Introducing Edmonds Chiropractor Dr. Matthew Waldron
Fifteen years ago, something happened that changed my life forever. Even though I lived a pretty healthy life, I was in construction and used my body to do all sorts of things that put a great deal of strain on my spine. I seemed to get through most of the work OK, but one day I really messed up. I was lifting a heavy box out of a van when my low back became very sore. It was so bad that I had to go home. The next day when I woke up, I couldn’t even stand up straight, and when I tried I got shooting pains down my leg.
Boy, was I scared. I was missing work and was stuck at home lying on the floor. After a couple of days, I started to feel better and finally after a couple of weeks I was able to return to work. Then bam, it happened again – only this time it was much worse. I was really bent over to the side this time. An instead of pain in my leg, I had numbness all the way down to my foot.
I went to see a medical doctor. He suggested that I quit my job, quit playing basketball and stop water skiing. And, if that didn’t help, then I might need an operation. “We’ve done all that we can,” he told me. “You’ll just have to live with the pain.” Talk about scared – I was terrified.
My wife Teresa was seeing a chiropractor because she was rear-ended in a car crash. She told me to go there and see if this doctor could help. He explained why I was having numbness in my leg. As it turned out, there was a nerve in my low back that had become irritated from so much pressure. When he began to adjust my spine to get the pressure off the nerve, the numbness went away. I was so relieved.
Then an amazing thing happened. After about six months, I realized that I had not had a single day of problems. I was feeling better overall than I had felt in a long time. I continued to see the chiropractor to maintain the improvements in my spine. I was playing basketball two times a week, water skiing as much as I could and working as much as 50 hours a week. I was so convinced that chiropractic adjustments helped me stay active and at work, I suggested to all my friends and co-workers that they try it too. Then one day, when my chiropractor was thanking me for referring a friend of mine to see him, he grinned and told me that I should think about becoming a chiropractor.
My wife and I moved our family from Edmonds to California so I could attend college and pursue my new career. After I received my Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life Chiropractic College West in 1996, we returned to Edmonds, where I have been practicing ever since. It’s strange how life is, because now people come to see me with their back and neck problems. They also come to me with their headaches, migraines, chronic pain, arm and shoulder pain, asthma, allergies, numbness in limbs and injuries related to work, auto accidents and athletics.
I am proud to be serving my community and helping people of all ages – from newborns to senior citizens – maintain or restore their good health. I hope you will call our office today to learn more about today’s safe and natural chiropractic care – and how we can help you take your first step toward better health.
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