Back and neck discomfort are par for the course in occupational therapy, but Karen’s pain grew worse over time and intensified after a car accident.
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This is where it
gets a little tricky--
NARRATOR: Occupational
therapy has been a good career
choice for Karen Hussar, who
enjoys helping people get back
to life.
We get to see the
turnaround, be part of that.
So I love that.
NARRATOR: But there
was a downside.
After years of working
as a therapist,
she started having
back and neck pain.
I found that I just couldn't
do the in-patient work any more,
where I was lifting
patients and having
to do a lot of walking
on the hospital floors.
It tended to aggravate it.
So that's when I went to
doing full-time home health.
NARRATOR: Most of
the time, the pain
was manageable, until
one day in 2008.
A woman was coming
the opposite direction,
and she swerved to miss a deer
and ended up losing control.
She went into a spin.
I ran into the back of her.
I really got thrown
forward violently.
The neck started stiffening up.
It was very, very painful.
NARRATOR: Her doctor
ordered an MRI,
which revealed she had bone
spurs and spinal stenosis
in her neck.
With the help of
prescription pain medications
and a good chiropractor,
Karen managed the pain
for seven years.
Still, she often found
everyday movement difficult
and sometimes had to miss work.
Then I started
finding that I had
to avoid anything where I
looked up for very long,
or I looked down.
But I would either forget or
there would be a flare-up,
and I wouldn't necessarily
know why, what I had done.
NARRATOR: On December
11, 2015, Karen
was watching "The 700 Club."
KAREN HUSSAR: And they
were just starting to pray,
and Gordon said, put
your hand on the area.
You need healing.
So I stopped what I
was doing, because I
was going through the
mail, and I thought, yeah,
I should do that.
Someone else, you've injured
the right side of your neck.
It's in the back.
God's healing that,
restoring that.
That muscle's just relaxing
now, in Jesus' name.
KAREN HUSSAR: I felt
it relax right away.
It just was literally like
somebody untied a knot.
It was very clear.
I could feel it.
I just put my hand
up and started
crying and just praising God.
And it's like, it's
actually for me.
That was really awesome.
NARRATOR: Karen's
pain hasn't returned,
and she's able to
work and move freely.
This answer to prayer has
drawn both her and husband Bill
closer to the Lord.
Makes you feel good
that she's not suffering,
and we can enjoy
life more together
and be thankful to God for
the blessing of it all.
Sometimes we feel like we
have to perform or something.
I didn't have to.
I just had to ask Him.
God still heals us, and I
just-- just keep asking.