Families Success Stories
Lori Graham and Family
How were you introduced to our office?
I met Dr. Angela Barrow one evening at the Good Life Fitness Club where we are both members. She was offering scans and sharing information.
How did subluxations affect your life prior to chiropractic care, and for how long?
I have suffered with (almost) daily headaches / migraines for as long as I can remember and had recently been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in my lower back after many months of pain, numbness and tests/MRI’s. That was me two years ago.
How has your life improved since you began regular chiropractic care?
Dr. Angela is my angel. I rarely get headaches at all anymore and as for my back pain, I don’t remember the last time it has bothered me. I also regularly go to the gym and I feel like chiropractic care was the next step towards taking care of myself.
What advise would you give to a new patient or someone considering care?
People have a lot of pre-conceived thoughts or ideas about chiropractic care. I say to them-do your research. It is , along with daily exercise, the best thing you could do for yourself.
COMMENTS: I love seeing Dr. Angela and her staff each week. They care about you not only as a patient, but also make you feel like family.
Wandalyn Macfarlane and Family
How were you introduced to our office?
The Business to Business Show with Milton Chamber of Commerce.
How did subluxations affect your life prior to chiropractic care, and for how long?
I have had poor posture & many tense muscles in the neck and shoulder area.
How has your life improved since you began regular chiropractic care?
I feel like I am walking straighter. My neck muscles are less tense. My children are also receiving care, and will therefore reap the benefits of a healthier life.
What advise would you give to a new patient or someone considering care?
Go to Dr. Angela. She is kind and compassionate. You will see improvements as long as you follow her advice.
Brenda Lee Luciw
How were you introduced to our office?
I was referred by Pat Dixon.
How did subluxations affect your life prior to chiropractic care, and for how long?
I had chronic lower back stiffness and on occasion (every few years), my back would pull out, carpal tunnel and pain in my feet (ie. Repetitive strain symptoms).
How has your life improved since you began regular chiropractic care?
Although all injuries do not go away fully, they are greatly lessened (ie. Carpal tunnel) and excessive back problems are non-existent.
What advise would you give to a new patient or someone considering care?
Find a good chiropractor and stay on a consistent program. Exercise and eat healthy.
Cindy Hwang
How were you introduced to our office?
I was referred by my previous chiropractor in Oakville.
How did subluxations affect your life prior to chiropractic care, and for how long?
I was experiencing headaches and tension around my neck. My daughter was 1 ½ years old at the time and was having recurring ear infections and fevers. My older daughter was born with torticollus where her neck muscles were short on one side and long on the other forcing her to favour one side.
How has your life improved since you began regular chiropractic care?
Since receiving chiropractic care I’ve noticed I don’t get headaches as often. My youngest daughter got tubes in her ears but hasn’t been sick since and our eldest has no problems with her neck anymore.
What advise would you give to a new patient or someone considering care?
It’s excellent to maintain your health and keep up your immunity.
Alfonsius Ariawan
How were you introduced to our office?
Through a referral from my previous chiropractor in Kingston —
Dr. Barton.
How did subluxations affect your life prior to chiropractic care, and for how long?
I used to have a nagging back pain for the longest time. It’s been on and off beginning when I was only 18-19 years old. I also found my neck to be stiff generally.
How has your life improved since you began regular chiropractic care?
I have much reduced frequency of back pain. In fact, I don’t think I have had back pain for the last 2 years. My neck is also improving.
What advise would you give to a new patient or someone considering care?
Chiropractic care makes sense. It is science based and it is safe. I don’t have to have anything put into my body to make me feel better.
Dr. Angela is excellent!
Heather Frost and Family
I am not sure if you have ever watched TV shows or read articles about how friends, family or even complete strangers have made such a difference in someone's life through caring, supporting, guiding or providing some type of service. Well, my story is no different from those you have read about, but the people in my story are those that have already changed your life in some way or form, and these people could be sitting beside you right now.
For over the past five years or so, I have been building up a tolerance to overcome the pain I experience in my lower back. Numbing of the legs, severe spasms, unable to sit and simply unable to be me. I used to tell myself I would rather have two broken legs than to experience this type of pain. Doctors prescribed medications for the pain, physiotherapy was also prescribed, but no one really was digging into the root of the actual cause of all this pain.
Until one day, a beautiful friend who is both a client of Barrow Family Chiropractic and a co-worker, could not take watching me struggle any further. I am not sure if any of you have ever been blessed with such a friend, that he took the initiative to get Barrow Family Chiropractic to call me at the workplace, explaining the situation and why he insisted on this call being made. Of course the first emotion that hits you is this overwhelming feeling of guilt not to hurt anyone's good intentions, so you accept the appointment. The next minute you want to scold your friend for putting you through that, but then it all changes, when you realize that the call was made out of compassion, then of course, the feeling of guilt comes back for having those thoughts in the first place!
From the first appointment where Dr. Angela Barrow took over two hours one on one, explaining what Chiropractic medicine is, what it means to her and why she began her own practice made me feel like I was really in the right place. From all the bad mistakes I have made in my life, this was going to be the first right one!
The month of October 2006 will always be remembered as the month my life changed. My pain is minimal and subsiding each day, I take part in social events with the biggest smile on my face, I walk tall, but most of all I walk confident and happy (even though Dr. Barrow dislikes the shoes I walk in)! I know that this is going to be a long process, in fact for the rest of my life, but it is all worth every mile I drive from Mississauga because I know that each adjustment brings me that much closer to living a normal pain free life.
The benefits of self healing through Chiropractic medicine under the care of Dr. Angela Barrow and her associates has changed my life. If I had the power to help others realize there is life without pain, I would. But for all those who are in pain, taking minutes of your life to come and see Dr. Angela Barrow and her team may be one of the toughest but best decisions you will make in your life, or the life of others or a complete stranger, so that they to can experience their own success story.