Caring Medical Week 1 // Neck Curve Correction, Starting Neck Weights, Chiropractor Adjustments

[@HealingWithRachael]

If you do decide to see Dr. Hauser at Caring Medical, be sure to let them know that "Rachael from KZbin" sent you their way. 💚 I hope that sharing my experience will be helpful for some. Wishing you all the best and always rooting for you!

[@njdevil900]

I just started my treatment with dr hauser last month

[@HealingWithRachael]

@@njdevil900 How’s it going?

[@njdevil900]

@@HealingWithRachael To be honest didn't feel that much difference with prolotherapy and weights. But he recommended me 7-9 treatments so I am hoping maybe after few treatment I'll feel some relief.

[@carlavicentini7322]

i am convinced after watching these videos i must have neck instability. i'm very interested to see if this works for you guys and will be checking back. good luck 🙏🏽

[@HealingWithRachael]

@@carlavicentini7322 Thank you Carla! 💚

[@maryellen6230]

I've been following you for over a year and really appreciate you sharing your journey. It's been a blessing in my own health. I've come across Caring Medical's KZbin last year. The information they explain sure connects the dots to much of my symptoms. I wish you the best success and keep on keeping on. I love how you share your faith in God. If he brings you to it, he'll get you through it ❤

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you for your thoughtful message, Maryellen! You're right, God can certainly carry us through anything. 💚Wishing you the best in your journey!

[@peternall6566]

We are right behind you Rachel.

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you so much Peter!

[@amberkeita9179]

IT SURE WAS a sign from God! :) Look at you now!! I have watched each of your updates as they came out, ...several times! I was following you before I 'knew' I had hEDS,..... AND I was following 'Caring Medical' months before you announced you were starting your treatment there, and before I even knew I had it either... I was diagnosed in Jan 2022 with hEDS. . because of the confidence I have in prolotherapy after learning from Caring Medical, and watching YOU heal so incredibly fast...., on Oct 12 I will start my first prolotherapy treatment on my neck for c1/c2 instability in Canada. You're awesome!!!

[@Awalkingmuse]

Hi! Would you mind telling me whereabouts in Canada .

[@ephremalemayehu7459]

May GOD be with you Rachel and thanks for sharing your journey with us

[@HealingWithRachael]

thank you so much for your kind words!

[@lalabyelulu4021]

When my neck was at its worst, I started having trouble walking so there is definitely a connection. That was one of my scarier symptoms. Hope you start feeling better soon.😊

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you so much :)

[@celestewatson7836]

Thank you for taking the time to make these videos! Hope this is significantly helpful for you.

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you Celeste :)

[@DigiFinch]

Hey Rachel, wishing you the best with treatments. I went caring a little over two years ago for similar although less severe neck instability. I’ve done four treatments at this point and while I can’t say I am 100% back to normal, I’m Much more stable and have far fewer episodes of neck pain flareups. I’m hoping to go out there again soon to get some maintenance. So glad you have your husband there with you during all of this. The treatments themselves can be a little intense.

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you for sharing, I'm so glad to hear you saw a lot of improvements from your treatments. :) Wishing you the best!

[@alleycat4430]

Thank You for the update. Praying for the best results!

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you so much! :)

[@dustyfeller]

Thank you for documenting your Caring Medical appointments and the prolotherapy treatment. I hope this works for you. I’ve been contemplating making the trip to FL, and this is going to help me decide.

[@HealingWithRachael]

I'm glad it has been helpful in some way! I hope you are able to figure out whats best for you.

[@shonna79]

IM SO THANKFUL I FOUND YOU!!! DR HAUSER IS MY MISSING LINK 😢

[@taylorferrell8308]

Rachael I am so happy for you!!! I have not wrote you in a bit but have been keeping up on all your videos. I am so happy for you going to Dr. Hauser I have heard so many good things about him! Sending prayers your way!

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you so much for your encouragement, Taylor! 💚

[@shlomitbahtmoshe7786]

I can’t say thank you enough! This gives me hope😊 I actually found some extended family close to ft meyers. I might be able to stay with them. I too have spinal spondylitis. And mixed connective tissue disorder. Keep getting better!

