Like with any drug, this drug had a laundry list of side effects. There were extremely specific instructions to follow when taking this injection. Within 20 minutes of feeling a migraine coming, my mother had to inject herself, but because this medication was so strong, she couldn’t be alone for the next 20 minutes. This drug had the ability to stop your heart and she needed to be watched to make sure she did not need to be revived. She took the drug once and decided this was not the answer and started looking outside the medical community for answers. This is when she made an appointment with the chiropractor.

My mother has been seeing a chiropractor for close to 20 years. She has never had a migraine now that has lasted more than an evening and these usually occur when she hasn’t gone to have her spine checked for a while.

The first person my mom called when I started getting migraines was the chiropractor. I was in there the next day and received my first adjustment. It was like nothing I had ever felt before but I loved it. It made me feel great.

I didn’t experience any migraines until my freshman year of college when I wasn’t getting adjusted on a regular basis. I was able to compete as a walk on athlete for the women’s track and field team. The only problem was, I was getting horrible migraines after practice, making it impossible to study.

My mom said I needed to go see a chiropractor again. My chiropractor referred me to a chiropractor that was close to school and I began to see him on a regular basis.

As long as I got adjusted, I didn’t get migraines. I also found that any injuries I sustained while training were healing a lot faster than my teammates. We were all seeing the same athletic trainers, getting the same treatments, eating the same foods, doing the same workouts, but I was able to come back quicker than others.