Testimonials

Arthritis

June 1, 2007
I've been a patient of Dr. Canion since he opened his office in Port A. He has treated me for several ailments including headaches, PMS, chronic shoulder pain that was previously diagnosed as "arthritis" and depression. He has helped me tremendously, drug-free! I have received chiropractic adjustments, auriculotherapy, acupuncture and during treatments, prayer. I'm so grateful that here in Port A, we have a doctor like Dr. Canion. His love for people and genuine desire to help those in need is both rare and beautiful. Yeah, Dr. Canion!
~A very grateful patient!!

Endometriosis: severe cramping

May 11, 2004
I began my treatment in February and I saw immediate results as far as pain and scar tissue. I was able to go back to a normal lifestyle as far as working out and being normally active.
~RR

February 3, 2006
I went to see Dr. Canion in 2004 for Endometriosis and cysts. The pain had become so intense and I had many different treatments and the last thing to do was a hysterectomy. A friend suggested Dr. Canion and he did a ear treatment and after about 6 treatments my pain was completely gone. I hadn't been able to work, exercise or surf in about 2 years so being able to suddenly go back to normal was great!
~RR

July 5, 2006
I'm writing to you to thank you for giving me my life back! While in my 30s, I had very occasional bouts of menstrual cramping. In my 40s it grew to a debilitating condition that made me agoraphobic during my period. During the four days of heaviest flow, I could be hit at any time with crippling pain. On a scale of 1 to 10, if 10 were passing out from the severity, it was a 9.5. It encompassed uterine cramping, cervical and vaginal aching, lower back pain and bowel upset. I often threw up from the severity, and would spend an hour curled on the bed sobbing in a haze of pain, then an hour, exhausted, resting in grateful relief when it had passed. Needless to say, it's difficult to go out and about when you could suffer from that sort of attack at any time, and I had to make sure shopping and errands were taken care of before my period started. I also had to turn down social engagements that would fall on those days, knowing ahead of time I would be "sick." Medical exams showed no problems with my ovaries or uterus, no cysts, no endometriosis. Ibuprofen didn't do a thing. A naturopath suggested various supplements, from calcium and magnesium to evening primrose oil to cramp bark. None of them helped. I did pay attention to food sensitivities and noticed that breads and anything containing sugar would trigger an attack, so I avoided those like the plague -- the cramps were an extremely effective aversion therapy. I am so incredibly grateful now that I visited Texas and found you and your auriculotherapy. In two periods' treatments, my cramps are down to a completely manageable level. In my first period after returning home, the pain never got above a 5, and with Ibuprofen became more like a 2. Most of the time I feel discomfort but not actual pain. The food triggers are gone. And I am certain that if I underwent treatment through another period, the symptoms would reduce even further. It's nothing short of miraculous! I also appreciate that you were so willing to share information about what you were doing and how things were working during the process. I could have gone in and just relaxed during treatment, but I have a curious mind, and enjoyed the opportunity of "watching" the problems resolve through level after level in succeeding treatments. I do feel like that's what happened to me -- that "normal" cramping had gone deeper and deeper to a disabling degree and that auriculotherapy moved it back up through levels of severity to the point where I have the type of menstrual discomfort most women have. But, believe me, if I get the chance to visit Texas again, I will gladly get rid of even that with another visit to you! Thank you again for relieving a problem that was destroying my quality of life one week out of four. I feel human again!
~LS

Failed Back Surgery

September 16, 2005

My diagnosis for the past 30 years: Scoliosis, corrective surgeries, fibromyalgia, chronic severe back pain, and chronic fatigue. My life gradually has been reduced to being in bed or lying down 20 hours a day and multiple surgeries with multiple pain medications. My last option was to have a morphine pump implanted in my body. Thank God above that a dear friend had great results with Dr. Canion so I agreed to try it. After 2 visits my pain is so greatly reduced and/or completely gone that I do not even have to consider the morphine pump anymore. I can hardly believe the amazing results. I do not understand how it works but I am feeling like a miracle has been preformed!! Thank you Jesus and Thank you Dr. Canion.
~CB

November 11, 2005

Still amazing results! Able to cancel my epidural back injections for the first time in 5 years! Dr. Canion is passionate about helping his patients. Thank God.
~CB

August 6, 2006

As a registered nurse, I was very skeptical of the whole "chiropractic thing" but having tried everything else for this severe back and bilateral leg pain I thought "what could it hurt." Then you encouraged me to try the auriculotherapy and acupuncture and that was the one therapy I was dead set against. To make a long story short I tried it after listening to the anatomy and physiology and recognized that this is what the East uses for medicine. I was hooked. I have NO pain in my back or legs and it is such a relief finally. God bless you.
~TC

Fibromyalgia

After feeling so perfectly good for the last few months (from Thursday Oct 12th - Monday Oct 16th) I began to experience these symptoms as I did before the "weather-vane" treatment you offered me (the usual stinging and burning in all of my joints). My right hand was swollen and on fire for 2 days, my fingernails ache, back pain, uncomfortable in my neck area (couldn't get comfortable when I would try to prop up and watch T.V.), My back and shoulders were extremely sensitive to touch. Even the bed sheet bothered my knees and heels. The extreme uncontrolable fatigue and tiredness was what kept me on the couch most of the time. I noticed on Monday that the barometric pressure was 29.45 which is the lowest I've ever noticed it to be. I would suppose this had a lot to do with the way I was feeling. I feel great now like it never happened. Of course the weather seems to have straightened up (even the barometric pressure). Thought you could share this documentation with others that might suffer when the weather changes.
~AH

