At the age of 14, I was swinging on a vine out over a 25 ft. cliff. The vine broke and I fell the 25 ft. onto the rocky ground below, landing on my back. Within a few days, I started getting shortness of breath and felt very congested. After two weeks, I had my first full-blown asthma attack. It scared me to not be able to breathe

A medical doctor examined me and did an allergy test that required 48 needles 24 injections in each arm. I was allergic to almost everything. He diagnosed me as being asthmatic and prescribed Ventalin and Tedrill. He advised: "not to go outside in the spring and fall, to stay away from the things I was allergic to and to be careful in very cold weather." He also said: "not to participate in sports." There went my entire world, for my goal had been to play professional hockey. Finally he told me: "not to get too excited and not to laugh." Can you imagine? A 14 year old being told not to laugh.

At the age of 24, my cousin who was a Chiropractic intern, responded in a rather odd way when I told him that I had asthma. His reply was "Oh good." Immediately, I responded: "What do you mean, good? Asthma is no fun. I almost died once from it." He said: "I mean it's good that you told me because Chiropractic can correct the cause of asthma and I'm excited that I can help you. You will be my first asthma patient." Within a month and a half, I was running three miles a day and doing things I hadn't done in ten years.

This is what inspired me to become a Chiropractor and to try and help all those unfortunate people who were suffering needlessly from a condition that can be corrected.

Twenty seven years ago when I was first treated for asthma, all that I had done was a correction of the misalignment in the spine at T9.10, T1.2 and C3.4 levels. As if by magic, the body started to function properly, no longer over-reacting to dust or mould, or exercise and consequently producing an asthma attack.

Our treatments for asthma are now much more sophisticated and include Wellness programmes which are added to enhance the Chiropractic treatment procedure.
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