February 13th, 1964, I crashed head on 30 mph into an Sycamore tree. I was seriously injured, tearing cartilage in my back, rupturing my sternum, cracking my scull against the roof of the car and varies other soft tissue injuries. After three weeks in the hospital and multiple reconstructive operations, I was released to recuperate at home. Since I was 17 years old and a high school athlete, I was in good condition and healed quickly. However, by the time I was 30 years old the pressure on my sciatic nerve from a congenital condition was causing so much pain that movement was extremely difficult. After a week of hospitalization and traction, the orthopedist said that because of my injuries I was either going to live with this pain or undergo an operation to fuse several of my lumbar vertebrae. The prediction was that there was 30 % chance of improving my condition and 30 % chance that my condition would be the same, 30% that it would be worse and lead to partial paralysis. During that time my wife had been dancing with Oakland Ballet. Ballet people share a network of health practitioners to help them deal with dance injuries. She told me that one of her dancer friends had had success with a chiropractor named Dr. Mik Hamilton. After my first exam and diagnosis dr hamilton adjusted my spine and prescribed an exercise regimen. I walked out of the office, relieved from pain and moving freely. I have been a patient of Dr. Hamilton since 1977.
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