- May 8, 2024
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Chiropractic medicine changed Blake and Jayme Frear's lives.
It inspired them to change careers, sell their house in Cincinnati and move almost a thousand miles away to Florida to pursue it. Before, Blake Frear was dealing with seizures, stomach problems and was on Ambien to be able to sleep, which caused him to black out. He had been taking Adderall since he was five years old to treat his attention-deficit disorder.
“I thought health came from my medicine cabinet, from the doctor’s," Blake Frear said. "So if I felt depressed or if I felt sad, I knew I could go to the doctor and get a pill. Or if I was sick, I knew I could go somewhere to cover up the symptom.”
But it was their son Bradley who jumpstarted them on their chiropractic journey. When he was two and a half years old, they noticed he was having problems communicating. Like many parents would do, they took Bradley to his pediatrician who said the problem stemmed from the numerous ear infections he had from the time he was 4 and half months old.
He recommended Bradley have a surgery to put tubes in his ears and to remove his tonsils and adenoids. He was three years old at the time of the surgery.
“We never thought to question it," Jayme Frear said. "We never thought to get a second opinion because that’s what the doctor told us to do. I was a nurse, I’d seen it every day—it was common.”
The surgery was successful, and their pediatrician said they would see improvement in Bradley's ability to communicate in a couple months. However, the months came and Bradley's problems persisted. Jayme Frear said he was kicking, biting and scratching them because he couldn't tell them what he wanted or needed.
So they went back to the pediatrician, who sent them to a behavioral specialist. He didn't quite have an answer for them either, and told them Bradley could be somewhere in the autism spectrum, but that he was too young to tell. He told the Frears they might have to wait until Bradley was 18 for a definitive diagnosis.
“We left that appointment feeling hopeless," Jayme Frear said. "We didn’t have any answers. We just knew that we had a child that couldn’t communicate.”
Blake Frear's brother was a chiropractor, and at that point, he told them to bring Bradley in. During their first visit, he showed them points in their son's spine that were putting pressure on certain nerves that were affecting Bradley's ability to communicate and hear.
Within six weeks, the Frears saw an improvement in their son, who is now nine years old and doing well in fourth grade. He hates math, but Jayme Frear said that's OK.
Blake Frear is also now medication free and has lost 35 pounds with their business's nutrition plan.
Because of their experience, the Frears decided to open their own chiropractic office, which they have named "New Journey Chiropractic." Their office will open in January in the Trails shopping center.
“Not everybody has a Bradley that can’t communicate, but there are plenty of people that are frustrated with the current health system and they’re frustrated with what their health looks like, and they need help but they don’t know where to get it," Jayme Frear said.
Once open, their services will go beyond the standard chiropractic care. They will also educate their patients on nutrition, exercise, detoxing and having a healthy mindset. They plan on holding free shopping tours for their patients to help them understand how to read labels in grocery stores and how to buy healthy food. Jayme Frear will also perform structural corrections in the spine of her patients, where she will help reintroduce their body's natural curve in their spine to relieve pressure.
Blake Frear said their family has completely changed their lifestyle and they want to help this town the way they were helped. It's their motivation for their business.
“Anyway that we can get people to live to change their lifestyle from being sick and suffering, to a healthier mindset with an earnest idea of where health comes from, would really help change and save this town," Blake Frear said. "That’s what we want.”
