About the founder Jory Pradjinski

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Jory Pradjinski has been living with chronic pain for over 30 years. It all started when he injured his back in 1987, L5-S1 disc. He had to go through back surgery for a fusion, laminectomy, and discectomy in 1989. That fusion failed and he underwent repeat fusions in 1993, 1994 both of which failed as well. In 1996 he had 2 separate fusions 2 days apart, which were successful.

In 2006, he was in a serious auto accident which left him with neck disc problems, a severe concussion, and a bruised skull.

Today, Jory lives with over 26 traumas since the original back injury which has led to Complex PTSD. Jory continued to have pain that just kept getting worse even after his last fusion. Beginning in 2013, after a fall dislodged his L4 vertebra, he eventually sought out alternative treatments for his pain and have found several which have helped. Although Jory still continues to live with chronic pain, he is able to function better than medically explainable.

Jory lost support early on after his second fusion failed in 1993. The repeated surgeries and increasing pain left him feeling isolated and he knew his family and friends couldn't understand. With no support system, he retreated into himself and experienced depression, anxiety, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts.

He had a hard time keeping a job and finally had to stop working in 2008 after admitting his pain was too unbearable and his concentration was quite damaged.

Somehow through it all Jory kept having the repeated thought in his head "that this is not the way my life should be". He started to think "I'm here for a reason. I must have experienced all these things for a reason". Hope was the one thing that kept him going, even though there were many times he hung on by a bare thread. Finally, Jory came up with the idea of Hope Instilled to give people the resources and support he was unable to find.

He is now able to talk about all his traumas and surgeries and explain the gift each one is. This allows him to do the work he does today. Jory is now finding ways to touch people's lives around the world.

Treatments and changes Jory worked with during his healing journey. (Note our Disclaimer at the front of this workbook):

Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Deep Tissue Massage, Myofascial Release Therapy. Weight reduction through changes in diet, water as the main fluid intake to properly hydrate the body. Exercise, mediation, stretching, visualization.