- Hi, Dr. Suh, I'm from Barbados, and I've been seeing
your videos on YouTube, but that's what brought me here,
because I had an accident 18 months ago.
I slipped on a step, and I landed on my lower back,
and it hit really hard.
After that I started getting back pains.
I went to a specialist to see about it,
and he injected me with a steroid shot.
And from that steroid shot I got really bad problems,
I got digestive problems that ended up being GERD.
Breathing problems, menstrual problems, skin problems,
the works, it affected me for about three months.
After that, I went a physical therapist,
and that was for another three months,
and she could not help me.
After that, I went to some chiropractors
and they gave me some relief,
but nothing in terms of getting any better.
I feel pain, different parts, all the time it's changing.
So I have pain now, mid-back, upper back, neck,
I have headaches, I get dizziness.
So, that's why I'm here.
- Okay, you also mentioned
about some difficulty bending forward as well?
- Yes, I was not able to bend forward for a while,
a long while, a good few months.
And it's only recently, because I've been walking,
I think, that I'm able to now bend, but with pain.
So, it's dramatically affected my life.
That I can't work, I can't do anything.
- Got it.
Do you mind showing me what you can do
right now in terms of bending forward?
- Sure.
I can come about here and then I start to feel pain.
So I can push forward now, but still it's very painful.
So, it's not an involuntary action.
I have to think about it,
but I could not do that before.
I could not even bend at all.
- There it is.
Got another one right there, that's what I thought.
This is a smaller one.
Feel that boggyness right there?
- Yeah. - It's all that swelling.
You feel this, right?? - Yes, I do.
- That's a smooth over here,
you got a couple speed bumps goin' on here, one, two, three.
You see all this swelling?
Now, bear in mind, because this patient's petite,
the swelling is not as prominent compared to other people.
So, we got one swelling over here, got a swelling over here
then a swelling over here.
Tenderness right here? - Yeah.
- Right there?
- Yeah.
- How's it down here?
Not as bad?
- No, not as bad.
- But all the very top part painful?
- What about here?
A little pain?
- A little bit.
- Right here, then it starts to get less and less?
When we go down?
- I think.
- Okay, that's what I figured.
So, that first sacral segment, like I said,
it's that one that's started to become the sixth lumbar.
So let's go ahead and tussle these segments right here.
Not too bad here?
What about here?
Tender?
- Yes.
- How about here?
- Yeah.
- Which one's worse?
The bottom one over here or the top?
- The bottom one.
- Okay, so that's that first sacral segment.
This is the fifth lumbar.
How's this fella over here?
- It hurts.
- Okay, which one's worse?
This one over here, top one or bottom one?
- Bottom.
- Top?
Bottom?
- That one.
Okay, alright, so it looks like your body
says it wants this first sacral segment corrected first.
Tender right there?
- Yeah.
- Not too bad here, right?
- Yeah.
- This looks like your six here.
Feel how jammed up that is?
- Yeah.
- That's your number two.
- The most painful.
- You have a rudimentary disk right over here,
and it's swollen in the back, and it's level here, okay?
So this is the instability that possibly
may have happened from the trauma
when you landed very hard on your back there.
- Okay.
- And so but here's the thing, because it's a level disk
over here, that tells us this is what we need to correct,
but because we have this open over here, that's what's
gonna make this very interesting
and more challenging to correct.
So there's gonna be a very special way
we've gotta fix it to go in that direction, okay?
And we're gonna take another look
at another visit to correct this, okay?
So right now, correcting this,
I would not be surprised if you experience some relief.
- Okay.
- But it's not gonna be a miracle relief, okay?
Another visit, we have to truss this
to get you the rest of the way.
- Okay.
- 'Cause this disk here is just too swollen
over here, that's why, okay?
There's no point fixin' this because it's sitting
right on top of a very unstable foundation.
- Makes sense.
- So we see this already, the swelling
is pooling all over here.
See that?
Little pooling, that's how significant this edema is.
Now, the way we're gonna correct this fella,
'cause we do need to ice it down.
(pained grunt)
- I don't feel any pain.
There's hardly any pain there.
- What else do you notice that's different?
- Well that was the biggest thing!
Just the pain.
- Now try to bend forward.
Show me what you can do now.
- Still hurts a little bit.
- Okay, so where does it start to feel discomfort?
