Dr. Bekki Ellis Williams practices in Spokane, Washington at Clear Chiropractic. They have two locations, and right now, she’s at the South Hill location. Dr. Ellis Williams has wanted to be a doctor since she was five years old because she wanted to help people who were sick and suffering. Her mom suffered from migraines. She also wanted to be a teacher, and the true definition of a doctor is to be an educator. She wanted to educate people on how they could live better life.

Peggy Coffey grew up in the Littlefield and Lubbock areas in West Texas. Her dad was a farmer, and they had a hard life, but they managed and were a close-knit family. He retired, and they went into the insurance business. She went to work for a company named Texas Instruments and worked there for about 26 years. Then they closed the plant down, and she went to work for a few other places and ended up with the police department in the property room, bringing in evidence from crime scenes and storing it.

Valerie has lived in Lubbock since 1969. Her father came here initially to teach mathematics at Texas Tech. She ended up going to Texas Tech University and has been there ever since. She majored in Art and had a second degree in Dance. She taught in the public school system for 24 years. She has always been mindful of health and nutrition. Currently, in retirement, Valerie teaches yoga to seniors.

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.

Dianne’s father is Dr. William G. Blair, the founder of the Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic Technique. Not only did he see as many patients every day as he could, but he would also stay at night studying x-rays, and doing research. He even went to a medical museum to see a spine and wrote a book about that.

Kim says she can’t remember the first day she came to the Blair Chiropractic Clinic. That's probably a good indication of how poorly she was feeling that day. She would describe her state back then as being in a tunnel. If you've ever suffered from many illnesses or prolonged pain, she would say, you end up getting your peripheral vision shut down where you really feel like you're only able to pay attention to so many things at once. That's a hard place to live.

In this episode, Dr. Drew Hall, a  leader within the Upper Cervical Chiropractic profession, tells stories of how he used his own fight against chronic pain and his naturally driven personality to help thousands with their health. He has built three successful Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic practices in Los Angeles and Sarasota and led the Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic Society in its vision of “Blair to the World”. He talks about working with mentors and shares some of his favorite recovery stories that he has personally seen in his practice.

Kyle Forster was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas. He graduated from Coronado High School back in the early '90s, then went to Texas Tech. His father started Forester Construction back in '85, and he had gotten sick right before  Kyle graduated college.

Dr. Elizabeth Hoefer, DCCJP, tells the story of how her anxiety and suicidal thoughts left her in an instant. Now she is devoting her life to multiplying the kind of help she herself received by being a leader within the Upper Cervical Chiropractic Profession, where she has obtained the highest level of specialty in head and neck issues in order to continually be able to help even the most severe, chronic and complicated conditions.

Learning about Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN)? What is TN? Trigeminal neuralgia is a neurological disorder most common in women over 50, and usually, it's severe pain on one side of your face and it's sharp, stabbing pain. That, and then electrical shocks, also come along with it. The pain is on and off, and then the shocks are on and off as well.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to What Pain in the Neck, the Podcast! Friends and Experts are sharing their True and Tried solutions to suffering .

Several stories come from my own life experiences and learning, but most come from the room where it happened, working in specialized healthcare since 1994. Suffering people understood there had to be a solution. They found there was hope, their suffering RESOLVED, and they got their lives back.