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you for your sweet message! I'm glad to hear you have family you might be able stay with if you decided to come here. That's a huge part of the cost. Let me know if you end up coming here! 💚

[@elianauku]

Hi Rachael - I am so looking forward to the rest of your series as I’m currently deciding btwn Caring Medical and Regenexx. Thank you!!

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thanks Eliana! :) Wishing you the best in your decision-these choices can be so difficult to make when so much is on the line. I feel for you!

[@claytonshilling240]

Praying 🙏

[@darkskyforever]

I'm excited for you. I went to their other location and unfortunately they couldn't help me there. They wanted me to go to their Florida location, but I can't travel due to the pressure in my head. I'm glad you are getting the treatment you need. Hopefully they will help you as best as they can. Good luck!!!

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thanks you for your kind message! I'm sorry to hear that. 😢 Traveling is indeed extremely difficult with intracranial hypertension. Wishing you the best 💚

[@jimhull4885]

Rooting for you and have learned so much from your journey

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you Jim :)

[@taylorferrell8308]

I had about 5 treatments of PRP and it helped but I to was never told that the reverse curve in my neck needed fixed first. My Craniosacral therapist is who has been helping me release tension in a gentle way and get my neck curve back. I am in a much better place now praise the Father!

[@HealingWithRachael]

I'm so glad to hear you are doing much better, that's great! And very cool that you've been able to work on your neck curve as well. :)

[@simo-dv5xk]

Where did you buy this cervical weight system?

[@SandraEKitchen]

I have chronic pain and I see a chiropractor for ART (Active Release Technique) which is very similar to what that chiropractor does. It’s more about release of tension and stopping the pull of my joints one way or the other. I literally can’t survive without them now. He does some slight manipulations on me because I have a lot of rib movement causing me a lot of pain. I’m SO happy for you that this sounds like you are in a better direction!!

[@HealingWithRachael]

Hi Sandra! Thank you for your sweet message! I'm so glad to hear your chiropractor has helped you so much. :)

[@edrianeberrios7553]

Hey! Hope everything is going well. Looking forward on seeing more about the process and progression with Dr. Hauser. My first appointment is in February with Dr. Hauser hopefully the last Dr I go to.

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thanks amazing! Be sure to say hello to us if you see us there, would love to meet you. Wishing you all the best!

[@gp6521]

Hi, I have been following your story for a few months now, ever since I had a cervical fusion to C1,C2. Thank you for sharing. I learn a lot from you and it has been very helpful. My question is when you started rehab for your neck, is there a special type of therapist you use? Really appreciate your time and help. Thank you. Gloria

[@jessicaligon2413]

Are the the kids weight available to buy online?

[@jlovelysoul]

Hi Rachel! Thank you so much for all your videos. I hade a question, when you say your jaw is dislocated you are referring to the disc right? I thought an actual dislocation of the jaw is a medical emergency? I’m glad the adjustments helped!

[@brookecarey6138]

Praying this is an answer for you Rachael!! 🙏

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you Brooke! 💚

[@brookecarey6138]

@@HealingWithRachael how are you feeling today??

[@HealingWithRachael]

@@brookecarey6138 I'm doing okay thanks for asking!! Just resting and enjoying some time in the sun too :)

[@brookecarey6138]

@@HealingWithRachael that sounds wonderful!! It's hard to find nice peaceful moments among all the symptoms so I'm sure it's exactly what you need! 💜💜

[@shirley1888]

Good luck. Wishing you good health, healing and blessings. Would you please describe what you experience or feel when you are standing.

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you so much, Shirley! Yes, when I'm standing still (even more so than walking), my blood pools to my legs and feet, and it makes my legs throb, causes my heart-rate to go very high, and makes me really dizzy/light-headed. If I stand up for too long I may faint.

[@CaMagNaK]

Hi Rachael, Thanks for sharing your journey. I'm currently going to Caring too and am extremely grateful for their familiarity with my condition. It is so relieving to be understood and so well received. I didn't need to explain anything about EDs, cranial pressure, extreme hyper mobility etc, they see it all day long. I have a question about your low histamine meat source. Did you mention the name of the farm? When I googled I don't think I found the same farm. Thanks so much!

