Several news stories appeared on TV and online about Doug Harkey, a man who regained his eyesight after a chiropractic adjustment.  Two of the stories appeared on January 11, 2008 in the Telegraph Herald from Dubuque, Iowa, and KCRG-TV news from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

            Doug Harkey, a 38 year old resident of Dubuque, Iowa, was legally blind in his left eye for 12 years.  As he reported it, “I woke up one day and I didn’t have vision in one eye.”  Being legally blind did not limit Mr. Harkey’s ambitions as the stories reported that he did parachute out of a plane in 2006. 

            Doug Harkey’s fiancée, Gina Connelly was going to a chiropractor, Dr. Tim Stackis, and convinced Doug to attend a new-patient class.  Harkey admitted “I was skeptical about chiropractic.”  However, in spite of his skepticism, the stories note that on January 3, 2008, Doug received a chiropractic adjustment, and his world was changed.

            Harkey recalled the events after that adjustment, “My blind eye started watering after I left there and it watered for 45 minutes straight.  It started making my good eye water.  I went to wipe my right I and I could see out of my left again.”  His enthusiasm continued as he remarked, “While I wiped my right eye, I could see out of my left.”  He then told a friend, “Oh my God, I can see!”  To which his friend responded, “You always could.” Harkey then exclaimed, “No, out of my LEFT eye!”

            Dr. Stackis explained in an interview, “I’ve heard of cases of people regaining their sign, but I’ve never experienced something like Doug’s magnitude.  Miracles can happen and some of those miracles are pretty big.”  He continued his explanation of what happened by noting that some of the bones in Mr. Harkey’s neck were out of alignment (subluxation), “That interferes with the messages and energy the brain sends down to the rest of the body.”  Dr. Stackis continued, “Your nerve system controls and regulates every function of your body.”

            Harkey conclude his remarks and summed up the situation and optimism for his future by saying, “I’ll have everything back except my peripheral vision.  In the daytime, it will be great to see everything.”

Dr. DeRusha’s comment:

At Paint Creek Chiropractic Center we use a technique called Chiropractic BioPhysics (CBP).  CBP focuses on restoring a person’s posture and spine to normal or as near normal a position as possible.  This allows the nervous system to function at a more optimum level.  It is truly amazing what can happen when you remove nervous system interference and give the body a chance to heal itself and function properly