Rachel’s story - Back pain & preventing surgery

Before Align

I have dealt with back issues since I was 17 years old after a sports injury and a car accident. For nearly ten years, I was in and out of treatment — chiropractic care, physical therapy, injections. I wore back braces, especially when traveling or spending long hours in the car for work. My pain would fluctuate depending on what I was doing, but it never fully went away.

In 2017, I suffered a severe back injury that led to a microdiscectomy. I lost mobility and feeling in my leg and spent a year in physiotherapy working to regain function. Thankfully, I recovered and learned how to better manage my back.

But in the spring of 2022, I re-injured my back at work. The pain was intense. I had difficulty walking and found myself back in the cycle of formal treatments — injections, chiropractic, physical therapy — with minimal improvement. I was facing the possibility of a second surgery and felt both discouraged and scared.

The Journey

That’s when I was told about Align and encouraged to commit to three months.

Within those first three months, everything changed. I became pain-free again and was able to return to sports — something I love and had missed deeply. By six months, I was not only active but maintaining a very active lifestyle without pain.

Life After Align

Since then, Align has helped me stay strong and resilient — even through training for and running a marathon. And when I do experience the occasional flare-up, I now have the tools, knowledge, and confidence to manage it before it escalates. Instead of fear, I have control.

Align truly changed my life. It prevented me from undergoing another surgery and gave me my mobility, confidence, and active lifestyle back. I’m incredibly grateful to the entire team for helping me build lasting strength instead of just temporarily treating symptoms.