My name is Pilar M, and I am 61 years old. I went to the chiropractor because I had been suffering from vertigo for 30 years, a whistling sound in my right ear, and back pain that I would describe as if I had a dagger stuck in me.
I felt so unstable that my daily life consisted of lying on the couch and in bed. I didn’t go out alone on the street and when I did I thought people thought I had drunk alcohol, because my body swayed from side to side. My hands were sweating and I felt very insecure. I felt totally discouraged, and at times I preferred to die than to be like this.
The first few times it happened to me sporadically, but as the years went by the frequency increased until I suffered from it almost daily. He was taking medication for vertigo (serc) but it was getting worse, with more dizziness , sweating and lack of stability on the street. They applied therapeutic massages to my cervical spine, but it was even worse, the results were terrible.
They recommended Chiropractic to me for my vertigo.
The owner of the gym I went to recommended Chiropractic as a possible solution. Since I didn’t know anything about Chiropractic , it didn’t give me much confidence, but I had nothing to lose, so I went… And I can only say that since then my recovery has been spectacular! Since the first chiropractic adjustment I noticed that I didn’t have as much vertigo . And as the weeks went by I started to feel like a normal person. My back pain also disappeared, like magic .
Now, after 30 years!, I can lead a normal life: I go out without a problem and do gymnastics every day. I can even dance salsa and mambo. I am VERY HAPPY, so much so that my husband and several friends already come with me to visit the chiropractor regularly.
I cannot finish without thanking chiropractic for the important changes it has brought to my life.
* Vertigo is a sensation of movement or spinning that is often described as dizziness.
Vertigo is not the same as feeling lightheaded . People with vertigo feel as if they are actually spinning or moving, or as if the world is spinning around them.
The article was published in the book Más Años en su Vida y Más Vida en sus Años .
In some cases the wording has been changed a little to adjust it to the uses of Spanish.
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