06/12/2026
This month is the one year mark of Aniya's (my daughter) Bell's Palsy diagnosis and the start of rigorous HBOT, red light, and chiropractic therapies.
The leading cause of Bell's Palsy is something we are all familiar with: it's the times in life you are more stressed than normal. In her case, we were preparing for senior graduation. Then, it turned into one of her scariest moments.
Initially, she was diagnosed with an ear infection. Knowing her body, though, she could tell something wasn't quite right. Then, the day before she was meant to walk across the stage and celebrate with family and friends, she received the diagnosis.
She was given a healing timeframe of six to nine months, so she started a strict routine for recovery:
• HBOT daily for 2 hours
• Red light treatment daily
• Chiropractic adjustments 3x a week
• Eliminating dairy and inflammatory foods
All of this for about 8 weeks.
It was not easy.
But within one week her eye and brows were showing signs of movement, and her left eye would close half way.
By week two, her eye would close while she was asleep, the left side of her mouth moved slightly, the left side of her face had more expression, and her face gained a little more feeling.
By week three, her left eye could close without holding it (there was still a delay), the left side of her face had more movement and she could smile, and her ear pain went away.
By week four and five, it was hard to distinguish the delays in facial movements and expressions, and there was no more pain at all.
One week before she moved to college, you would have never known the nightmare she just went through.
We are so grateful we had a community that gave sound advice and for the knowledge we had about the different therapies.
