When I was merely 12 years old, I was in a car accident where I went head-first into the windshield of a truck, leaving me with headaches, back pain, and scoliosis.  By the time I was in high school, the headaches had turned into migraines and the migraine and back pain left me bed-ridden several days a week.   I would come home from school, sleep until the pain lessened (usually until about 3 a.m.), do my homework upon waking, and start the next day.  I struggled to do “normal” teenage activities such as going to the movies, amusement parks, or participate in outdoor activities due to my pain.  Despite the pain, I graduated with honors from McAlester High School in 2004. 

In early college, I was having migraines 6 days a week and back pain every day.  I was trying to decide what careers I could have while still be in pain, because every doctor only had medication or surgery to offer but could never guarantee me any relief.  I hated living like this but didn’t have any hope for improvement, making me scared that I’d have to live life this way.  At 22, I finally tried Chiropractic as sort of a “last resort”.  Chiropractic was life-changing, as it got me from migraines 6 days a week to less than 2 a month!  It was due to this amazing experience that I decided to become a chiropractor.  I attended Parker University in Dallas, TX, and I attained a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Anatomy, a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Wellness, and a Doctorate of Chiropractic degree!

Although happy with the relief chiropractic had given me, I still had back pain every day that was not relieved by chiropractic or massage.  I was told this pain was from my scoliosis, and I reluctantly accepted that there was nothing that could be done about it.  “This is just how I will have to live” I thought, and didn’t want to imagine my life in 5, 10, or 20 years.  The pain was already terrible, I didn’t know how I was going to live with it as I aged!  It was really affecting my life, I had to cut-back on seeing patients because I was in so much pain.  How could I heal others when I was hurting all the time?!

My 4th year in practice, I decided to attend a local seminar on something called “Nutrition Response Testing”, and while I was there, I was given a nutritional examination.  There, they found that my pancreas was under stress, along with a few other organs.  They suggested simple changes in my diet and a few supplements to utilize that began to help heal my organs and tissues.  Over time I noticed I was feeling better than I’d ever felt before, my energy was increasing, and one day it dawned on me that I didn’t have back pain!  I thought to myself, “If this helped what hundreds of chiropractic adjustments and massages couldn’t help, I’ve GOT to learn it!”  I began my journey to learning Nutritional Response Testing that day, and I cannot wait to help others the way I’d been helped!  I’m still a work in progress, but I can honestly say nothing has ever helped me more or made me feel better than Nutritional Response Testing and chiropractic!

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-Dr. Myranda Golla, D.C.

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