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| I AM SO LUCKY TO DO WHAT I DO! The other day I had an experience that was so special to me that I want to share it. As a Chiropractor I am blessed to have the opportunity to connect with children who receive chiropractic adjustments. Many of these children are without symptoms or major health issues, who visit me because their parents understand the importance of keeping their child's nervous system clear of interference and working at its best. As time marches on, these subluxation-free children are sick less often than most of their peers, take less drugs and antibiotics than most of their peers, are rarely candidates for "common" kid's surgeries, and grow up with their potential to be their best intact. POWER ON! However, there are other children I connect with who struggle with more serious, even dire health challenges. Challenges that prevent these children from living their life to the fullest, that affect them both physically and/or mentally, and affect not only them but also affect the lives of their parents and siblings. I KNOW that with love and understanding and faith, and a healthy functioning nervous system, these children have their best chance of overcoming these challenges, because with a healthy vibrant nervous system, functioning clear of interference, particularly in a young growing body, ALL HEALING BECOMES POSSIBLE! In the past few weeks I have been connecting with a young boy named Daniel, not yet three years old, who at 19 months had his "normal healthy life" completely derailed following a series of antibiotics prescribed by his pediatrician for walking pneumonia. Before this event, his "healthy" life included numerous food allergies, Rotavirus, extended bouts with severe diarhhea, and daily vomiting. The outcome of this final antibiotic (amoxicillen) was swelling from head to toe and a bluish/purple coloring. His mother Rachel stated," We were at the pediatrician. Daniel looked into my soul and I knew we were losing him. What could I do? I couldn't stop my tears from falling on him." Over the next few months Daniel regressed. He became an unaware, unaffectionate, unresponsive, compulsive child who would spend time laying on the floor moaning. He never made eye contact. Professionals diagnosed Daniel with PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorder) which falls under the Autism spectrum. Obviously his future was in great jeopardy. Fortunately for Daniel, his mother Rachel refused to sit by idly and listen to her Pediatrician who told her that nothing could be done, don't listen to those other "healers", don't believe that nonsense you read on the internet, there is no conclusive evidence about what they do, they might hurt your child, and by the way, he is due for MORE vaccinations. Desperate, confused, and at her wit's end, Rachel bravely took a leap of faith and took the advice of a Naturopath, Janet Pawul who had helped her with some of her own, longstanding health problems, who enlightened her on how to detox Daniel. Within 48 hours he resumed making eye contact. A cranial therapist soon came into Daniel's life, where he continued to show improvement. A business card at Wild By Nature ultimately led this struggling boy and his courageous mom to my office. After an lengthy, exhausting, getting to know each session, where Daniel ran nonstop through my office hardly aware that I even existed, exploring and becoming comfortable in his new surroundings, I managed to give him his first Chiropractic Adjustment. I lovingly/jokingly called it "wrestling the alligator." Within minutes Daniel fell asleep in his mother's arms. Rachel informed me that Daniel falling asleep in her arms almost never happens. While he slept, I quietly enlightened her about the positive experience that had just occurred, although I sensed she was more enjoying the moment than listening to me, which in this situation was completely fine. Watching her, content with him sleeping in her arms was beautiful to witness. Over the next few meetings Daniel and I began to bond. He took a liking to my DVD player, which he learned to work. He also quickly became at ease with my adjustments, which I now performed by picking him up, then lying him down on the office carpet where he would relax watching his DVD show while I gently adjusted his little spine. Rachel informed at our next meeting me that Daniel loves coming to visit Dr. Henri. A few days ago Daniel came charging into my office with his DVD in hand. He popped out the Chiropractic DVD that was playing, placed his DVD into the machine and pressed the button to shut the player door. He picked up the remote and handed it to me because he knew that this was my part of our routine. As the DVD started, he called out which episode on the DVD he wanted to see and was ecstatic when it began. On his own, aware, and in control, he calmly made his way over to the place on the carpet where I adjust him, lay down on his side in the position that I usually position him, and waited for me to come over and adjust him. After balancing his pelvis he positioned himself for me to adjust his atlas, the top bone in the neck that controls SO MUCH of how we perceive and live our life. What happened next caught me completely off guard and changed me. Under my hands his Atlas gently moved and at the exact instant that the POWER in him turned ON, I tangibly felt the GREATNESS of what had occurred, and it literally knocked the wind out of me. It is difficult, if not impossible to describe, but the connection that I made with Daniel in that moment was so tremendous that I can feel it deep in my soul, right now as I write. As for Daniel, he is getting stronger, smarter, and expressing better health with each and every adjustment he receives. He is well on his way to being just like you and me, perhaps better. I know it! I can't put into words how lucky I am to do what I do. *Thank you Rachel J. for allowing me the priveledge to interact and connect with your incredible son, actually both of your incredible sons. Your monumental strength, courage, tenacity, and persistence inspires me. Thank you for the chance to serve you and your family. POWER ON! -Dr. Henri |
| When I adjust a child I feel God watching and smiling. |
| A check of some of the largest insurance carriers, who provide malpractice insurance coverage for chiropractors in the United States, has identified that despite adverse media coverage involving children receiving chiropractic care, NOT ONE CLAIM FOR INJURY TO A CHILD has been filed against a Chiropractor in the past FIVE YEARS! |