治療家になったキッカケ     The reason I became a healer.

高校生になってすぐ空手を始めた。

両親は大反対だったため道場代(月謝8000円、極真空手は高かった)を初バイトとなる新聞配達(夕刊)で工面した。

嬉しくてうれしくて早く強くなりたくて近所の境内で階段ダッシュや工事現場のおじさんにかけあって木材タダでゆずってもらい庭に穴掘って素人大工ながらやぐら組んで買ったサンドバックつるして深夜まで蹴りまくったりしていた。

溝掃除用の鉄棒に砂詰めたビール瓶をガムテープでぐるりと固定した手製バーベル作ってウエイトトレーニングにも励んだりしていた。

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ご近所様はきっと寛大な方が多かったのだろう。苦情はなかった。

 

ただハードなトレーニングのせいであろう腰痛に苦しめられることになった。

 

整形外科、スポーツクリニック、あらゆる接骨院、整体に通ったがダメだった。

 

せっかくのバイト代も治療費で消えていった。 親は当然ながら自業自得としてノータッチ。 そら見ろやめろの毎日。

 

そんなある日、同級生の親がやっている病院で数カ月に一回、九州の整体の名人を呼んで病院で治らない腰痛の患者を治療してかなり効果をあげているとの話があった。

さっそく頼み込んで予約を取った。

当日結構な年齢(65歳くらい?)の大先生と跡取りの息子さん、そして見習いの若い男性の3名が病院のリハビリ室におられた。

30人くらいの患者が順番待ちで並んで待っていた。

遮蔽物は何もなく他の患者の治療を皆が見ている状態で行われていた。

大体一人の治療で問診入れて5分程度、治療自体はどの人もほぼ一瞬だった。

ほどなくして順番が回ってきた。

初診ということで大先生が担当。

症状を一通り説明するとおもむろに腰のあたりを触診し何番目かの腰椎の位置がすれているから矯正するという。

畳に座った状態でなにやらアクロバティックな姿勢をとらされるやいなや、いきなり胴体を捻られた

「ボキボキ!!」

一瞬だった。

と同時に感覚的に感じた「あっ! 治った!」と。

あれだけ頑固だった腰の痛みと脚のしびれがその場でスーッとみるみる引いていったのである。

同時に自分でもびっくりするような感情が強烈に沸き起こった。

「なんて凄いんだ! なんて素敵なんだ! 薬も使わずに手で人の身体を治療できるなんてなんと素晴らしいんだ! それも一瞬で魔法のように!」と感動してしまった。

そしてこうも感じた。

「これ俺にもできる気がする・・・・いや、やりたい! 絶対にやれるようになりたい!」と。

 

一瞬にして私の世界観はガラリと変わった。

 

当時、父親と将来の進路のことで話合いをする機会があった。

「高校生にもなったら将来、何の職業につきたいかくらい大体分かるだろう?」何度も言われたが残念ながら私にはピンとくる職業がなく思い悩んでいた時期でもあった。

 

それがついに「ビビビッ!」ときたのである。

治療が終わるとすぐに大先生に尋ねた。

「僕もこの仕事をしたいんですけど、どのようにすれば良いですか?」

少し驚かれたようだったがこのように答えていただいた。

「最初に専門学校に行って柔道整復師の国家資格を取ってきなさい。 免許をとったらうちに連絡しなさい。」と。

 

その瞬間、私の道は定まった。

 


I started karate right after I became a high school student.

His parents were against it, so he paid for the dojo (8,000 yen per month, Kyokushin Karate was expensive) by delivering newspapers (evening editions), which was his first part-time job.

I was so happy and wanted to get stronger as soon as possible that I dashed up and down the stairs in the precincts of my neighborhood, talked to a construction worker who gave me some lumber for free, dug a hole in his yard, and kicked around late into the night with a sandbag I had bought, while building a stadium as an amateur carpenter.

I also did weight training with handmade barbells made from a beer bottle filled with sand and duct taped to a ditch-cleaning iron bar.

I couldn't afford a leather sandbag because of my limited funds, so I bought a cheap cloth one, but the friction caused my knuckles to bleed and soon the sandbag was stained.

Punching gloves were also expensive, so I bought a volleyball glove with a cushion and used duct tape to make a fake glove.

 


I am sure that many of my neighbors were very tolerant. I never received any complaints.

 


However, I suffered from back pain, probably due to the hard training.

 


I went to orthopedics, sports clinics, all kinds of osteopathic clinics, and physical therapy, but to no avail.

 


The money from his part-time job disappeared with the cost of the treatment. My parents, of course, were not concerned, as I deserved it. Every day I was told, "Look at that, stop it!

 


Then one day, one of my classmate's parents told me about a hospital that treated patients with back pain that could not be cured at the hospital once every few months by reading about a master osteopath in Kyushu, and that it was quite effective.

I immediately asked him for an appointment.

On the day of the appointment, I saw the doctor, who was quite old (65 years old?), and his son and heir. The day of the appointment, there were three people in the hospital's rehabilitation room: the doctor, his son and heir, and a young man who was an apprentice.

About 30 patients were waiting in line for their turn.

There were no shields, and everyone was watching the other patients being treated.

It took about five minutes for one patient to be treated, including a medical interview, and the treatment itself was almost instantaneous for all patients.

Soon after, it was my turn.

Since it was my first visit, I was assigned to a large doctor.

When I explained my symptoms, he palpated my waist and said that he would correct the position of some lumbar vertebrae because they were out of alignment.

As soon as he made me sit on the tatami mat in some kind of acrobatic posture, he suddenly twisted my torso!

Boom, boom!

It was an instant.

At the same time, I felt a sensation, "Ah! I'm cured! I was healed.

The pain in my back and the numbness in my legs, which had been so stubborn, suddenly and instantly disappeared.

At the same time, I was filled with a powerful feeling that surprised even me.

How amazing! How wonderful! How wonderful to be able to heal a person's body by hand without using any medicine! It's like magic in an instant! I was so moved.

And then I thought, "I feel like I can do this too.

I feel like I can do this too. ・・・・ No, I want to do it! I want to be able to do it! I want to be able to do it!

 


In an instant, my view of the world changed completely.

 


At the time, I had a chance to discuss my future career with my father.

He said, "At high school age, you should have a pretty good idea of what you want to do in the future, don't you?" He told me many times, but unfortunately, I did not have any career in mind, and it was a time when I was struggling with my future.

 


Finally, I had a "beep! I finally got it.

As soon as the treatment was over, I asked the doctor, "I want to do this job too, but I don't know what I want to do.

How can I do this?"

He seemed a little surprised, but answered in this way.

First, go to a vocational school and get a national license as a judo therapist. After you get your license, contact us. 


At that moment, my path was set.

 

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