Success Stories

To Whom It May Concern I Anna J. Couch wish to express what Dr. Scott Gamm has done for me.  My husband started taking treatments in 2003 or 2004 and is taking treatments today for his back and breathing problems.  In 2005 I started having dizzy spills and would walk off to one side or the other and couldn’t keep my balance when I was working in my flowers, which was important to me.  I have a lot of flowers to take care of.  I was starting to feel so bad I went to a neurologist he thought I might have had a light stroke and had me take a MRI to prove I had not had a stroke.  On 11/7/05 I started going to Dr. Scott.  He took X-rays and did a rolling thermal scan.  One week later the 100% drag I had on my first vertical was gone and I feel so much better.  I can hardly believe it.  My husband and I think Dr. Gamm and his wife are super people to know.  If you have a problem put your trust in Dr. Scott Gamm.  I am sure he can work it out or you.
        Anna Couch

I started in June of ’03, when I came I could hardly get around, I was so stiff and my body ached, my feet hurt, I couldn’t lift my left arm hardly above my head from a fall.  I was on 2400mg of muscle relaxers a day and still in pain.  I was on 100mg of blood pressure pills and I took Nexium everyday plus Malox and whatever else I could take, I also took 2 to 3 Zanex a day and Tylenol out the ying yang.  Now I started and am still coming here for my adjustments, I was very faithful coming here because I needed relief and guess what.  Today, I feel proud to say that within 2 months of visits I was totally off of all my muscle relaxers, my blood pressure had dropped so much that I now only take 25mg from 100mg.  I rarely take a Nexium maybe 2 times a week, but I feel that’s maintenance, but I haven’t’ hardly and very rarely ever need the Malox anymore either.  I seldom ever have to take Tylenol anymore and I even got myself down to ½ of Zanex which is the mildest of all and I take only 1.2 of that a day if needed.  My doctor is and was so annoyed at how I have improved and believe me I have spent a fortune on past chiropractors, but Dr. Gamm has shown me a true way to better health, now I feel great most every day, I still have a few aches now and then but nothing like I had when I started.  You’ll have good days and bad days when you start but if you can stick it out I promise you will only get better.  Also if your feet hurt, let him adjust them it’s amazing how it will help.
        Patty

Dr. Gamm has helped my stiff neck.  Also, over all I feel better and I no longer suffer with Hives
        Glen Courtney

I have felt ill for as much as 4 years.  My stomach was upset for all that time.  I felt I needed surgery to correct the problem, but no more.  I feel 100% better
        Joann Eckstrom

I have had migraines for more years than I care to mention.  Added to this were my severe allergy problems, female complaints, stomach and muscle aches.  My condition was so debilitating that at one point I was down for a whole year barely able to function.  My family thought I was dying.  In the meantime I saw many doctors, even chiropractors and had many tests ran.  I was told I might have Lupus, Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, “it was all in my head”, just nerves, depression, etc.  I got little relief.  I became practically a recluse because the headaches were so bad.  Today, I can honestly say I am a new person, a grateful one.  I have a life!  My migraines still crop up from time to time but they are a lot less frequent and much more manageable.  I have no more muscle aches with the change in the weather.  My stomach problems are a thing of the past.  No more chest pains or getting out of breath.  I sleep like a baby which is something I haven’t done for years.  I still have allergy problems but my breathing has improved.  I even think my eyesight is slightly better I’m not saying it was easy getting to this point.  At times I’ve gotten discouraged because I wasn’t seeing instant progress.  But every time I have felt like giving up I have received extra encouragement and support from my “Super Doc” and his great staff.  They genuinely care ad want to help others and that seems to be a rarity in the world today, sadly enough.  In all my years of going to doctors I have found very few who really seemed to care.  But don’t give up!  There is light at the end of the tunnel.  I know because I found it at last!
         Susy

