News posted on February 08, 2009 06:26
Not long after his birth, Justin was diagnosed with Hypotonic muscles which is a genetic muscle disorder that causes a lack of muscle tone throughout the body.
The first evidences of the problem came when Justin did not begin to crawl until he was over a year old. The slow progress of development was also evidenced by the fact that he did not walk until he was almost two.
During his preschool years, Justin went through occupational, physical and developmental therapy in an effort to progress his motor skills. Although he did progress somewhat, he still lagged behind others.
Every six months he would have to go to the neurologist for an evaluation. Each visit his doctor would press to have additional testing done to determine the cause of the ever-present malady. Since the testing would be painful for Justin and since it would not provide a cure but rather just additional information as to the nature of the disorder, we opted to wait. As he matured, Justin progressed in his muscle development. However, due to the disorder, he remained behind in motor skills for a child his age.
Then, when Justin was six and a half, Dr. Edger Ruble of the Parkwood
Chiropractic Clinic took an interest in Justin’s condition. Dr. Ruble offered to see Justin to work on him in an effort to improve his overall condition in muscle tone and skeletal structure.
The doctor began by assessing Justin’s overall condition. He then began seeing the boy twice a week for spinal manipulation. He also put Justin on a light but progressive weight-training program. The first thing we began to notice was that Justin was not tiring out during play as quickly as he typically did. Next, we began to notice he was able to do things with greater ease, such as climbing our back yard fence. When we would miss a week or two of his treatments with Dr. Ruble, we realized he would once again complain of muscle pain. Justin continue to be seen by the good doctor.
This past fall when Justin went for his yearly visit to the neurologist, she
was surprised to see his progress. She said that Justin was doing remarkably
well and that he probably would not need the additional testing that she recommended. We are grateful to Dr. Ruble for his interest in Justin and his skill as a healer.
It is an on-going process, but the result of the doctor’s compassion, talent, and on-going work, is that we have seen Justin improve to the point where there is little difference between what he can do and what a child without this problem can do. The effects of Chiropractic care have made a significant dif-
SOURCE: Justin’s Parents