JULIE'S STORY:

I’ve had back problems for almost 18 years.  I had major back surgery when I was only 17 years old. I’ve gone to many chiropractors over the years, and it’s always been helpful, but I never thought of it for my overall health but just to help my back not to hurt.  When we moved to Dripping Springs in July 2006 and started going to Family First, I began to view things differently.

I realize that I’m a whole person and chiropractic care can help the whole person not just my back.  I also have come to see the benefits it can have on the whole family, not just the one in pain.  My husband and two daughters are receiving care and it has had an impact on all of us.  My girls were always at the doctors, and the pharmacist even knew us by name. My oldest daughter’s immune system was weak, and she always was getting sick. When Dr. Monya and Dr. Chae went out of town for the Christmas holidays, my whole family got sick.  I realized this was the first time since we started receiving care from Family First.  Since Dr. Monya and Dr. Chae have been back from vacation, we have been well again, and we look forward to maintaining our health.

The office is warm, the people friendly, and the girls love seeing Crimson on every visit.  I would recommend chiropractic care for the whole family and enjoy the benefits of good health.  More than any other chiropractor that we’ve seen, Dr. Chae and Dr. Monya care so much about improving their patients’ lifestyles as well as their health.

-Julie

JENA'S STORY:

I have had chiropractic care three years ago for neck and upper back pain.  I faithfully went for a whole year.  After I felt better, I stopped going.  Unfortunately, I learned a valuable lesson- Chiropractic care is for LIFE!  After being in terrible pain for about nine months, I found Dr. Chae and Monya.  They have changed my life!  My quality of life is so much better.  I have a long road ahead of me, but I know God wants me to live a healthy life.  Dr. Chae, Dr. Monya and Dr. Will guide me there.  Thank You!

KC's STORY:

My story starts with having a heart that was beating improperly. My diagnosis was atrial fibrillation, where the heart beats too fast, too slow or with skipping irregular rhythm, better known as arrhythmia. However, that was not the initial reason I went to Dr. Chae and Dr. Monya at Family First Chiropractic. My pain was in my upper back between my shoulder blades where it had become a chronic pain that just would not go away.

On my husband’s recommendation, we attended a short seminar one night that Dr. Chae and Dr. Monya were having in their office. During this seminar, I learned about subluxation the problems that occur when ignoring this condition. Therefore, I agreed to have x-rays to find out the condition of my spine. It was not a pretty picture with multiple subluxations, nine to be exact and that included one right at the point that the spinal nerves affect my heart. This information of course was very important to me as I wanted to find a cure for my arrhythmia and the pain in my upper back.

The decision to receive chiropractic care was obvious, but it was not without much concern that my spine was in such bad condition that it might not directly help with my arrhythmia. To my surprise and delight, Dr. Chae was able to correct my spine subluxations in approximately fifty days. From the first adjustment, my heart started beating more regularly with fewer fibrillations and I started feeling better.

Prior to seeing Dr. Chae, I planned to have a cardiac ablation procedure that would stop the arrhythmia and prevent the inevitable strokes that could possibly occur later in life. Since my ablation and continued chiropractic care, my health has steadily gotten better. The subluxation that was affecting my heart and the pain in my upper back is improving daily. If I decided not to have the ablation, and continue only with the chiropractic adjustments, I am confident that my spine would completely heal itself. However, at the age of sixty I wanted a backup plan to make sure that my heart would beat regularly and that I would have two chances to be healthier.

Both my husband and I go to Dr. Chae and Dr. Monya on a regular basis to insure that our spines are in good health. Today when I hear someone talk about his or her heart or that they have arrhythmia, I tell them my story and recommend that they check into chiropractic care as one way to help their body heal itself.
-K.C.

KAREN'S STORY:

I originally came to Family First Chiropractic to correct my stance and the way I unevenly carried my weight. During this experience I have benefited in other positive ways. My neck and shoulders are properly aligned, thus eliminating much of the stress and tension in this area. I have greatly reduced the amount of aspirin that I take for headaches, because I have very few now. I have combined chiropractic care with massage therapy to relieve tension in the lower back. I would also like to say that I have not had so much as a cold this entire winter – coincidence or chiropractic?

- Karen

KRISTEN'S STORY:

I first started looking into chiropractic care when a friend suggested it might help with my migraines. For many years I struggled with migraines that limited my ability to fully participate in everything I wanted to do. After starting to receive adjustments each week, my migraines began to decrease in frequency. I also was able to identify an allergy to dairy that was causing some of my migraines. Now that I have been receiving chiropractic care for a while I have very few migraines and I am better able to participate in things my family and friends are doing.

-Kristen

MARSHALL'S STORY:

After decades of chronic low back pain, general stiffness, frequent headaches, and then two back surgeries for acute injuries, I tried chiropractic care, as a last ditch effort to help with the pain and depression that followed. Within two weeks my pain decreased, energy increased, clarity flowed, and my posture improved.  Now, I sleep better and wake without headaches.  After one year I constantly feel great and energized everyday!  Recently, I had an event with chest pain radiating to my left arm.  The pain continued throughout my hospital stay, and “clean bill of heart health from the M.D.s.”  I was discharged home with the pain continuing for two days until my usual weekly appointment with my chiropractor.  Dr. Chae found a subluxated cervical vertebra and the pain that was unresolved thru hospital care was resolved immediately!  I then called my cardiologist and told him that if I ever experience the “chest pain” again I would call him only after a chiropractic visit first.  Thanks Chae and Monya!

-Marshall

NAT'S STORY:

I want to thank you for making a difference in the way I feel. I came to visit your office under protest. My wife was tired hearing me complain about my back and secretly set up an appointment for me to talk with the both of you (her mother was already coming to your office and was amazed how it has helped her). After listening to your explainations as to why I might be feeling the way I did, it made me understand what chiropractic care was all about. When the results came back from my x-rays and showed that I had seven subluxations (and a severe tilt because my spine was twisted), I knew I had to make a choice. It was either ignore the results and the way I felt, or do something about it. I have been going to your office for a little over a month now and I already can see the results. My lower back was constantly bothering me (even when I stood up for short periods of time) and I couldn’t enjoy the things in life I should be enjoying. Going to your office and getting adjusted each week has given me a new look on life. I do not feel any pain in my lower back and I have been living a better life because of it. I can’t wait for the day when you take my next set of x-rays and they show the big improvement that I feel.

Thanks again for the time you took to explain everything to me and to help me enjoy life once again.

Sincerely,

Nat

PIPER'S STORY:

I’ve had chronic neck and back pain for almost 30 years, since I was 18. Chiropractic care has helped a great deal. I am sure I would be a bent-over old twisted “old-lady” without it. Dr. Chae’s approach has helped improve my condition.
My three children see Dr. Chae too. My middle child has allergies and tends to be “ stuffed up.” When he comes for an adjustment he likes to have a kleenex with him because once he’s adjusted by Dr. Chae his sinuses start draining immediately.

-Piper

ROBIN'S STORY:

I am disabled with chronic asthma.  However, I have greatly improved over the past year with chiropractic care.  Normally, at this time of year I am suffering tremendously with allergies and extreme asthma.  Since having my subluxations released I am able to live a much more active, less medicated life. While still disabled I am suffering less and able to live a happier, healthier life.

-Robin

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