I came to Dr. Dusty for help getting off all the medications I was on. While that is going well I recently discovered something else. For the last 15 years my third toe on each foot was been numb. I've gone to several medical doctors over the last 15 years and have mentioned it to all, to no avail. Recently, I scratched my toe and felt it. After 15 years of numb toes I finally have complete feeling in both toes. Thanks, Dr. Mattingly.

I worked at a glass factory for 40 years and stood on cement floors. For 35 years I have had pain in my feet, especially the right foot. I had seen other doctors over the years and tried several remedies for the pain, including orthotics for my shoes, but nothing ever helped much. Walking for two or three blocks was difficult and painful!

I filled out a survey that Dr. Mattingly was conducting for Pressure Point Therapy. I began treatment, which has included Pressure Point Therapy, electric muscle stimulation and chiropractic adjustments, and I have had the best results. I now can enjoy walking and I am looking forward to doing some traveling. I started seeing Dr. Mattingly three times a week at first and then less frequently as I began to improve. Now I am on a maintenance program and see him just once a month, or whenever I feel a need to see him more often.

After seeing the success that I has having with treatment, my husband also decided to start chiropractic care for his neck, shoulders and lower back. We have both been pleased with the good results that we have experienced.

R.J.

I am sixteen years old and I have problem with my right knee going out on me when I stand or walk for a long time. I have had this problem for over a year and have not been able to do some of the activities that I would like to do such as play basketball. I just thought this would be something I would have to learn to live with and just try to stay off it as much as possible. Sometimes it would be painful and I would take Advil.

My mom suggested that I try some chiropractic treatment and I started seeing Dr. Mattingly. I already am showing great improvement. I can walk further, stand longer and my knee doesn’t pop out as much. I rarely have any pain anymore and I am no longer taking Advil. I still have a way to go, but feel so much better already! Thanks to mom and Dr. Mattingly.

K.P.

I came to see Dr. Mattingly in April because of pain in my knees. I suffered for about two weeks with this problem. I was taking Tylenol once or twice a day with little or no results. It was hard for me to walk and I couldn’t climb stairs. It was a struggle to do anything. I couldn’t do my household chores. I also had to give up walking the track at the Community Center, which I enjoyed doing.

I saw Dr. Mattingly three times a week for about a month before I started seeing any real and constant improvement. I am now able to do all the things that I enjoy and I am down to one visit per month. I think chiropractic care is wonderful. Everyone should try chiropractic before they go to a physician or consider surgery. Chiropractic care changed my life dramatically and Dr. Mattingly is very good.

R.S.

For six months I had experienced pain in my right leg and knee which became worse as each day passed. I had great pain when I tried to walk, and going up or down stairs was a nightmare. I could not drive more than a few miles as my right leg would start to go into muscle spasms. I did not sleep well, as every time I moved I had pain. The on-going pain both night and day had really stressed me out.

I made several visits to my regular medical doctor. X-rays of my lumbar spine were taken and I was told there was nothing on the x-rays that would be a cause for my leg pain. I was offered pain killers by my medial physician. One of my sons suggested I see a chiropractor.

In December, I came to see Dr. Mattingly. After several visits to Dr. Mattingly, the pain began to lessen and I started to be able to sleep. At Christmas time I started to feel better and could enjoy a little bit of shopping. During the month of January I was able to go up and down stairs in a normal way. I have now resumed all normal activities. I am driving, both my car and my tractor, and I am enjoying my spring gardening. Thank you Dr. Mattingly for giving me back my normal life pattern.

J.F.

I started going to Mattingly Chiropractic in May of this year. I had been to medical doctors for a problem with my knees which is known as Osgood-Schlatter’s disease. This disease causes my knees to hurt constantly, making little things like walking or squatting painful. The medical doctor told me they could not do anything for me until I stopped growing, at which point they could do surgery. However, since I have been going to Dr. Mattingly, he has been adjusting me knees, making the pain almost non-existent.

I have also had a problem for the last several years with enlarged lymph nodes – another problem the medical doctors had no answers for. They put me through several tests to determine what the cause could be, but NO results! They decided that my only option was to remove my swollen lymph nodes. I did NOT have this surgery, because your lymph nodes are important to your body’s health as they help your body flush out toxins. I talked to Dr. Mattingly about this and he put me on some nutritional supplements and in a very short time my lymph nodes were no longer swollen!

After the great success with the nutrition for my lymph nodes, my father asked Dr. Mattingly if there was any nutrition that would help me heal after a recent shoulder surgery to tighten my muscles and ligaments. The surgeon said it would be at least 3 to 4 months before I would be able to do much with my shoulder. After 5 days on these nutritional supplements I went for a checkup with my surgeon. He was AMAZED to see that I had no swelling and I had much more motion than he had anticipated after such a short time. It has only been six weeks since my surgery and I had full range of motion with no restrictions!

Although I had never been to a chiropractor before, I have had such great results that I strongly recommend chiropractic care to anyone.

B.P.

I began treatment with Dr. Mattingly on June 29, 2001 after being referred by a friend. I was losing the ability to walk straight and over a period of time the condition was getting noticeable worse. Being on my feet for a long period of time exhausted me. Although I had excellent results with foot surgery I had several years ago, I was not walking straight and I was not standing erect. I was taking pain medicine and was not sleeping well at all. Thanks to the good care of Dr. Mattingly I am now finding it more comfortable to stand erect instead of slumping as I did before; I am walking straight again; I’m taking less pain medicine; and I am sleeping! I also noticed that my handwriting has improved since I seem to have more control.

M.O.

I came to see Dr. Mattingly in March of 1997 due to pain in my back that radiated to all of my limbs. I have dealt with lower back pain since I was 15 years old. I had been to three different doctors and had taken two different types of drugs. The drugs enabled me to work, but I couldn’t give a hundred percent. The pain became so intense that it hurt to sit or stand.

I started to see great improvement by May 1997. The pain has disappeared. I didn’t know that chiropractic could help so many different ailments. I think my chiropractor is fabulous. I’ve even referred my granddaughter to Dr. Mattingly. I am now a big believer in chiropractic care and recommend it to everyone.

J.H.

I began chiropractic treatment in May of 2001 after my wife started receiving treatment at Mattingly Chiropractic, and I saw how well she was responding. I have had lower back pain and stiffness in my neck and hips. The problems began approximately 3 or 4 years ago and were probably the result of previous back traumas caused by strain and heavy lifting. I had never had the problems tended to before, and consequently the stiffness and soreness had gotten increasingly worse. My wife suggested that I try chiropractic adjustments to see if it would help give me some relief. After receiving regular adjustments and doing some exercises that Dr. Mattingly has recommended, the stiffness is dissipating and I am able to do simple chores without the severe pain and stiffness in my back that I had been experiencing. I also began taking some supplements recommended (i.e. glucosamine to help my joints; a digestive enzyme that has helped my stomach problems; and a multiple vitamin). Although I was aware of Chiropractic for many years I just never gave it a try. Now that I have experienced some improvement, I wish I would have started years ago, before my problems became so severe.

B.B.

I have been going to a Chiropractor on and off since 1962. I started going for back and leg pain. I have seen two Doctors out of state, one Doctor who moved, one who passed away and one that I did not care for. I could not walk, bend, stoop, or keep house when I came to see Dr. Mattingly on July 2, 1996. Since then I have seen a lot of improvement. Chiropractic will always be my first choice of treatment for my back and leg pain.

D.S.