When I first came to see Dr. Gamm, I was having constant pain in my foot.  I had gone to a medical doctor who stated that I would need surgery to repair the damage that was in between my toes.  This constant pain made it impossible to walk and significant distance.  I was also having sinus problems for the past few months making it difficult to breathe or sleep.  After seeking medical attention again, I was sent to get an MRI on my sinuses which was extremely costly and revealed that there was “nothing wrong” although my sinuses were still the same.  I also had constant neck, upper back and low back pain that had been going on for quite some time, but I just considered it to be a part of aging.
After beginning a treatment program my foot and sinuses began improving immediately.  Apparently no surgery was needed after all.  Over time those “parts of aging” started not to feel so old.  My overall health has truly improved and this is the first spring that I have not been on medication for my allergies.
        Sandra Johnson

Since I started coming here my life has changed for the better.  I feel good again and am really grateful to Dr. Gamm.  I had a very negative outlook because I hurt a lot, not able to breathe well and now my overall outlook is great.  I look forward to starting my week every Monday when I get my treatment.  My husband said I act more like I use to and I have more patients with everyone.  I can walk well now and do things I wasn’t able to for a while.
        Loretta Scribner

I went to Dr. Gamm with lower back pain, which I have had all my life due to a car accident.  I have also had a cough for 20 plus years.  It started as a dry hack like some smokers has but I have never smoked.  I have been through allergy clinics, took shots for 1 year. I have also been to a number of different doctors; throat specialist, pulmonary, and M.D.’s.  I have taken a lot of different kinds of expensive medicine.  I was on a breathing machine, slept most of the nights in a recliner chair so I could breathe, and coughed a lot at night where I couldn’t even sleep.  I cough up a lot of clear junk.
Since I have been going to Dr. Gamm, he has done more for me that I thought could never be done.  I am off all medicines, my lungs feel so clear.  I breathe deeper and as a result, get more oxygen to my brain.  I have more energy.  I feel like doing things that I hadn’t felt like doing for so long.  My posture is better as I don’t feel that I am pulled over.  Friends tell me that I look like I feel better.  I sleep without having to go to the recliner to breathe better and not cough.
I highly recommend Dr. Gamm as he has helped me so much by getting my spine straightened out and the nerve’s released so all your body functions work like their suppose to.  When that happens your body will doctor itself.  I come out after a treatment feeling like a different person.  My husband can see a big difference in my coughing and the way I feel.
I truly thank Dr. Gamm and his wife for making me feel like a whole different person
        Hazel Cowan

Twenty years ago I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia.  I have been through numerous clinics, hospitals, and E.R.’s.  I had 12 surgeries and have taken nearly every kind of medication.  I was on 16 different medications and my trigger points were 18/18 when I began chiropractic are less than 3 months ago.  I had deep depression.  Since beginning with Dr. Gamm my “trigger points” are now 6/18, I have reduced the quantity, or completely stopped taking many of my medications.  I can now exercise whereas before it was too painful.  My depression is 99% better: my thinking is clearer, my outlook has increased tremendously.  For the first time in 20 years, I can see forward to a life time of wellness with Dr. Scott Gamm.  My future looks happier and I am on a cruise ship today!!!  Twenty years ago I would not even have considered it.  Give him a chance to help you too.  I thoroughly recommend the right kind of chiropractic treatments and the right chiropractor.
        J. Walter

My hospital bills were $30,000 during the last seven months.  Conventional medicine removed my gall bladder, administered steroids intravenously for the flu for one week and diagnosed osteo-arthritis, severe emphysema, skin lupus and an immune reaction causing me to lose my scalp hair and requiring 14 shots of steroids in the scalp every month.  Codine was prescribed for arthritis.  Our mother, father, and brother were diagnosed with terminal cancer.  My one son lives in a private hospital with a brain disease and my other son lives here and is on dialysis.  I had donated a kidney to him 15 years ago but it finally gave out.  My energy was totally drained and the pain in knee, back and thumb joints were unaffected by Codine.  I could not walk, open a jar, or sit for more than twenty minutes.  I noticed my husband was doing simple things for me realizing it was too painful for me.  That’s when my boss suggested Dr. Gamm of course!! I had quite forgotten how good I always felt when I went to chiropractors prior to 2 accidents 10 years ago to my back.  When I looked at the ramp at Dr. Gamm’s I wasn’t sure I could climb it.  The pain I my knee was like broken glass and I didn’t know if I’d have the lung power to make it to the top.  Then the next challenge how to bend to get on the table.  I was quite ready to give up on life.
That was three weeks ago.  Hard to believe.  After the 1st 3 visits I stopped having joint pains, I no longer breathe with an inhaler in hand and I feel the energy to deal with daily life returning.  Mom passed away June 30, Dad and my brother have surgery scheduled the following week with very small odds for survival.  With prayers and Dr. Gamm’s care I know I can be strong for the rest of the family during this trying time.  My son started treatment yesterday with Dr. Gamm for gout and side effects of dialysis.
Thank you so much for being here for us Dr. Gamm and having faith we will be well even when we gave up hope.
        Lorraine Hall

