In the fall of my 36th year, I started having nerve pain in my leg. Inflamed nerves are difficult to pacify and impossible to live with. I had little idea of what was wrong, but I knew I had to find a solution before I went mad.
A friend always mentioned her superhero doctor, referring to him as, “My Spine Guy”. I needed a superhero spine guy too. I was unable to sleep, wandering around the house all night, exhausted, crying, writhing in pain all day long with no break. I found my way to the office of Dr. Ronald O’Connor: Chiropractor, NSA (Network Spinal Analysis) practitioner, healer, incredibly caring man.
I sought his expertise because I had an all-encompassing problem that needed immediate relief, but what I received from NSA care was the opportunity to become a healing machine, in a training program to heal itself. The conditioning practice is actually called “entrainment”. That is the radical difference between traditional medicine and this type of care. When your body acts up, drugs and surgery are like a spanking, admonishing and disrupting the system before you’ve given it a chance to heal itself. Sometimes you have to put out the fire, but if you don’t realize that your body is programmed to handle and manage most maladies, you won’t trust it, and that can lead to unfortunate choices. Drugs have to be processed and removed from your body after they treat the symptom. Surgeries create disruptive scar tissue, not to mention a loss of parts, which is why other possibilities should be tried first.
The emotional and physical aspects of your body are interwoven. The sooner you know this, the more control you will have over your well-being. Negative emotions can create an unhealthy body, and conversely, a bad physical state can lead to unhealthy emotions.
Imagine your spine and the millions of pathways that flow outward to your body delivering messages. The brain is similar with many options for trails and circuits directed by our thoughts. We always have the choice to take any trail we want, but humans (and animals) tend to stick to a path until we’re forced to choose another. Have you ever noticed how habits form? Once upon a time I woke up and decided I needed coffee to start my day. If you take it away from me now, I will cry like a baby. Not because I won’t be able to function, but because my habit has become a comfort, emotionally and yes, physically. Now apply that to the many habits, routines, and preferences you have established throughout your life. Physically and emotionally we get stuck, patterns are guarded, and conditions become chronic. NSA is an option to retrain and reconnect pathways, or as they’re called in NSA, “gateways”.
The first day I met Dr. Ron he took x-rays and checked the layout of my spine. We talked about accidents, injuries, and surgeries. He began the session by gently communicating with my spinal network, signaling it to reroute and work better. This involved me laying face down on a table while he held my ankles and feet looking for tensions in my spine. Then he lightly touched or contacted areas on my neck and back, telling me where to focus my attention. He left me for a few minutes while my system checked it out, and downloaded new information to the nervous system. During some sessions I had tingling sensations and a few times emotions were released and caused me to weep. Other times I needed to stretch and move my body around. Eventually, I was able to feel the energy moving. It’s impossible to describe, but the sensation made me want to yell out, “wooohoooo!” After 20 minutes, and several “contacts” later, I was sent to the waiting room to process. I had to sit. It felt like the first day of flu, when you can’t lift your head off the pillow because the body’s full energy is focused on fighting the virus and healing. After an NSA treatment, the energy starts moving and the body system gets real busy. Remember that obnoxious boy from Willy Wonka, Mike the TV junkie? They put him in a machine, broke him down into a million little pieces, scanned him across the room, and transformed him into a similar, but new, version of himself. Picture that. After a few minutes of resting and reconstituting in the peaceful waiting room, you feel like you’ve been massaged for 3 hours. Joy is all around, everything is perfect and wonderful. NSA is my favorite thing to do Friday nights. Now that’s what I call happy hour.
I have been receiving NSA care for 7 years. Everyone has a different journey, so I can’t tell you what your experience will be. Treatment is specialized for your body, it decides where it wants to go, and that feels safe and comforting.
Because our bodies get bumped, jostled, neglected, and worn out, we need care from someone wise who can hold the flashlight, guiding us out of the dark places. Then we can become our own super healing machines. First there is analysis, then healing, then transformation, more healing, and finally empowerment.
Why did she call him a “Spine Guy”? He’s “Spine Man!” –my very own Superhero!Dr. Ronald O’Connor is one of many hundreds of NSA care providers in the United States. He is a Doctor of Chiropractic who accepts most insurance plans. He offers Metagenics brand nutritional supplements, the only company that does scientific studies to determine the efficacy of their products. Other supplements are carefully chosen for their quality and integrity, and matched appropriately to patients who need them. His office, conveniently located at 7705 W. Greenfield Ave in West Allis, is quiet, relaxing, and brimming with positive nurturing energy. For more information or to schedule a consultation, please contact his office at 414-476-7710.
