Visit us on the web today at bozemanchiropractor.com and on Google Maps in Bozeman, Helena, Billings. Pain is a very hard thing to understand. I want to share the true story about my dad. My dad is one reason I got into chiropractic. I grew up on a farm in North Dakota. My dad quit farming due to back pain. When I had just started chiropractic college, my dad called me and said, “Spence, will you be able to fix my back? Because if you can’t, I’m going to have back surgery. My lower back is killing me.” He had gone to some chiropractors and acupuncturist. Everybody said his lower back was messed up. They had him scheduled for surgery. At that point in my education, I had not even looked at a spine yet, but I thank God for a guy named Dr. Vern Pierce that came and talked to our college about correcting people’s spines. He taught me things I didn’t know were possible. I thought you just went to a chiropractor and got your back popped, and you felt better. When I learned about correcting spines, it intrigued me. I learned from Dr. Pierce a lot of what we do in this office. When my dad called me and asked me if I could fix him, I right away told him, “No, I have zero experience, but there’s a chiropractor from Pennsylvania that I think is amazing.” He said something that blew me away. My dad said, “So do you think if I flew from North Dakota to Pennsylvania this chiropractor could help me?” Now, I want to tell you something. He’s not one of these guys that spent a lot of money on his health. In fact, getting him to spend $5 on his health took a lot. So for somebody to consider buying a plane ticket, flying to see a chiropractor, states away, I knew how serious my dad was about his pain. I called Dr. Pierce, and my dad flew to Pennsylvania. Here’s the unique twist about this story. They analyzed my dad’s spine and the nervous system, like we do in this office. They had motion x-ray, and guess where they found my dad’s major problem was with his spine and his nerves. It wasn’t in his lower back; it was in his neck. Dr. Pierce worked on my dad for the course of a week and that they sent him back to North Dakota. And guess what? My dad went 40 years without ever having to have a back surgery. He could golf and enjoy life. I share this with you for several reasons. Where was his pain? His lower back. Where was his problem? His neck. So, are you going to a doctor to treat your pain? That’s what happens when we take drugs. Drugs don’t fix the problem. They just cover up the pain. Another analogy I like to give you about pain. Think of pain being like the oil light coming on in your car. What is pain? It’s your body’s way of telling you something is wrong. Just like when your oil light comes on in your car, it’s your car’s way of telling you something’s wrong.How insane would it be if you took your car to a mechanic, and you said, “Hey, I got a problem. My oil light’s on in my car.” The mechanic says, “Okay, get out of your car. Are you talking about that light right there?“ And you’re like, “yep, that’s the one.” He goes, “Okay, I see the problem,” and he reaches in his pocket and he pulls out a can of black spray paint. He paints over the light and says, “Okay, there you go.” You can’t see the light anymore. You probably think the mechanic was off his rocker. If you’re taking pills to mask your pain, that’s doing the same thing. It’s a sign of an underlying problem. If you don’t fix the underlying problem, you’re never going to experience true health and you’re just going to keep getting worse. The answer shouldn’t be to not feel pain, the answer should be to correct your spine. That’s what we do here at We Care. Please call us at 406-586-3544 and let’s get healing happening. This is Dr. Spence. Have a great day.