I was never one you could describe as healthy or without pain from the earliest days I could remember.  I have been racked with an unbearable head pain as well as any other body pain that a 70 year old man (or older) feels day to day.  Sometimes they got so bad that I’d fall to the ground in agony because of it and of all my other birth defects that made it impossible for Medicine to help me.  Then my mother made an appointment with the chiropractor and at the end of the three visits it was almost as if my past pain was no more. 
        Leif Lund

My name is Carole Brown and I have been coming to Dr. Scott for two winters.  I am from Minnesota and we spend our winters here in Branson.  The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN diagnosed e as having osteoarthritis and was unable to help me.  The specialist told me to “see a chiropractor”.  I did so, and have been helped considerably, Dr. Scott has been very helpful and I certainly feel better.  He is very personable and has very friendly assistants.
        Carole Brown

One of the health issues which have been improving since my chiropractic treatment is my colon and bowels.  I have had diverticulitis for three years.  Due to related bowel blocks, I have suffered severe infection and hemorrhaged.  For nine months, this pattern was my hell.  I would go 8 days without any bowel movement.  On day 5 the swelling would become gross and agonizingly painful over my entire body.  My skin would have sores start breaking out everywhere.  My breath would begin to smell of fecal matter.  Desperate, I tried all sorts of remedies.  Eventually, drinking about two cups of various oils per day which made me sick to my stomach, and gain weight, would help the problem.  The doctor’s office said I needed surgery, but without resources that wasn’t happening.  The hospital said I needed surgery, go t the doctor to have it scheduled.  With an income of $11,000 a year and prescriptions of $600.00 to $800.00 a month, paid for with cash, DFS said I wasn’t eligible for Medicaid help.  I prayed and cried, and began to wish that god would let me die.  On day 6 and 7, desperate not to have myself cry again, I’d drink even more oil.  On day 8, I’d suffer eight to ten hours of cramping, sobbing curled into a ball.  Then ripping and tearing with blood as fecal matter was forced out.  Then another 8 to 10 hours of diarrhea.  Followed by 2 to 3 days of bleeding in various degrees.  ( this was before I was put on blood thinners for clots after my stroke.  Then the 8 day cycle began again.  When I saw Dr. Gamm he said my colon had shut down.  After a week and a half of treatments my colon started working properly.  It did so without pain or oil or any aid.  It’s been almost 2 months now and I haven’t had a single bowel block and I don’t want to die
         Anonymous

For over 30 years I suffered wit debilitating migraine headaches.  I was dependant on a variety of pain pills and experimented with specialized migraine medicine.  Two years ago I developed TMJ, which progressed from a dull pain in my left jaw to an excruciating affliction that prohibited chewing and made the simple act of swallowing extremely difficult.  I tried liquid diets, specialists, oral surgeons, and wore a dental appliance without improvement or relief from my pain.  Because migraines, as well as TMJ “run” in my family, I resolved myself to believe that I would have to live with my pain.  In March 2003, I met Dr. Scott Gamm in my place of business.  At the time I was wearing dental appliance and apologized for my impeded speech.  Dr. Gamm inquired as to why I was wearing the appliance and I explained.  I was surprised when he replied that he could help me.  I had never been to a chiropractor and although skeptical, I was also desperate.  After work that evening I went to his office.  After x-rays and exam, he informed me that both my migraines and TMJ were a result of my atlas (C-1) being subluxated.  After my first adjustment, on my way ho, I massaged my left temporal area which was always inflamed notices that the pain has subsided.  Over the course of the nest few weeks, I improved considerably.  Gradually my teeth began to lineup in their proper position.  I began to sleep through the night and enjoyed chewing without pain.  It was after approximately one month of treatment that I realized not only was my TMJ pain gone, but I hadn’t had a migraine since my first week of adjustments!  To date, I haven’t had a migraine and my TMJ is now only a minimal problem that improves daily.  Living pain free, without the use of powerful pain pills has radically changed my lifestyle.  I have renewed energy and see improvement and the effects of my well-being in all areas of life.  I highly recommend Dr. Gamm and encourage my family and friends to give chiropractic care a chance.
        Wren Helwig

