What Our Patients Say
What others say about chiropractic care can help you make the right health care choice. Review a selection of Rao Family Chiropractic patient testimonials below and please email us or contact the office if you have any questions.
Yours in Health
Drs. Susan and Madan Rao
"I was sold on the benefits of chiropractic for pregnant women!"
My name is Bonita and I am 32 year old mother of a 22 month old, and about to be a mother for the second time in February 2008. During my first pregnancy, I began to see Dr. Rao on a regular basis. I was sold on the benefits of chiropractic for pregnant women - it helps to keep the mom's body in alignment when everything wants to shift and move, in turn this creates the maximum amount of space in the womb for the baby; delivery is also said to be easier because when everything is in alignment, the baby has more room to pass through the pelvic area and birth canal. That being said, I had no major pain issues before or after seeing Dr. Rao. I just wanted to make sure that my body was ready to take on the tremendous trauma of carrying a child and giving birth. When it came time to deliver, everything went well; four or five pushes and we were done. I fully contribute the ease of delivery to having been adjusted throughout my pregnancy.
Being pregnant with baby #2 has been a bit of a different story up to this point. At around 8 weeks into this pregnancy, I started having lower back/hip pain in the SI region. It was triggered by a trip that my husband and I took to Chicago where we did a ton of walking all over the city for several days in a row. On the last day, I felt what I thought was my hip "popping" out of place. It hurt to walk at times and it felt like the joint would "catch" every now and then while walking. I thought I just needed rest and that it would go away on its own. I hadn't planned on seeing a chiropractor this time around, despite the benefits, due to the fact that we were now on one income and co-pays add up quickly on the budget. So, I let it go, hoping the pain would get better. The pain continued to worsen over the next few months. I tried physical therapy, exercises, and stretches. Nothing seemed to relieve the pain, and believe me, it's really hard to chase after a toddler when it hurts to run or bend over to pick him up. So I finally gave in and resigned myself to the fact that in order to feel better, I was going to have to spend some money and go back to see Dr. Rao. The first couple of months were treatment intense and painful because everything was so out of whack in my body. Now we are down to one visit a week; the SI pain is gone and life is so much better. Had I gone to see Dr. Rao right after the pain first started happening, she could have rectified the issue before things got as bad as they did, but hindsight is always 20/20, right? The point is, chiropractic works, and works well, especially for pregnant women. For those that can afford it, it just makes sense. I am so thankful for Dr. Rao.
-Bonita
"The Value of Chiropractic for Me"
I’d like to share my experience of chiropractic care with anyone seeking information from someone with nothing to sell. In other words, I can be completely honest since I have nothing to gain.
I am 60 and work as an elementary school librarian. I play the harp and love to garden and walk my dog. I’ve had chiropractic adjustments most of my life, but it was not until I met Dr. Susan Rao that I got the help I really needed. Her speciality is chiropractic neurology, which turned out to be just what I needed. I was having a lot of pain on one side and she explained that to get better, I would need adjustments only to that side to balance the input my neurological system was getting. I had gotten to the point that I couldn’t play my harp because it hurt so much to raise my right arm.
After about 2 ½ months of adjustments, I was able to raise my arm and could once again practice the harp. But then I decided I wanted more. I had lived for many years with a dull, nagging ache in my neck that never seemed to go away. Dr. Rao suggested decompression therapy and I tried it. Although insurance won’t pay for any part of the cost of decompression therapy, it is entirely worth the cost. I no longer have that ache in my neck, which has greatly increased my enjoyment of life.
Since cervical decompression was so successful, I decided to try decompression on my lower back. I don’t think I got quite as much bang for the buck with the lower back decomp, but then again, I don’t have knee pain that I was having from being a little crooked. Perhaps the cervical seemed better because I really needed it more.
I have been seeing Dr. Rao regularly for almost 3 years and it has made a huge difference in my life. I play my harp, have starting gardening again, walk the dog every day for about 50 to 60 minutes, and generally do anything I want to. This is very different from what my life was like before I found her. Her particular type of chiropractic fit me well, and I am so thankful for that. - Linda W.
"In the past 4 months, I have made truly miraculous improvements, more so than in the past 13 years!"
In August 1990, I was involved in an automobile accident and incurred a severe, closed-head injury. I almost died. When I awoke 30 days later from a coma, it was to find myself unable to talk, control my muscles, or remember much of anything. After many rehabilitative services and too many specialists to count, I found myself 13 years later still experiencing significant deficits in memory and numbness on my left side (head to toe). Not to mention continued problems with balance.
- Bruce A.
"I started the chiropractic adjustments and within the first 10 adjustments, I had already noticed a big difference."
My name is Julio Simon P. I am 51 years old. For the last 20 years, I have been suffering from problems of my spinal column: I had back pain, numbness in my hands, a lack of oxygenation to my brain, pain in the soles of my feet, pain in my hips, problems sleeping (I was only sleeping 2 or 3 hours a night), and problems with my intestines and digestion.
I had been suffering for 20 years until I met Dr. Susan. I went to her practice and she explained to me what type of problems can occur from a misaligned spinal column and how to fix it with adjustments.
I started the chiropractic adjustments and within the first 10 adjustments, I had already noticed a big difference. In a total of 20 adjustments, now I feel really good without any pain and with the desire and ability to do everyday things again. Thank you.
"I began my chiropractic treatments and that was when my life changed."
My name is Juanita A. I was always a very active person who worked very hard, thank you to God, but in the year 2000, I began have major changes in my health. I remember how tired I would get after walking. I had a supervisor’s position with work, and I could rest some, but when I tried to stand up, I remember that it was very difficult and I would always have a lot of pain when trying to walk. My pain was intense. It hurt in my low back, hip and legs. It continually worsened. Several times, I had to go to the Emergency Room at the hospital.
They told me that I had a lot of arthritis and degeneration in my vertebral column. They told me that I had 8 vertebral discs that were completely degenerated and that only if I had spinal surgery would I feel better. I decided to go with the operation because I had so much pain, day and night. They cancelled the operation for the first time due to complications of my diabetes, a second time due to anemia and a third time they cancelled it the day I arrived to the hospital stating that the risk factors were just too high. Well, I had to become accustomed to living with major pain day and night, with the fear that one day I would not be able to walk. My pain medication were not helping to dull the pain.
One day, there was a health fair, that was where I met Susan Rao, Doctor of Chiropractic. I began my chiropractic treatments and that was when my life changed. Now I do not take any pain medication and I am able to walk much better. Now I am able to do things for myself, including work in the house. And I will continue to come for maintenance treatments whenever I can.
Finally, I know again what it is like to live without pain. Thank you Dr. Susan Rao.
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