I had never been to a chiropractor before, but several things prompted me to try him. The folks who had recommended the herbal cleanse to me also recommended this guy. Following the cleanse, my dandruff and my allergies started to come back and at the end of my cleanse, I was congested for weeks. It was far too long for a virus and it was extremely frustrating because none of my medications were able to do much about it. Some of them helped a little, but nothing cleared me up completely.
So I went to see this guy, once again with the thought that, having tried everything modern medicine can offer except allergy shots, any kind of natural/alternative treatment was worth a try. Funny how I equate natural with alternative ...
He has me lay down on an adjusting bench and for the next hour or so, I hear a lot more preaching than physical treatment. He's a really nice older gentleman with an infectious smile and a personality that I really enjoy. His method makes no sense to me, so I affectionately call him the witch doctor. But, scientist that I am, though I would really like to understand his methodology, after a few experiences with him, I'm convinced that it works. So when I visit him, I lay aside my need to analyze everything to some extent and just put my faith in him and his method.
The BEST method, as far as I can tell, lays on a philosophical foundation similar to ancient Chinese medicine. It assumes the existence of energy in the human body that seems to be indiscernible to any kind of measurement system we have available. I don't think I've heard the witch doctor use this word, but I equate it with the concept of qi or chi (pronounced 'chee'). It consists in strength testing to determine what is wrong with my body/energy/mind/spirit/whatever and then some really weird treatments. Some of the treatments seem like traditional chiropractic adjustments of joints to help things flow better in the body. Some of them include him finding and touching two points on my body simultaneously while I hold my breath. Some of them are so weird, I don't even know how to describe them.
Within two days after my first appointment with the witch doctor, my congestion was completely gone. It started breaking up during my appointment and accelerated over the next two days. After about six weeks of congestion, the timing seemed to be a bit more than just coincidental. One time I went to see him and was feeling off balance inside. I don't know how else to explain it, but it was like there was a hole inside me and everything felt wrong. At the end of the appointment, I felt great. I think I've seen him four times now and after each session, I feel better overall.
At my last appointment, we talked about dandruff. It was still bothering me even though I had started using dandruff shampoo and had been using it for a couple of weeks. During my herbal cleanse, I had stopped using it and the dandruff only came back after the cleanse was over. He did his voodoo on me and told me my liver was weak and suggested I cleanse that first followed by the kidneys. He knew about the herbal cleanse I had done, so he knew I had something that was supposed to cleanse those organs. I started using the herbs about a week ago, stopped using dandruff shampoo, and the dandruff appears to be completely gone. Weird.
I'm not sure if I'll ever really understand the BEST method, but based on the empirical data, I'm going to keep seeing the witch doctor and see if I can get my body into shape to be able to heal itself and function properly. As a scientist who's always obsessed with understanding the model connecting the observations with the physical phenomena, it's kind of refreshing to simply put my faith in the method without really having a clue as to how it works.
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