Brief summary: Before I saw Dr. Harris I was told I required surgery, pain killers and shots! My pain levels were at 8-9 for over 6 months. The thing that was weird is I only had LEG pain! But it turned out to be my BACK! I know it sounds weird. If i didn't live through it I wouldn't believe it either. Trust me leg pain can be rooted in your back! Now I'm pain free. I got my life back! You can too!
More detail about my story: I'm very against surgery and pain killers. Tho at this point I know why people take drugs and have surgery. It was the most unimaginable pain ever! Apparently equivalent to child birth, which I had for over six months. I don't want to get sliced up like a pig nor get addicted to drugs! But I was in so much pain even routine things were agonizing. Little things you take for granted like walking into an elevator. If the farthest one opened, sometimes I wouldn't hobble fast enough to make. :( It was the most awful pain ever. Completely distracting. I couldn't focus on work or even friendly conversations or sitting for dinner.
You should know, Dr Harris doesn't accept insurance. So I had my reservations about the bills racking up quickly. Don't let this bother you! It concerned me at first. But remember this: It's WAY more expensive to have surgery or be in perpetual pain! Surgery is a bill for LIFE! You will never be able to go back!
I saw 3 other Chiropractors before I went to Dr Harris. It's clear to me now that they basically didn't know how to help me or what was actually wrong. They all referred me to surgery after 4 weeks of wasted time, money and misery. Dr Harris was my LAST HOPE!!!
After 2 weeks of seeing Dr Harris (3 times / week) my pain levels were down to 1-2. A dream come true! After a month, virtually gone, which is a pain level of 0-1!! And after a month we got down to adjustments once every 2 weeks! He identified issues with my posture that no other "so-called chiropractor" identified. He knows the body so well! Please give yourself a chance to be pain free! This was a pivotal decision in my life. If I had surgery, I would be in a terrible place now.
Another thing about Dr Harris is he practices what he preaches. The exercises he tells you to do, he does himself. It's obvious when he demonstrates them! Don't be discouraged when you can't do the as well as he does. You will get better!
Reality of surgery: Apparently 25% need the surgery again in the first 3 months. Those are AWFUL numbers! And that's assuming they didn't paralyze you in the process. The 12 month numbers are even worse. Proof that surgery CLEARLY doesn't fix the root cause. They wanted to take out my disc material. But we need to keep that! Please don't let the butchers cut you up like a pig without trying this first.
Hope my experience helps at least one person out there! Good luck!