- From here.
- Okay.
- I would not be surprised, that's from the fourth lumbar.
- Yeah.
- So we've still got work to do on that.
- Yeah, so since earlier today, I have been doing what
you said, and coming back to you, it feels really good.
I don't have that pressure where I felt it lower down.
So yeah, so far so good.
- Okay, and the time frame, it's been three hours
since the last correction.
'Kay so, and also try bend forward.
See how much you can go until it
start to feel uncomfortable.
- It's actually not that bad.
- Good.
- It's not that bad at all.
Pain has been reduced dramatically.
I have no pain on my upper back, where I used to
have my neck, none of that, and I can bend.
It's a progress.
- Good.
Let's see how far you can reach down.
Show us here how much, 'cause last time
you were able to reach down here, so reach down now.
- About the same.
- About the same, okay.
- I can go a little lower actually.
- A little lower, huh?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- But the main thing is that even laying
in bed for that long.
I have not been able to do that.
Everything feels easier.
- Okay, reach towards me.
Lean forward and let's see what you can do.
How's it feel?
- Good.
Not at all.
(grunt)
Loose, like I can actually breathe.
There's not like a tightness all around me anymore.
- Okay, we're only gonna lift this bone.
(grunt)
- Everything just feels loose.
I feel blood flow and heat.
(giggles)
Heat around my back.
- Good.
- Yeah, how nice.
- Okay, try again.
- A lot further.
- A lot further, huh?
Nice.
- I mean like a couple inches off the ground.
From the time you started to now, I was so nervous,
but it's the first time feeling relief in two years.
It's amazing.
Thank you.
- Oh you're welcome!
I know, just gotta let go.
(loud cracking)
(relieved grunt)
There we go.
- I actually have for a month
that I didn't even realize that I didn't have.
(cracking)
(relieved grunt)
There it is.
All gone, good.
But I have movement, full range.
I did not even realize I had a problem.
- This, we have three arches.
This is the medial arch,
transverse arch, and the lateral arch.
- Okay.
- So for your right foot,
what we corrected is right over here.
This is the first KFR.
In your left foot, we had to correct your navicular, okay?
So that's why by restoring the medial arch over here,
that's what feels more springier.
- Yeah.
- Right, and that's why you have more mobility
because your right foot this was stuck,
and your left foot, this was stuck, okay?
So in other words, now you have your suspension system back
right again, and that's why it feels a lot more better.
- My feet are really good.
I can't believe how different it feels just walking.
It feels so much more springier
when the pressure of where it is,
normally outside not on the inside.
- Good, that's where it's supposed to be.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, it's out.
(cracking)
Yep, it's out.
- This has bothered me for so long until you checked it out
the other day and said it was out of whack.
Oh yes, I forgot I have that.
- Tender right here?
- Oh, yes.
- Yeah, this is a chronic old problem.
There it goes.
Squat.
Let's see what you can do.
- Feels good.
- How's the bending feel.
- Good.
- Couple more squats.
- Feels good.
Stable.
- Feels more stabler?
- Yeah, it does.
- Alright.
- Wow.
- Oh you got that, huh?
- Wow, that's amazing!
(laughter)
Thank you very much!
- Oh you're very welcome.
- I feel great.
Great.
From the time I came in to now, it's incredible.
You're a true hero, so thank you very much.
And I will be back for anything else that I may have.
For sure.
- Okay, so let's recap.
So so far, how's the low back?
- Feeling good, loose, great.
- Okay, and does it go so far as the heart burn?
How's that?
- I don't have any heart burn.
I don't have any GERD.
My headaches have been reduced drastically, actually.
I forgot to tell you that.
- Okay, good good.
- The front of my feet are like, I can feel so much sturdier
from the bottom straight up, so, that's great.
- And what about that left knee of yours?
- Great.
It's good.
Foundation is set.
I feel strong.
- Okay, nice.
Also, I don't believe you had your period yet.
I believed you mentioned about some, a lot of cramping.
- No, everything is good.
- Great.
- Yeah.
- Sweet.
- Yeah, everything is good.
- Well, have a good safe flight
back to home in Barbados, okay?
- I will.
- And I will see you in about six or eight weeks about.
- Yep, and I'm looking forward to it!
Thank you so much, doc.
- You're welcome.
- Okay.
- Have a good one.