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Therapist Seeks Relief for Her Own Pain

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. Read Transcript


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.

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