Miraculously, I walked away from this horrific accident with only bruises from the seat belt—or so I thought.  The Ambulance EMT and doctors at Kennestone WellStar Hospital both told me I was fine, and I went home a thankful person.

After the bruises healed, I did notice back and neck pain, but as I sit at a desk all the time, I thought this was the cause.

Over the next year, the pain became increasingly worse.  It seemed nothing I did helped.  I spoke with my regular care physician and was told to get more exercise.  While this was certainly a good idea, it did not help the pain.  In January 2007, I started looking for a chiropractor.  I visited several, who shall remain nameless, until in March of 2007 I finally found Dr. McIntyre.

Six months later, it is a different world.  No more pain.  Dr. McIntyre found that my ribs were dislocated from the breastbone—no doubt caused by the seatbelt impact at 75 mph.  15 months of no treatment meant other problems had occurred as a result of this injury, and it has taken a while to track it all down.

Nevertheless, Dr. McIntyre has done it.  He diagnosed the problem almost immediately, and has been systematically and effectively treating it ever since.  He must undo the months of maladjustment caused by the accident, and this takes time.  Had I come to him within a few weeks of the accident, I’m sure I would have been saved months of constant pain.

I have to be consistent about my treatment, and make certain I come in for chiropractic care whenever I notice any pain.  Already I can tell this will be permanently healed in a few more months.  And thanks to Dr. McIntyre, I am well on the road to years of pain free life.

Over the past 35 years, I have had occasion to visit a number of chiropractors from time to time.  I have had the privilege of being treated by some extraordinary doctors of chiropractic, John Thie, Walter Schmidt and Kent Goode among them.  I have never known a better practitioner of chiropractic than Sean McIntyre.

Denise M.