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- Oh!
- We're going to a chiropractor today
to get our backs professionally popped.
- So I have never been to a chiropractor before.
- I have no idea what chiropractors do.
- As far as I know, chiropractors just kind of like
jerk you around and put stuff back in place.
- I constantly have to massage my neck.
- I just kind of have a constant stiff neck,
and it's become my new normal,
but I feel like that's probably not a good thing.
- I just turned 27 and I feel like I'm 40 years old.
- I'm Dr. Mike Mensah,
and I'm a chiropractor here at
Uplift Health and Wellness.
Everybody sits in one position for a long period
of time, and they start to experience
some kind of discomfort.
So everybody who has a spine
basically can really benefit from
chiropractic treatment.
Any tension or pain or anything?
- Right here.
- Right there?
- [patient] Right there, yes.
- A lot of patients, we start off with some
Easton pads, this is just a basic way of
flushing out any kind of lactic acid.
And the heat packs, what that does is
steam, that is being released, actually helps
to get blood flow to the tissue.
- [patient] I might just take a nap.
- I'll make sure you're awake if you start snoring.
- [Dr. Mensah] Is that okay, felt good?
- Yeah, that's something I've done before,
but I've never done it with also heat on it,
and that was super relaxing.
- You're going to hear that quick audible sound,
that cracking sound, and that's just gas
being released from the joint.
Take a nice deep breath in.
Good, and then breathe out.
I'm going to apply a little pressure.
(bones cracking)
How are you doing?
Any pain?
- [patient] No, not at all.
- Okay I just wanted to make sure everything is good.
Hold that breath, don't breathe out.
Now what you're going to do is just take
a nice deep breath in and just breathe out
and we're going to stretch.
(bones cracking)
How was that?
- Oh man, that was deep.
- [Dr. Mensah] Deep breath in, and let it out.
There we go.
Deep breath in, and out.
- [Patient] Have you ever killed anyone like that?
- [Dr. Mensah] Never.
- Oh, and for the record, he wouldn't have told us
if he killed anyone anyways.
- I totally would have.
I wouldn't even have a license.
Deep breath in and out.
I want you to take a nice deep breath in,
and breathe out.
Sit up, 1, 2, 3.
- That was amazing.
I feel like I have a new body.
- This is one of those things that hurts so good.
It feels terrible when it's happening,
but you feel like a whole new person after.
- That felt like I was in a sauna half the time.
- Just walking around I feel like my posture is better.
- He told me what he was going to do next,
and why something was hurting,
and it was very detailed.
- I think it is really helpful, especially when
you're a super active person,
or also someone who's sitting at a desk all the time,
so basically for everybody.
I think a lot of people don't take into consideration
how much physical fatigue affects your mental health,
but my mind just feels so clear.