I’m going to go off on a little tangent here…

First, sorry for the delay in posting – if you’ve read the “about me” page, you know I have a Golden Retriever named Ben, and you know I’m also a chiropractor. (And, a lot of people email me and comment about Ben and Andy.)

Well, Ben got hurt earlier this month. We think he might have slipped on the concrete floors (we’re in continual remodeling mode here!)

He hurt his neck and is limping on his left front leg. He’s been in a lot of pain and our vet couldn’t do much for him. The vet thought he had a cervical (neck) disc problem, and we tried giving him a couple of different NSAID pain drugs, but Ben had reactions to them. We tried massage, heat and cold, but nothing was having much effect. After what felt like an endless week of listening to Ben whimper at night, and not be able to lift his head or even get up and walk without stumbling, I searched out one of the guys I had gone to chiropractic school with. In school, his sole goal was to do animal chiropractic. Since he was from our area, I looked him up. He gave me the names of several animal chiropractors around Tulsa.

One of them specialized in dogs, so I made an appointment for her to see Ben. She treated his neck problem, and the results started showing up on the way home from her office. It was about a 40 minute drive. Ben slept about 20 minutes, and then sat up to look out the window! His neck was moving much more easily. Over the next couple of days, it improved even more. He was able to raise his head, twist and turn it, and reach those parts of his body he had been unable to get to before treatment. He sleeps well and no longer whimpers in his sleep. He’s more active, but his front leg is still a problem. Needless to say, I’m taking him back to see the chiropractor tomorrow and she’ll treat his leg and hips.

I have no doubts that Ben will be keep improving. We’ll keep working with him and his chiropractor…

Ok – end of tangent…

I’m going to post again a little later today on “Make it easy on yourself…” – ways to keep from doing everything the hard way and how to automate as much as possible…

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