First Neck Adjustment!

As you can tell from my last post, I was a little frustrated today. Some of the things going through my head have been:

• Monica has been having her wisdom teeth coming in for the past three months and we haven't been able to pay to have it done.
• Biochem and all that drama
• Am I ever going to be that successful chiropractor? It seems so far away sometimes and out of reach.
• Tons of memorization with these classes. I am finally learning all new information in my classes and can't rely on what I learned in undergrad.

However, I had something to look forward to today. Matt Alexander asked if I wanted to come over on Wednesdays to practice our technique. He finally got a table and since he is 5 quarters ahead of me I was thrilled that he even offered. We talked a lot about chiropractic which helped me get reconnected to why I wanted to be one in the first place, but then we started on adjusting. I was so excited because he wanted to tackle the cervicals.

He showed me some things, but then he had me try. I got so nervous. I started to sweat and I could feel a slight tremble in my hands. "Come on James," I told myself, "you can do this. Be confident." I was able to correctly find his subluxation after a few moments. Then came the scary part. He actually trusted me to thrust on his neck. I couldn't believe that he would even allow me since I had never done it before.

I tried once. "Not enough speed and power, try again." He wanted me to try again after crinking his neck?! If I was nervous before, I certainly was now. I got in position and tried again. "Almost, you just about had it. Try again," he said understandingly.

How could he trust me to do this?! We are talking about his neck here! Sweat beading off my forehead, I tried one more time. Unfortunately I had backed off way too much and was even worse than my first try. For some reason he said that I could go again!

You've got to be kidding me! I have already tried three times. There's no way. He insisted and I willingly obeyed. He helped me setup again. "Come one James. You have this. You can do it. I know you can. Power and speed. You have it in you. Don't hold back." I thrusted and within an instant I could feel the difference. Movement and energy went into his joints and I could feel the excitement of landing a perfect adjustment.

"You did it!" He yelled with excitement. My first adjustment! I could barely believe that I was able to do it. I can feel the confidence come back into my body knowing that this is real and very possible. Thank you Matt. You have no idea how much I needed that adjustment.