I had a lot of pain in my neck and shoulders that went away when I got new reading glasses for my computer. Using "office glasses" means I'm not tipping my head back and giving myself a stiff neck.

I live in Fort Worth, TX, where until recently we had an osteopathic teaching hospital. I hadn't been to a DO before I moved here, but one day when my daughter was small and I picked her up wrong I ended up crawling to the phone to call my then-spouse to come take me to the hospital. We were new in town and grumbled again that we should have a regular doctor for this sort of thing. On an impulse, we pulled into a neighborhood minor emergency clinic that (as we learned) had DOs on staff. Expecting to be sent home in pain with an Rx for muscle relaxants, I was very pleased that the doctor (who said "I don't get much chance to do this") turned me on my side, one hand on my hip and the other on my shoulder, and twisted each opposite the other. There was an audible "pop!" and on the other side, again "pop! pop!" and it was just plain better, a little sore for having been out of place for a while. I went back home with a two-year-old in the house and only had to take Tylenol. I had been afraid I'd have to have another adult in the house if I was on heavy pain medication.

Sure opened my eyes to the medical possibilities of seeing different types of doctors!

SRS