Chiropractic Patients Association
Zach was a perfectly healthy boy until the age of 5 years. He then developed irritable hips, he was hospitalised and had to be put to bed. It was two years before he could walk again.
There were no further problems until Zach was 12 years old. In the meantime he had developed into a slalom canoeist, with great potential.
When Zach was 12 years old (5’2” tall) and delivering newspapers he suddenly developed severe back pain; resting in bed didn’t help.
After six months under the Nuffield Hospital, where every test was performed, blood tests; MRI; 2 dimensional x-rays – nothing could be found to be causing the problem. He was unable to walk and couldn’t go to school or carry on any sort of normal life, he had to use a wheel chair and crutches.
His parents were told about a chiropractor near Banbury – Zach was taken for a free assessment. The chiropractor was able to explain to the parents what she was finding - Zach’s vertebrae were misaligned putting pressure on the nerves in the lower back. (Zach’s father was extremely sceptical!)
It was decided that six weekly treatments should be tried, this would be enough to decide whether chiropractic treatment was going to be effective.
The third treatment – pain level was 50% less – on the sixth treatment he was walking 15 steps without pain.
Advice given – (1) Do not allow pain to start, any discomfort use crutches.
(2) Daily stretch exercises .
(3) Posture.
Treatment was continued. On his 8th treatment he walked into the clinic crutch free.
Zach’s improvement continued. He listened to the advice he was given to the last letter. He is an excellent student and soon caught up with his school work. His slalom canoeing skills soon began to improve again.
Fourteen months later Zach qualified for the England Slalom Canoe Team, then competing internationally.
When Zach was 17 years old (now 6’3”) he qualified for The Great Britain Premier League Slalom Canoe Team.
Zach visits the clinic when he knows he needs to – but with his commitment to self-help -daily stretch exercises and posture, this is approximately every six weeks.
Zach's Story