Yes, I am only 18. I should not know what it is like to live with chronic pain, but here I am, living with chronic pain.
Around the year 2014 I fell off a snowboard and scorpioned over myself. It was uncomfortable and I could barely move. I went in for uncomfortable X-rays and the doctors never found a problem, but it hurt. Around the spring of 2016 I feel off my horse and landed on my shoulder again, causing more pain. I once again went to get X-rays and they never found anything. I had no idea how to function without being in pain. Some days were better than others, and I learned to live with it.
I came to college this past year and I found a chiropractor when one day I woke up and I couldn’t move my back. She took X-rays again but these ones were different. They were of my neck and back. I went in the next day to learn about the results. In a nutshell, only 4 bones in my neck move correctly and my back is tilted to one side.
I am so excited to be getting the help that I need to be a better me. My riding has already improved and I am overall a happier person. No, I am not completely healed, but I am happy to say I am making progress.