Before beginning her studies at Palmer, Anna Rayno taught Zumba to retirees in Williamsburg, Virginia. They danced to modern music, loosened up their hips, and would tell Anna, “You make me feel so young!”
It’s a bit ironic when considering that at the age of five, when most kids are enjoying childhood, Anna was diagnosed with chronic migraines. She can’t actually remember a time without them as they’d started years earlier, possibly as early as infancy. As a baby, she cried constantly and would throw up. By the time she was five, they were so bad that her physicians suspected a brain tumor, but that was ruled out by an MRI.
After trying multiple Eastern medicines including prescriptions, birth control pills and physical therapy over the course of nine years, her pediatric neurologist finally suggested chiropractic care. His wife suffered from migraines and that was the only thing that had helped her. As for too many others, it was a last resort.
Looking back, Anna remembers how the medications severely affected her moods, so she was immensely relieved when her migraines subsided within the first month of her chiropractic care. She also incorporated massage therapy to help with muscle tension.
Over the course of her childhood, she received care from several chiropractors and spoke to many of them about their careers as she explored her own future. Her favorite chiropractor graduated from Palmer Florida. Then, while touring a variety of chiropractic schools, they all referred back to Palmer and how a lot of the faculty (at any given school) were Palmer graduates. The combination of those two things sent her the clear message that Palmer was the best choice.
Now attending her third trimester at Palmer’s main campus, she enjoys learning migraine-free while receiving regular adjustments in the Palmer Clinic. She extends her studies outside of the classroom by serving as Vice President of the Sacro Occipital (SOT) club and a PASS tutor for the spinal cadaver lab, a great way to have hands-on learning.
To the high school and college students who are considering chiropractic careers, Anna can’t speak highly enough, “Just think about how chiropractic care affects the entire body and nervous system. It’s so much more than just alleviating back pain! It goes into migraines, GI problems, respiratory function and so much more.” As an advocate for neurological disorders, Anna plans to focus on that in her future practice back east.
If you ask this recovered migraine sufferer and former Zumba instructor, chiropractic care is absolutely a way in which to feel young again (or remain young)!
