It was a devastating blow, but it was also an opportunity. I was able to rebuild my practice into the vision I'd always had, with the best equipment and protocols in the field. It was a complete reboot.

Around that time, I attended a conference where an expert walked on stage. This redneck seemed to lay things out in simple terms, and when he asked who had bad shoulders, I raised my hand. I had been suffering from frozen shoulder for months, unable to even lift a cup of coffee.

In one minute, he unlocked my frozen shoulder. And then he said something that stuck with me: "I'm going to teach you guys how to fix your patients chronic pain that nobody else can fix. And I guarantee less than 1% of you will actually show up to learn what I have to say."

I was one of the only ones who showed up. And that's when I learned the step-by-step process to determine the root cause of chronic pain - things like frozen shoulder, plantar fasciitis, knee pain, and peripheral neuropathy.

Now, we see people come in on walkers and canes, people who have lost all hope.

They've been told they can't even have a knee replacement, and they see themselves in a downward spiral. But when we do a trial treatment and watch them run down the hall, there's laughing, there's crying - it's the most rewarding thing in the world.

This transformation has allowed my practice to grow and I get to do what I love: care for patients. 

With the technology and equipment we have now, there's very little that comes through our door that we can't help.

It's an incredible feeling, knowing that we can handle just about anything. And it all started with a moment of epiphany, a devastating fire, and the decision to learn from someone who had the answers I needed.

If I hadn't figured out how to serve my patients at a higher level, who knows where I'd be? Probably still stuck in that dead-end job, watching my life pass me by.

But instead, I'm living my purpose, helping people who had lost all hope, and that makes everything worth it.