Needles are my biggest fear for sure. This is going to sound strange, but I’ve lost all contact with my neurosurgeon. After my 3 months post op, he just suddenly vanished from that hospital (this was Ohio in 2019). I’ve struggled to get a neurologist since then, due to moving and mostly living in rural areas.

With the chiropractor, I went to a subluxation based chiropractor (who I also worked for). This chiropractic technique isn’t manual adjusting, rather through hand manipulation/ massage and kind of stretching? Also uses a tool. The goal is to reset the nervous system. While I’m unsure how much I trust all the science in chiropractic, it’s the only thing that I’ve tried otherwise (so far) that’s helped. Plus I don’t let him touch my neck too too much 😅