Pearls of Wisdom - Pure & Powerful. Dr. Liz Anderson Peacock

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СКАЧАТЬ standing in the schoolyard when he went into the hospital for the last time. I stood thinking that it was now time to grow up. I had to be smart and I had to make something of myself. I felt his death wasn’t fair and it fueled me with desire to figure out why things like this occur.

      Well, I still haven’t figured it out. But I do know these events in my life instilled a passion deep within me – a passion so strong, I don’t even fully comprehend it. These events put me on the quest to not only understand the human body, but the human mind and the relationship of the two. Why has been one of my favorite questions.

      I can’t say for sure if just one thing made me want to become a Chiropractor, but I am certain I was being strongly pulled in its direction. For these reasons as well as many others along the way, I continue to be a very passionate Chiropractor. Admittedly, I sometimes lose my way, but always seem to be thrown back in the direction of vitalistic energy and purity. I know Chiropractic can’t help everything, but it certainly can’t hurt to try!

      As a base, let’s recall Chiropractic Principle #4, The Triune of Life – “Life is a triunity having three necessary united factors, namely, Intelligence, Force and Matter.” I used to think Chiropractors could save the world, and the hardest lesson for me to learn was Chiropractic Principle #24, The Limits of Adaptation – “Innate Intelligence adapts forces and matter for the body as long as it can do so without breaking a Universal Law, or is limited by the limitations of matter.” I always wanted to believe that if the forces of intelligence were present, the matter could always improve. Instead, I realize I have to accept there are limits.

      However, removing interferences in the body to relieve the nerve interference is paramount for proper function – no matter what. With this understanding in mind, the most amazing things have come before my eyes, most certainly because of my confidence in adjusting children and babies. My thanks and appreciation to Larry Webster my mentor – God rest his soul. Also, I know I had guidance from my little friend in heaven.

      Changing One Life At A Time

      An eighteen-month old child had not yet in his life slept through a night. A healthy sleep pattern for this age is about eleven hours of solid sleep at night, with two or three hours of napping during the days. He was sick about 80 percent of the time with colds, congestion and earaches. No one could figure out why he was always sick. Supposedly his birth was normal, though I was not there to witness it. He was nursed until the age of fourteen months. His family had a fairly good understanding of nutrition and made several different attempts to correct his issues with a modified diet. They didn’t want to use another course of antibiotics, because it did not resolve the problem.

      Not by any means were they strung at their last hope, but the mother was literally exhausted and didn’t know where else to turn. Thus far, everything they had tried did not improve her infant’s condition. Alas, they were referred to our office by one of her close friends.

      I remember seeing this child and thinking what a miserable existence he must have been enduring. He could not communicate what was wrong, could not begin to know how to fix it or how to even help himself in anyway. During his examination, I felt an incredible stress inside. Most likely because I placed myself in the shoes of his mother, wondering how she managed seeing him in his condition – and I had only been with him for forty-five minutes.

      In the examination most everything appeared normal, except for a distended stomach, discomfort upon palpation of the lower left abdominal quadrant, and a diminished pupillary response reflex. Then, when I palpated the boys’ cervical spine, the lateral mass of C1 was extremely prominent to the left. I had never felt anything like it before in my life! It was palpable, and stuck out so far it felt like you could hang a hat on it. I will never forget the feeling – so unreal it made me nauseous. Without saying a word, I rechecked his pupillary responses, as I thought, “This poor child!”

      I had adjusted children and newborns before, but I knew something was seriously wrong with this baby. I knew I needed to pull myself together in order to adjust this child. I excused myself from the exam room, went into my office and looked at my very favorite picture on pages 171 and 172 of the book The Subluxation Specific – The Adjustment Specific (Palmer). This picture served two purposes for me. One, to remind me of the devastating effects of subluxation; and two, to give me the guidance in adjusting this child to remove the nerve interference from his brainstem.

      While my assistant held the boy, I escorted the parents to the report room to present a few charts explaining what I found to be going on with their son. I then proceeded to explain what I was going to do in light of the findings. I remember telling them, as far as I was concerned, the amount of stress being caused by this one vertebra was extremely overwhelming for their son, but I didn’t have any idea if removing it would help his condition. They were willing to give it a try; in fact, they were all for it.

      We returned to the examination room, where he was fussing in the arms of my assistant. I was able to calm the child as taught by my mentor. I set up to adjust him, delivered one specific adjustment to correct the lateral atlas and left everything else alone. I told them he needed to be checked again the next day, and they went home.

      That evening, I tried to reach the family to ask how everyone was doing. No answer, I was only able to reach their answering machine. I remember struggling through the night, hoping and praying he was okay with the adjustment. I would be lying if I didn’t admit I had concern with my own abilities as a Chiropractor. I settled my thoughts by imagining what my mentor would have done. Although this was not a devastating life or death situation, I think the severity of the subluxation caused me to question my abilities and the power of the body to heal.

      The next morning, I was at my practice adjusting by 6:30 AM; they were scheduled to come in at 9:00 AM. However, they did not show! Our office procedure was to make calls about fifteen minutes after a missed appointment, but at 9:40 AM my staff came to me, pulling me aside to ask what they should do. Oddly enough, my staff did not want to call because they thought everyone might be sleeping. I suggested they wait and call around noon, crossing my fingers hoping they were right.

      Just after 11:00 AM we received a phone call from the family apologizing for missing the appointment, and hoping to reschedule.

      So, at noon they all walked in: mother, baby, along with Grandmother and Grandfather! Mom sat down in the consultation area, and when I walked in she lit up with the biggest smile on her face. She introduced me to her parents who just stared at me.

      “What did you do to my child?” She said in excitement. “My son slept for twelve hours last night; and so I did! I think I just passed out. I ran into his bedroom this morning wondering if he was still alive. My husband must have snuck out of the house this morning, as he certainly didn’t want to wake either of us.” She went on explaining, “My son is a completely different child today. He had a nap yesterday afternoon as soon as we put him in the car seat after leaving your office. He was awake for about three hours, and then went to bed around 9:30 PM and slept right through the night – for the first time ever! We are so grateful to you!”

      Of course when a patient speaks like this to you, the ego wants to take over and say, “You are welcome.” However, it is arrested by the words of the late Dr. Fred Barge, “Take no credit – Take no blame.”

      That day, I felt in my heart my purpose was greater than I had even realized, and I would not have to look for guidance from anything other than my own skills and intuition. I still wanted to run and read more research. I wanted to find the real reasons, to know why this was not written in the literature. I wanted to know why this happened; and most importantly, I wanted to learn more about the brain, the nervous system, and the effects of subluxation on the body.

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