Leg Pain

Being a Winter Texan I love to walk the beach but, because of leg pains that have bothered me for the past 5 to 6 years, I have been unable to do this. After just one treatment with Dr. Canion, I am back to walking again with no pain in my legs. These pains have kept me awake at night and I have been pain free all night long!
~MM

Low Back Pain

Dr. Canion helped me a year and a half ago with two treatments (Acupuncture) on my lower back and neck. I seemed to be completely healed after just two. Especially since I had gone to chiropractors in Dallas 2-3 times a week with really no healing results. Now two have had healing with Dr. Canion's treatments. Not just temporary relief from pain either!
~PD

Migraines

March 29, 2007
I woke with the worst migraine I had ever had. Two days before I had taken a bonk on the head. On that Thursday I couldn't move I was in so much pain. I called my sister and told her to help me. I needed a doctor bad. She came and got me and helped me to get to Dr. Canion. He adjusted my neck, which I had never had done. He also did acupuncture and needle magnets. It released all that pressure and I could go home and rest. I can't thank Dr. Canion enough. I had migraines growing up and still get them, just not as often. I don't know what I would have done if that pain had not been stopped, and once it was it was awesome!
~Unknown

Peripheral Neuropathy

March 22, 2004
Diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy over a year ago, I take medication (300 mg 2X/day). Temporary relief. My neurologist tries me on new drugs every three months. I was recommended by my sister-in-law to go and try to let Dr. Canion help me. He worked on me for about 30 minutes and now I can walk barefooted for the first time in about two years. I feel wonderful and encourage everyone with any pain problems to give this a try. You won't know if you don't give it a chance. Thank you Dr. Canion.
~RA

Shoulder Pain

January 7, 2008
I feel so lucky to have found such a gifted chiropractor right here in Port Aransas like Dr. Canion. Not only does Dr. C help me with my back and neck problems, he has done wonders for other ailments too. With the ear magnets he cured a shoulder problem I had for 2 years. Tuned up my thyroid and with the traditional acupuncture helped with back spasms.
~C

Stop Smoking

May 13, 2004
After smoking for over 30 years, I received 1 treatment for my birthday. As of this date, I have been tobacco free for 76 days. As an added benefit of not smoking, other miracles such as varicose veins, have disappeared or reduced to almost nothing. I whole-heartedly support Dr. Canion's auriculotherapy treatments for smoking.
~PA resident

February 25, 2005
365 days tobacco free. No desires, no substitutions. Best thing I ever did. Thanks Steve!
~PA resident

February 25, 2006
End of 2 year. Feels great I am now able to ride my bike all over the island with no loss of stamina. See you next year (3 years 2-25-07) ~PA resident

Tinnitus: Ringing in the Ears

April 25, (?)
I had pain in my lower back. After treatment the pain went away. I had a treatment for tinnitus and immediately the left side was much improved. I await the end of the noise in my right ear with great anticipation.
~UNKNOWN

Tansverse Myelitis

February 3, 2000
I was diagnosed with TM. One day I was active and felt perfectly healthy and the next I was paralyzed from the chest down. I spent one week in the hospital and one month in rehab learning to walk again. With TM come many side effects and residual problems. To name a few: I have extreme hypersensitivity to touch, muscle spasticity, unable to tell the difference between hot and cold, bowel incontinence, and continuous pain on the left side of my body. Neurologists have prescribed four different medications to control symptoms. I was taking 510 pills a month until February of this year when I totally went off all medications! (What Changed?) I began treatments with Dr. Steve Canion. Through auriculotherapy and acupuncture my pain is much more tolerable than it had been on medications. My quality of life is better without polluting my body with drugs. I am so thankful and blessed that Dr. Canion came to Port Aransas. His dedication and research goes above and beyond anything I've see in the medical community.
~TM

Tremors in Hands

April 23, 2008
I have had tremors in both of my hands for 15 years. Doctors have given me medications to slow my heart down and had started increasing the dosage. I had considered acupuncture but really had many doubts. Then I decided to try it, and I had heard good things about Dr. Canion. The first treatment he asked one to hold out my left hand. It trembled as usual. He touched a point in my ear. "The shaking stopped." With each treatment it has gotten better, and today it is gone.
~TH

May 6, 2008
Well time has passed and my hands are steady. Dr. Canion gave me back a very important part of my life. Thank you from the heart!
~TH

Weight Loss

June 7, 2007
Been coming since May 10th and have lost 16 pounds. Craving for carbs have disappeared!
~LW

Xeropthalmia: Dry Eyes

Thanks so much for fixing my dry eyes. I have suffered for years with this. I have seen numerous eye doctors and internists. Take eye medicines, drops and saline in my eyes and by bedtime still they would hurt. They even plugged the ducts to drain tears from my eyes and keep what I made in my eyes. I no longer need any of this after a simple painless auriculotherapy session. It took 2 short sessions and I have tears of happiness and no longer any pain. If you're considering auriculotherapy, I have had several other treatments and they have worked like a charm. Thanks Dr. Canion for bringing this state-of-the-art treatment to Port Aransas. Many thanks!!
~DE

Xerostomia: Dry Mouth (especially after radiation treatments to the head or neck)

June 22, 2006
Steve performed acupuncture to restore my salivary glands due to nonproduction from radiation. Two treatments and the saliva glands are flowing again!
~SQ

March 24, 2008
I have been here for three months. I just finished my third acupuncture for my dry mouth. I have not taken the medications I was taking for it, and I am so much better and not bothered with the dry mouth almost completely. I feel great. Here for vacation!
~MA

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