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WHAT'S SIMI'S STORY? “EVERY ORGAN IN YOUR BODY IS CONNECTED TO THE ONE UNDER YOUR HAT.”
-BJ PALMER. IF THIS IS THE CASE, THEN WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT CHECKING IN ON OUR SPINES, AND HOW DOES NOT DOING SO AFFECT OUR EVERYDAY LIVES? THESE QUESTIONS LEAD ME TO LIFEWEST.
- By Simran (Simi) Chawla -
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ue Bollywood music. I’m a first-generation Indian American who was born and raised in Reno, Nevada. By the age of five I was sold on going to the University of Nevada Reno and by 15 I was ready to major in biology. My dad and I would plan everything out and made a “To-Do” list for medical school. Chiropractic was never on my radar. I was first introduced to chiropractic through my younger brother, Saurabh. He was fourteen at the time and was playing his ninth year of football. In all his years of playing, he hadn’t gotten badly hurt, but one day he was injured during practice and had a hard time breathing. There was a concern of potential surgery that we luckily avoided. My dad called Saurabh’s previous coach who was a chiropractor. I found it strange that my dad would call a DC over an MD. The adjustments for Saurabh proved to be very effective, and he began to heal both physically and
"I let myself “go” so much that one day I got onto the scale and it reached 320 lbs. I couldn’t stay awake at work, I felt uncomfortable, and my self esteem was in the dumps." emotionally. He took his renewed energy and applied it to making videos and becoming creative in writing, editing, and filming. Saurabh decided to quit football and focus on his passion for videography. Noticing the benefits it provided in his own life, Saurabh began to recommend chiropractic care to everyone. I didn’t think anything of it until I could barely focus on homework due to back pain and stiffness. The pain was becoming unbearable. I was already on medications for epilepsy and didn’t want to go to the doctor to get another prescription for pain. Although I was still skeptical, I took Saurabh’s advice and made an appointment with a chiropractor (Dr. Doyle) the next day. My
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skepticism faded immediately because I felt amazing and after that I went once a month and saw so many differences in my body. Although I enjoyed my experiences, I still had a few more obstacles to face before I realized where my true calling was. For several years, my grandma suffered from dementia, which escalated quickly, impacting mine and my family’s lives as we worked to help her however we could. My coping mechanism at that time was to go to the grocery store, walk the aisles, grab my favorite junk food, and then binge while watching TV. I was a year into therapy and still in denial about my health and “bad” habits. I blamed everyone around
