I did some research on multiple sclerosis and how a car accident can affect the brain in terms of lesions, and I came across upper cervical chiropractic care.  The reason I started looking into it is because I was in a three car accident where I was rear-ended and pushed under neath the back of a 4x4.  I never had any sign or symptom of having the disease until a few months after the accident.  I was diagnosed with MS two years before the accident happened.  When I searched for answers, I came across Montel Williams and articles about trauma.  Montel Williams is a huge believer in the treatment of upper cervical care with MS, and of course he has the money to pay for it, but after over a month of receiving the treatment and over 4 hours of driving back/forth to a certified UCC specialist, I found out the truth. 

 

The research looks good and many patients see positive results, but as ms patients, we need to be cautious.  People always say that ever risk has a reward, but in this case, I feel that every reward has its risk.

 

I was going to a upper cervical chiropractor that had a really upbeat and positive attitude about wanting to help me... at the beginning.  The doctor educated me on how many patients he/she treated and how they were helped.  I was a believer at first, but after talking to someone I know personally who is the mother of  a chiropractor, they didn't see how driving that distance after having adjustments made was gong to help me.  I started getting horrible migraine headaches that would never go away, and if they did, they'd come right back.

 

I stopped going.  I couldn't deal with the headaches and I was afraid that my prior problems related to MS would come back again.  I understand what upper cervical care can do, but I also understand what it can cause.  I decided that there was too much risk and I was afraid of what I would encounter before I found my reward.

 

I was also informed by the doctor that I would have to continue driving a few hours multiple time a week, for multiple months, for a year to notice the full effect.  Along with the wear and tear or a vehicle that I can't drive, paying tolls, making everyone else's life revolve around my schedule more than it already does, the treatment was going to cost about five-thousand dollars!  Insurance companies very rarely cover it. 

 

I called the office and informed them that I no longer wanted to make the trip and that I felt I was better off letting everything take its course.  The attitude I received during that phone conversation really made me mad.  I get that I was going to be a patient lost as well as a decent amount of money, but there is a thing such as respect and they clearly don't know have any unless they are benefiting from something.

 

To some people, it might be practical and beneficial, but for me, it definitely wasn't.  I actually came across a chiropractor, whom is twenty minutes away from me, that does the same exact treatment.  He might not be UCC certified, but he has helped MS patients the same way a UCC specialist does.

 

My advice, if you want to look into UCC care, don't believe everything you read/see.  Ask for a FREE evaluation.  Don't listen to them when they tell you they have people come from throughout the world, renting a place for months at a time for the treatment.  And, definitely discuss the treatment with your MS doctor.  Most will agree that a person might feel better after getting adjustments, but it won't make the lesions on your brain go away...

 

Is it mind over matter??