortable pulling of the muscles across the right side of my back became relaxed.
Everyday since then I have been able to walk, and the tremors are gone. After those 7 months of sitting on the couch day-after-day, I can finally start to get my life back! I can feel my body changing everyday - for the better.
Upper Cervical Chiropractic became the solution and answer to all of my questions. All Doctors need to know that there is another option when there is no disease to be found. If there is nothing wrong in any blood test, the Dr. should then ask if the patient has been in an accident. If the answer is “Yes”, they should refer them to an Upper Cervical Chiropractor.
Sincerely,
- Gretchen Baker
“I have had migrating joint swelling episodes since 13 years old (I'm now 47), sometimes with joint pain, but mostly pain from pressure of swelling. It has always been one or both knees, it doesn't matter which one. Years later, the ankles and chest (on top of the ribs) had a lot of pain, with sudden onsets and remission states.
This current flare ( the past 7 months) includes for the first time; thigh muscle weakness (to the point that I can't walk on my own), chest & hip-joint pain, and tremors of my head as if I had Parkinson's. At times, my body has tremors ranging anywhere between a vibration feeling, to being “shivery” when I try to stand or walk.
The tremors seem to coincide with the severity of joint and muscle weakness, but there are days with only tremors of my head and body, and then it's gone completely! The back of my head at the base of the skull has hurt real bad all this time and I can't turn my head much.
There has never been a positive ANA or rheumatoid factor in any of my tests. The doctors throughout the years have no idea what the problem is - and they still don't all of these years later. I'm wondering if I have MS... Any ideas?”
If it were not for my husband meeting Dr. Blom in November of 2012, I would have eventually been in a wheelchair the rest of my life – with no explanation as to why! The x-rays of my skull and neck showed what the problem had been all along. My neck was curved backward, the atlas bone was tilted, which ultimately caused my spine to twist and have 2 curves.
Dr. Blom told me that there had to have been a blunt force trauma to cause my neck to be so bad. Furthermore, he could tell by the look of the bones in the neck that it was a very old accident. I had never been in a car accident, the only thing I could remember happening was bouncing down cement stairs on the top of my head when I was 3. He grinned, as if to say, “That explains it”.
My body had to compensate for the atlas bone being knocked out of place at age 3, which, over time, created the curves of the neck and spine.
Ten years later, at age 13, the first symptoms showed up. Thirty-four years later, the nerves, descending from the skull, were being pinched from my spine (which had been continuously twisting). The end result – the brain was unable to communicate with the thigh muscles to tell them to move. Sounded reasonable...
After the adjustment (pushing the atlas back where it belongs), he had me go to a room to lie down for 30 minutes, and that's when I knew this was my solution! It was the oddest, yet most exciting experience lying there! Instantly, my thighs and knees were getting fluttering spasms in short spurts all over my problem areas. Furthermore, the pain at the base of my skull went away, and the uncomfortable pulling of the muscles across the right side of my back became relaxed.
Everyday since then I have been able to walk, and the tremors are gone. After those 7 months of sitting on the couch day-after-day, I can finally start to get my life back! I can feel my body changing everyday - for the better.
Upper Cervical Chiropractic became the solution and answer to all of my questions. All Doctors need to know that there is another option when there is no disease to be found. If there is nothing wrong in any blood test, the Dr. should then ask if the patient has been in an accident. If the answer is “Yes”, they should refer them to an Upper Cervical Chiropractor.
Sincerely,
- Gretchen Baker
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