Testimonials - Nancy Stockmann

Scott…

It’s hard to know where to begin…thank you seems so inadequate.  You have freed me from chronic pain that was well beyond tolerance; you have helped to heal my body and my spirit as well.  I have dealt with back pain for the major part of 38 years.  I have seen and consulted over 25 specialists, most of them surgeons; I have had MRIs, myelograms, CT scans, EMGs, epidurals and surgery.  I have worn a tens unit, braces, tried acupuncture, pressure point therapy, and ingested innumerable drugs.  I have been in various physical therapy programs for more than 8 years.  I have seen experts in neurology and orthopedic surgery from Santa Barbara and Pasadena, California, to the Cleveland Clinic, to Chicago, Illinois, to a team in Miami, Florida, not to mention the doctors I have seen here in Michigan.  I have also seen 4 chiropractors.  I have searched for answers and help all those years.

I came to you at a time when the pain and nausea had broken me; I was giving up.  I called your office because a friend of mine had picked up your ad in the paper.  I came to a consultation, met you, and barely remember driving home, except for the pain.  You sent my MRI to another consultant to make sure that I was even a candidate for you program, and you followed up with calls.  If it had not been for your persistence, I would never have come back…it was just too hard.  It was because you believed in your ability to help my body heal, and I needed to believe in you.  Your commitment to your practice and your thoughtful calls brought me back.

I have now completed my 20 spinal decompressions, not without setbacks.  You adjusted your treatment to my specific needs and took away the majority of my pain…you have made a difference in my life…for the first time in quite a while I actually have a life. 

I am a person who had studied the body and its mechanisms all my life; there is nothing more miraculous than us.  You have answered my questions and not only allowed, but made me a part of my recovery.  You have designed every visit to treat my immediate symptoms.  I have seen you treat each of your patients as if they were your only ones. 

Knowledge goes a long way to knowing how to offer care to people in pain, but you have something that goes beyond that.  You have an uncompromising desire to help people, and the touch of someone who can heal others. 

It took me a long time to find you Scott…you probably weren’t even born when I first started looking.  I have met some incredible people along the way; Each of them truly wanted to help me…and because I know so much, let me tell you this…you are a gift to everyone you meet…and you have truly been a gift to me.  So thank you…thank you for not letting me give up.

Nancy