Well it all started when I was in a car accident in late September.  My sister told me after we had been t the E.R. that I should at least see a chiropractor, just to make sure everything was okay.  Upon seeing Dr. Scott I found I had some whiplash and he touched on some “female problems” soon after seeing him found out I indeed had a cyst on my left ovary and it was growing.  The MD’s said I was possibly going to have to have a hysterectomy of some sort because of the cyst.  I continued seeing Dr. Scott and when I went for my second opinion a matter of maybe three weeks later he said the cyst had burst and he said no reason for surgery.  Mind you the reason for the second opinion was for him to examine me and set up my surgery date!  I feel thanks to Dr. Scott and chiropractic it saved me from that whole ordeal.  Not to mention my headaches are almost totally cone and I as of Jan 11th haven’t had my yearly case of the stomach flu or any real flu or cold to speak of.
        Kim Moore

When I went to see Dr. Scott I could hardly walk up the stairs.  I was dragging my right leg now thanks to Dr. Scott I can go up them very easily.
        Kathleen Lewis

I would have never gone to get help from a chiropractor if my wife hadn’t convinced me to.  Because I hadn’t thought of it, I had 3 blood clots in my brain from falling on the job which required surgery, including cutting out the left side of my skull to remove the blood clots.  The skull was removed for 4 months; I was in a coma for 18 days.  I was on Loratabs (pain pills) and Valium for a year and 6 months.  I was in bed for 6 months and had to be rehabilitated to walk, speak, write, and exercise.  I would take as many as 8 pain pills a day.  After my job accident, about a year and a half ago, I rolled my truck 9 times off of the highway into a ravine, landing upside-down which intensified my head pain and twisted my neck and back.  I had an MRI of brain before coming to Dr. Gamm that showed no damage in my brain which made no sense to me as I was in so much pain.  Every day I was taking many pain pills and not getting around well at all, thinking I could possible live my life in pain a never work again which does not set well with me because I have worked construction or operating equipment all of my life and love doing it.  When we heard about Dr. Gamm, we came in for the initial visit and looked at the x-rays and saw that my vertebras were twisted in every direction all down my spine.  We listened to Dr. Gamm hoping that he would help.  We came back for the first adjustment and got up with a smile on my face and went home feeling so much better.  After the 3rd adjustment, we were running errands and my wife was thinking I was moving around so different than I had previously, she asked me if I had a headache even though it was always before a  ridiculous question and I said NO!  She asked me on scale 1-10, how is the pain and I said ZERO!  She immediately called my mother to tell her, she was shocked amazed and very happy, and then she called her mother to find the same reaction.  Everyone who knows me cannot believe.  Today I am on my 6th adjustment and feeling so good it is unbelievable.  I love the whole clinic and God bless them all for their hard work!
        David Watson

I started coming to Dr. Gamm in Feb and my neck had a lot of pain and the middle of my back as well, but by coming consistently I look and feel like a million bucks.
        Anonymous

My primary physician had sent me to the pain management clinic in Springfield because my sciatic nerve down my right leg was pressing against spurs I my back.  I had been suffering for about 2 months.  I had difficulty even walking and the pain was constant.  The clinic told me I needed back surgery.  Instead I went to Dr. Scott three times a week for about 6 week.  The pain began to ease and I did not have to have surgery.  Today, I go once a week and the back pain is gone.
        Melvin Hatten

