A True Love Story That Leads To An Upper Cervical Chiropractic Practice. Dr. Gordon Elder and Ruth Elder.

What Pain in the Neck? Resolving Suffering

• Dr. Elder is a California native. He grew up fairly healthy and saw an upper cervical chiropractor, starting at about the age of 10, for sinus infections that were probably a long-term effect of a car accident that he and his mom had when he was four. His mom had gone to a chiropractor for some time and then was referred to an upper cervical chiropractor, Dr. Muncy (a neck specialist), by a friend. She found that she actually seemed to be starting to get better. It wasn't just relief. It wasn't instant. It wasn't quick. Slowly things were improving.

• Dr. Elder didn't want to be a chiropractor. He had no interest in healthcare at all until he met his wife, Ruth while doing mission work in Norway, and she needed this healthcare. Ruth was not healthy, it took her an extra two years to finish high school. She was having a rough patch with a lot of pain and obstacles. During her whole childhood and teenage years, she just had one thing after another. There was never a time she was well. She had infections, pain, and weird symptoms. Her vision went on for a period of time, she had tendonitis and back pain since she was six years old. At age 11, she had a really acute situation where her whole upper back and neck were locked up, and she couldn't move it. From that time on, she always had a headache. It lasted more than 20 years.

• Getting Married changed everything. After getting married and moving to Lancaster, CA, Dr. Elder’s hometown, he took Ruth to see Dr. Muncy. He ran some tests and pointed to the spot where she had been feeling nerve pressure in her neck, but other doctors had told her that it wasn’t possible. Dr. Muncy said, "You have a bone out of alignment, and it's putting pressure on your nerves right here". He pointed to it, and Ruth’s eyes welled up with tears. She thought, "Finally, for the first time in my life, somebody found something wrong." She slowly started to see improvements.

• Ruth got a job with Dr. R. Weldon Muncy, a Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractor. She would come home and tell Dr. Elder stories of patients' healing. Dr. Elder was in college, planning to get a master's in international business. They decided that he should become an Upper Cervical Chiropractor because he was good with his hands. Also, Ruth would need this kind of care for the rest of her life, and if he was able to take care of her himself, they could live anywhere in the world they wanted!

• Dr. Muncy asked them to stay in California and eventually take over his practice. While still in chiropractic college, Gordon followed Dr. Muncy in his practice as often as he could to learn from him. Dr. Harkins, who had been trained by Dr. Blair himself and Dr. David Toppping, also became his mentors. Eventually, Dr . Elder became more interested in what Dr. Blair had done in case management. This led to a friendship with Dr. E.A. Addington, whom Dr. Blair had recruited to take over his practice in Lubbock, TX.

To contact Ruth, go to https://www.blairclinic.com

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