[@HealingWithRachael]

I'm so glad to hear you've been having a good experience there so far as well! :) If you see us there be sure to say hello, I'd love to meet you. Fingers crossed your treatments bring you a better quality of life. Keep me updated. 💚 I've been getting my low-histamine meat from BillyDoe Meats. This is their website: billydoemeats.com/ They freeze all of their meat & don't age it at all. I cook everything from frozen. :) It sounds extreme but I'm just trying to give my body the best possible chance to heal!

[@Sara-world]

Great progress! Love the neck weight idea! Love the detail of your experience as well. I just sent you a message on your fb page. I hope you get it! Keep us posted!!

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thanks, Sara!! 💚I agree the neck weight makes so much sense!

[@hollyisadora]

Where did you buy the neck weights? 🙂

[@HealingWithRachael]

They were prescribed by my chiropractor here! He uses xray guidance to make sure they affecting my neck curve properly. I asked him if other chiropractors do this, and he said about 2% of chiros do neck curve correction. So its pretty uncommon, but its not completely unique to caring medical!

[@lollipop427-e2o]

It sounds so nice to be able to sit by the pool and enjoy the palm trees. Thanks for sharing your story with all of us still struggling with symptoms. Are you still doing the carnivore diet while traveling? I hope you keep feeling better and better. 😀

[@HealingWithRachael]

Hi Coco! Thanks for your kind message. It really is a blessing to be able to be in a beautiful place with beautiful weather! Yes, I am still doing strict carnivore while traveling. Over 5 months strong now :) It has certainly made a difference and been worth it for me! I hope to share more about it soon. 💚

[@Sbean1022]

Rachael, I'd love to hear more about your Lion diet! I just started clean Keto and not seeing much improvement. I'm so glad to hear you've been helped by it. I've been considering going carnivore just to see.... prayers for you

[@HealingWithRachael]

Hey Michele! I plan to share more on here soon :) If you’d like to follow me on instagram I recently started a another account to share my carnivore/lion journey @ribeyerach , haha! For me, regular keto or paleo didn’t give me improvements. Carnivore and lion certainly have but it’s been very gradual. Definitely hard to transition and adjust but so worth it. When you’ve been really sick for a long time it takes the body a long time to heal. I hope you find relief 💚

[@bobblehead761]

Good for you for doing the carnivore/lion diet. It's not easy but it can be so rewarding, especially when you have a good enough reason. I did strict keto for 4 years and most recently was doing the carnivore diet but I found that cervical instability and ketosis do not mix well. Ketosis can be considered a stress state on the body and I had to stop stop doing it. Super bummed about that. Have you experienced any negative side effects yet from effects from ketosis?

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you! I'm sorry to hear it hasn't worked out for you or that you've had issues with it. It can be so hard to figure out whats best for your body. Actually, I've mostly heard the opposite about ketosis, that it can be very de-stressing and healing for the body. But I'm not an expert! Going carnivore/lion was a really rough transition for me and I didn't start seeing improvements for a few months but I wanted to give it a solid try. Regular keto didn't help much for me. I'm actually not even 100% positive that I'm in ketosis as I don't check. But carnivore/lion has been most beneficial (so far) for me with my severe fatigue crashes and overall functionality. I hope to see more benefits in time :)

[@bobblehead761]

@@HealingWithRachael Here's my source, from the guy who wrote a very popular book you may have heard of called Wheat Belly. There's much more info out there if you dig around: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWq1XnuqqdObr68 Having done keto/carnivore for so many years, it was just an amazing experience for me. Made me feel half my age, especially carnivore. Literally life-changing, almost to the extent of cervical instability. :-) Took me over a year to figure out that ketosis was making my cervical instability symptoms worse. You should test to see if you are in ketosis, I'm sure you are being on essentially a zero carb diet. It's just another good measurement to have. I'm hoping I can get back to it soon enough. I'm getting cervical prolotherapy now but I might have to go see Dr. Hauser depending on the outcome of my current treatment. It's a long, slow process! Best of luck on your journey with Dr. H. and everything, I'm rooting for you!

[@dizzypancreaspump]

I'm sorry I'm confused. You say you can't stay upright or move your jaw but you do for the whole video(s)? Or am I not understanding something

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thanks for your comment. I never said I couldn't be upright or move my jaw at all! I shared I really struggle to stay upright for any length of time! The video is like 20 minutes long and filmed on different days. I can only be upright for a small amount of time before severe symptoms set in. As for my jaw, it's been locked/dislocated for 4 years. That doesn't mean I can't move it at all. It means I can't move it past about a centimeter open, that's where it's locked. But as I shared in the video, the chiropractor helped me to get more opening than I have in years. Hope that makes sense.

