Dr. Bill Rice, DC, LAc, FACCN, DCBCN

I am a PGA Golf Professional. I make my living teaching, facilitating and sometimes playing the game of golf. For a number of years I have suffered with two, sometimes debilitating, physical conditions, which are not uncommon, lower back pain and joint pain. Getting up and out in the morning was a real chore. Not good for anyone, but it's even worse when your livelihood depends on you being very active.

I have a severely herniated disc in my lower back. I don?t know how long I've had the condition but it has been a problem for a couple of decades. When I have had flair-ups, my doctor treated me with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and he would recommend physical therapy. Each had a modest positive effect on reducing the pain but neither eliminated it. My last visit to this doctor ended with a rather bleak outlook. He didn't want to continue with the drugs and neither did I. He didn't think the problem was severe enough the warrant surgery so the physical therapy was about it. I knew it was helping, so I continued with this, on my own. For the most part, I was able to stay ahead of the pain.

After my last episode with my back, a few months ago, I started treatments with Dr. Rice. The results have been remarkable. My back problem is virtually non-existent. I still have a little stiffness early in the morning but no pain. My flexibility is returning, which is a very good thing.

The second condition I have is a severely damaged ankle. It was broken several decades ago and has been a problem ever since with constant pain and swelling and very little flex/extension range of motion. Often I couldn't put any weight on the ankle at all. Not good. Although I went to Dr Rice because of my back problem, the improvement in my ankle has been a very nice surprise. I don't know if there is any difference in the range of motion but there is virtually no pain. Very often I had to wear some sort of ankle brace just to get around. I still wear an ankle support from time to time but it is only precautionary.

When I tell people how good I feel, they think I'm exaggerating. People who have known me and have seen me at my worst know how much of an improvement there is. Whenever someone I know complains about aches and pains, I tell them my story and how I have been helped. Then I tell them to go see Dr. Rice. Regards to anyone who reads this. I hope it provides an incentive to at least try this approach.