I’ve been meaning to do an update for quite a while about Lauren’s walking and balancing. We started her at a chiropractor in Nov/Dec 2017 and saw fantastic results very quickly (O’Connor chiropractics in ilkley and It’s now been 20 months of visits).

Since then we have taken Lauren weekly. At first it was multiple times a week and then dropped down to once a week. She has her whole spine/body adjusted to release tension and open pathways from brain to body.

The most noticeable thing for us is her balance. Her confidence in that balance. Put those two together and she also has some new found independence which blows people away if they haven’t seen her for a while. To be frank- Jonnie and I probably hadn’t sat back in a while with the awe we should at what a long long way she has come.(Lauren stood up balancing by herself with mummy close by 😀)

Recently I’ve watched and made sure I’ve said out loud how grateful I am at her progress and I’ve really sat and contemplated it. It’s just incredible.

She literally didn’t know she had legs for anything- up till around 17 months. She didn’t really move them and certainly took no weight on them.

We did all we could. That in itself was a task but it helped her. And then we found Jason (she was 8!) who was confident he could help her. At first I thought too overly confident I’m ashamed to admit ha!! But help her he has!!! Even though she doesn’t speak, he’s built up a friendship with Lauren and she loves to see him. She is often tense, but he powers through her wriggly non co-operative approach 😁😁 and she always seems better afterwards.

We are positive it’s helped her moods, and walking and general comfort as she doesn’t seem as stressed and hasn’t for such a long time. This being during her toughest months whilst she is still fighting some bad bacterial infection due to her Cystic Fibrosis. We are so grateful for finding Jason!

I have also been attending and my body tells me when I need an adjustment! A back condition and throughout a pregnancy- he’s taken care of me too!! We think Jason is incredible at what he does and we wouldn’t be without our visits for anything!

If you have issues in neck/head/back/shoulders/hips- go get adjusted! Seriously, you won’t regret it!!

Apes (and on behalf of Lauren) 💜

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