When I went to Dr. Scott it was painful to turn my head.  Now I can turn with ease and have a greater range of motion in my neck.
        Jim Lewis

With Extra Care Chiropractic’s caring and knowledgeable staff I have been able to sit up out of bed rather than rolling out.  My range of motion is almost normal, a huge increase from when I first started.  Without Extra Care Chiropractic I would have been facing surgery to repair the herniated disc in my neck.  My kids can actually hug me without worrying about hurting me.
        Jeff Polke

Dear Dr. Gamm,
 Just want to say thanks to you for helping me get my life back on track.  After going through your program my quality of life has greatly improved.  I have lost 22 lbs; have more energy and look and feel 10 years younger.  I look forward to many years of maintenance and staying in the best shape possible. 
Thanks,
Linda Spencer

After having a broken hip in 2001 and a knee replaced in Jan of ’03, and hearing about the wonderful things that the Helwig family had to say about Dr. Scott, I decided to see if he could keep me from having to have the other knee replaced.  I have been going to him for about 6 months now and I am still doing very well.  I can really tell what he is doing for me after being away for 2 weeks.  He is very kind and gentle and explains everything so you understand how subluxations work.
        Norma Fritz

My back was so stiff and painful I could not sit down I could barely walk without assistance.  I also had terrible head pain for years, it was so bad my doctor put me on Morphine until I collapsed with a torn up stomach, was bedridden for two weeks.  I no longer have any head pain, as the adjustments Dr. Gamm gave me eliminated the pain.  My back is much better with each adjustment.  I feel I am much improved.
        Dorothy Burleson

I knew that there was limited mobility in my neck but was not aware of the dramatic difference the adjustments would make.  After only 6 weeks of treatment I not only have full neck mobility, but am walking 4 to 4 ½ miles a day in an hour  and a quarter and have unlimited motivation to accomplish a full day’s activities.
        Robert Cohn

I have had a lot of treatment s over the years for back trouble and also loss of weight.  Last year I started seeing Dr. Scott M Gamm more than my expectations I have started to breathe better as I am on oxygen have been several years.  I was so stiff and stoned up I could hardly put my shoes on and tie them.  Not to mention the back pain as I drove a truck over the road for over 40 years that’s the reason for past visits.  Today I feel much better and do a lot better in life.  I personally am sold on chiropractic care but this office in one of the best for care and for friendliness to the patients.
        Lloyd Couch

Levi, my son was 2 months early.  He came to Dr. Gamm when he was about 1 month old.  Since he was so early he had to wear an apnea monitor.  Dr. Gamm adjusted Levi and immediately you could see the difference.  He didn’t wiggle when he was being held.  Adjustments are a lot easier now he is a very happy baby.  He sleeps throughout the night.  He has for about 4 months.
 I, myself, came in barely able to walk.  After 3 visits and regular visits, I was back to normal.  It is necessary for me to have chiropractic work done regularly with the stressful job I have.
        Terri Crews

I must admit that I didn’t believe it was possible to help my lower back pain after 25 years of pretty constant pain.  My lower back is 95% better after a couple of months.  I think I would say even 98% better.  Acid Reflux has also much improved!!  I’m off the purple pill.
        Mark McCauley

I first started working for Dr. Scott and LeAnn Gamm nine months ago.  Before I started I had a general idea of what Chiropractic was and I knew that it could help with IBS or Irritable Bowel Syndrome a condition I was diagnosed with a year prior.  I started receiving corrective adjustments and within a couple of weeks I noticed that I wasn’t waking up I the middle of the night and my morning were pain free? I thank Dr. Scott and LeAnn for giving the opportunity to heal myself through the power of chiropractic and to help other in the community to reach their God given potential.
        Mary Ann Dailey

I was diagnosed with F.M C.F.S high blood pressure and severe sleep disorder.  I have seen several doctors and specialist with no relief in sight for 5 years.  Since I started working with Dr. Gamm my pain is less and headaches are less frequent.  I also joined creating Wellness taught by LeAnn Gamm.  I think it’s the best program ever.  It teaches you to eat right, exercise, relieve stress plus lots more wonderful information.  I have lost 68 lbs.  I sleep better and my blood pressure is normal.  I am off of 12 different medications, and feel I have a life worth living.  Thank you, Dr. Gamm and LeAnn Gamm.
        T. Miller