[@dizzypancreaspump]

@@HealingWithRachael yes thank you! Is your jaw still locked? I'm not caught up on all the videos yet

[@andream8176]

My jaw is in subluxation .. I wish they took insurance 💔 because I am too fused C0-C2 from Dr.H & anterior C4/5/6 .. Now my C3 is subluxed between my two fusions.

[@HealingWithRachael]

I wish they did too. 💔 Honestly it would save insurance so much money for people to avoid surgery too-that’s the really frustrating thing about it.

[@tiffanym.4036]

@@HealingWithRachael have you tried submitting the superbill they gave you to your insurance yet?

[@HealingWithRachael]

@@tiffanym.4036 Yes I have! I submit them after each appointment. Thankfully it seems they are applying at least some of it to my deductible!

[@tiffanym.4036]

@@HealingWithRachael sweet! Hopefully mine will do this for me too, my deductible is $4,500 😫 It's also a kinda defeating that hardly anyone who specializes in EDS takes insurance

[@michelleherd1389]

Hi Rachael- I appreciate your videos so much. I’ve been following you for a couple years now and your courage and ability to keep moving forward in hope has sustained me through some of my darkest nights. I found caring medical through a referral from my cranial leak/IIH doc., my first appointment is coming up in early February. Logistics question. My husband is blind so while he can be my companion for the clinic visits we’ll be using an Uber to get to the clinic. I’m wondering if you used a hotel for your first visit and if so was it fairly close to caring medical? I’m having trouble telling what might be close-ish. Also, was there enough time between the morning and afternoon sessions that you could have gone back to rest or should we assume I’ll need to be up. I won’t have a car to rest in hence these questions. Thank you for sharing yourself with us! So grateful. I’m rooting for you!!!!

[@HealingWithRachael]

Hi Michelle, Thank you for your kind message and encouragement! I'm so glad my videos have been helpful in some way. For my evaluation day, we stayed in a hotel right behind Caring Medical called Candlewood Suites Fort Myers-Sanibel Gateway. Depending on your walking ability, it's about 1-2 blocks just to walk there from the hotel. It wasn't a very nice hotel, but it was cheap and very close. I don't know that I'd recommend staying in it for a long period of time, but a few nights would probably be okay. We did have enough time in between appointments for our evaluation to go back and rest on that first day. I hope your first appointment goes very well! If you happen to see us there be sure to say hello, we'd love to meet you! 💚

[@michelleherd1389]

@@HealingWithRachael thank you for this information, we did settle on staying there too as it eases my worry about not being able to drive. I hope to meet you one day and will definitely speak up if I see you when we are there in Feb.

[@HealingWithRachael]

@@michelleherd1389 Awesome, that's great to hear. I hope we run into each other, and I hope all goes as well as possible! Keep me updated :)

[@tashamcmahon251]

My jaw is cutting off my jugular

[@scnager1]

The first injection is the worst! It feels fine afterwards. The upper cervical, especially C0-C1 facets hurt the worst. I doubt you will be injected up there though due to your fusion. The lower cervical injections are not bad at all!

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you for sharing!! I've had several rounds of prolo and PRP in the past so I think I know about what to expect :)

[@enidpena6336]

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[@HealingWithRachael]

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[@MrKennyhop21]

Hey Rach I messaged you on your FB page I have some questions about your journey if you would be interested in talking. Thanks....hope all is well...Ken

[@dizzypancreaspump]

*could

[@larryrobinson1399]

Docs can have such terrible word choices! And cause so much anxiety and have no idea what anxiety does to someone … how they tell you to never move your neck and expect you to go in peace … good luck in all this I feel for you

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thank you Larry!

[@angelaamantite6303]

Here is a gal from my hometown and her videos might help! kzbin.info/door/Z55R_0iRpzK8geKLms8a8w she has Lyme and has gotten far more treatments than me. Hope this helps.

[@HealingWithRachael]

Thanks for sharing :) I know Megan, she’s amazing!!

[@dizzypancreaspump]

I'm not sure if I asked but how can you talk and eat meat with a locked jaw