My son Nicky was born Happy!  He was a very “easy” baby and then came the toddler years.  I don’t recall a walking stage; he went from crawling to running!  I used to call him “Baby Houdini” because in a split second he would escape any confinement I could come up with.
Once we flew cross country with Nicky when he was about three, and it was excruciating trying to keep him in a seat for six hours.  I actually contemplated driving back to Los Angeles from Buffalo, NY just to avoid enduring that scene again.  He was described to me as hyperactive, etc. etc… We went through the horrible 2’s, 3’s, 4’s… Then we moved to Branson, Nicky started preschool, and that’s when we met Dr. Scott Gamm through his presentation on “The Benefits of Chiropractic Care for Children”.  We were desperate at this point because hyper began having those initials attached to it at his age.
My husband and I decided to take Nicky to Dr. Scott for an initial assessment.
Dr. Scott did a computerized nervous system scan to show  us were there was nerve interference that could be causing his hyperactivity and then as a family we started getting adjusted.  The biggest difference in our family was our son.  Within three treatments he was a new child, able to sit still, listen to a story, watch a movie and fly to Buffalo again without incident, very dramatic difference!
We have continued care as a family for nearly a year now, no longer is my son described with initials or hyper.  He is just an active, happy five years old.  Chiropractic has helped my husband and me with our immune systems and adjusting to Missouri weather and allergies.  But, it was really witnessing before my very eyes, my son’s personality, attention span and behavior changes that has inspired me to share our story.
        Gina Jones

I first came to know about “wellness chiropractic care” because of a sill home accident, I had lifted my head up quickly under a cabinet and strangely enough the cabinet refused to move.  My husband took me to the emergency room after a few days of severe headaches, nausea, and dizziness.  They did tests, gave me a shot of pain medication and sent me home, with no explanation of what was happening to me (even though I had fallen in the hospital while walking from one room to the other, because the pain and dizziness was so bad).
Three days later I met Dr. Scott Gamm and his wife LeAnn at an event in Branson.  They had some of their equipment with them and offered to do a scan and a simple check of my spine right then.  I was still in quite a bit of pain and was beginning to have a problem with my vision and my concentration was awful.  The scan was done and Dr. gammed looked more over, he said that my neck was twisted and it was pulling on my brain stem, which in turn was causing the regression of my left eye.  I had notices that it was beginning to look much smaller than my right, but I had no clue it was literally being pulled back into my head.
My first visit to Extra Care Chiropractic was wonderful; everyone was very kind ad attentive.  When Dr. Gamm did the bio-cranial treatment for the first time I had never experienced anything like it.  The moment between treating one side and the other side, it was as though my body had a invisible divider down the middle, one side was still in pain and the other side was pain free and relaxed.  After he had completed treatment to both sides he had me relax for a few minutes.  When he came back in the room and asked me to open my eyes he and I were both astounded at the difference.  Within less than 10 minutes my color was better, the pain in my head was gone and my let eye was back in its correct position. 
I have continued going to Dr. Gamm for several months because of other health issues.  I have struggled with Fibromyalgia for over 15 years and the weekly treatments with Dr. Gamm have made a succinct difference in my Fibromyalgia.  The episodes of pain and muscle tightness have become more and more infrequent.  I have also learned exercises and mind sets that have also helped to improve not only my problems with the Fibromyalgia but also my overall health.
Wellness Chiropractic care – it’s changed the way I approach “good health”.
         Roni Fletcher

In Nov 2005, I had a quadruple heart by-pass.  While still in the hospital, this was followed by a stroke, liver failure, and kidney failure and a 40 day hospital confinement along with numerous physical impairments and limitations.  For years I had played third base for the Arkansas all-state traveling senior softball team.  These limitations greatly affected my playing ability. For the last four months, Dr. Scott Gamm has been treating me with his bio-cranial system.  My reflexes are back, my balances is back, and I am back to softball playing ability is back and I am back to feeling, acting and performing, in all areas, like my old self.
         Rocky Whitely