Weekly Chiropractic Info

Medical preventative care focuses mainly on the early detection and treatment of disease. Their thinking – if you catch a condition in its earliest stage (i.e. breast cancer or diabetes), you have a better chance of managing it. Although that rationale bears some truth, it leaves you waiting for the train wreck to happen before you can do anything about it.

In Chiropractic, care focuses on supporting the ONE system dedicated to preserving the health of your whole body, your spine and nerve system. Because all normal body functions are first patterned in your nerve system, so must “dis-ease” be patterned in your nerves system (subluxation) before it develops into an illness. It simply makes more sense to avoid the train wreck in your spine, before it manifests in your body.

The best prevention doesn’t simply “test and wait” until you develop the disease… it focuses on removing the cause before it has a chance to manifest. That begins with interference in your nerve system. Are your loved ones protecting their health with regular chiropractic care?

You wouldn’t call the fire department to blow out a candle, or an electrician to change a light bulb! Those are simple tasks you can handle on your own. Yet every day, people call on a specialist or expert for healing a problem their “doctor on the inside” could easily take care of.

Maybe it’s lack of understanding, fear of the unknown or concern it could be something life threatening. Overkill is the norm in today’s medical world. Over testing, over diagnosing, over treating… all done for the sake of “thoroughness.” In reality, all it does is strike fear in the hearts of patients who just need to hear the truth.

The greatest challenge we have as Chiropractors is to help you realize how powerful you truly are! The same intelligence that holds the cosmos together, is holding you together too! In the rare case you develop a health problem where outside help is needed, rest assured it will be there for you. In the meantime – pause, take a deep breath and relax. If your nerve system is clear, your body is capable of putting out the “flame” on its own!

If life was a game of Jenga, stress would be the act of sliding out one puzzle pieced after another, until your entire “tower of health” topples over!

Unexpected car repair bill – slide out a block. Emergency call from your kid’s school nurse – slide out another one. Slip down a few stairs – slide out three more. Before you know it, you’re one stress event away from major Jenga catastrophe… that is, unless your chiropractor reverses the momentum and adjusts those loose blocks back in, restoring stability and integrity to your health!

Stress can cause you to subluxate (misalign), and its effects are detrimental to your overall health! So don’t wait until your last Jenga stress block is pulled before seeking help. It’s far easier to keep your body standing strong with preventative chiropractic care, than to rebuild it after the collapse.

If the healing process can be equated to restoring a house, imagine what it would be like trying to perform renovations during a Cat 3 Hurricane. This is how the constant barrage of external physical, chemical and emotional stresses can negatively affect your body’s natural building process – and no one is immune to it.

When asked what the most important contribution Chiropractic has to a person’s health, Dr. Thurman Fleet responded “adaptation.” Adaptation is the ability to face external stress and respond to it in a way that protects your internal physiology and leaves you stronger for it. Your nerve system holds the responsibility of assessing the outer world and constantly adjusting your inner world to survive in it. It’s the “storm wall” that stands between you and Mother Nature’s wrath!

Your ability to withstand wave after wave of daily stress ultimately determines your health. Regular chiropractic care maintains the nerve strength you need to stand firm in a world that is always trying to break you down. With a properly conditioned nerve system, you’ll be strong enough to handle whatever “weather” life throws at you!

You’re no doubt familiar with the basic human rights penned by Thomas Jefferson. Our Creator did indeed bless us with life, freedom, and the ability to pursue happiness. But when it comes to your healthcare, it’s important not to confuse rights with responsibilities. For example,

·         While you have the RIGHT to eat at any restaurant that suits your taste – you are RESPONSIBLE for choosing healthy items on the menu to fuel your body properly.

·         While you have the RIGHT to sit on the couch and binge watch Netflix all day – you are RESPONSIBLE for exercising regularly, so your body doesn’t become lethargic and sickly.

·         While you have the RIGHT to go bungee jumping, ride roller coasters or take up cage fighting – you are RESPONSIBLE for keeping your spine in alignment (free of subluxation interference), so your nerve system can clearly orchestrate all the physiological processes needed to keep you alive.

Yes we all have the unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But only YOU can be held responsible for preserving and maintaining your health! Yes, your Creator gave you the breath of life, a body and an innate intelligence to govern them all. But it’s up to YOU – not your insurance company, your primary physician or your political party – to guard them well!

Ever feel “wound up” from the stresses of life? You feel tight and distorted, like a rubber band that’s been twisted to the brink of snapping? That tension you’re feeling isn’t in your head… it’s actually in your nerve system!

Physical, chemical and emotional stresses of life can wind up negative energy in your nerve system, gradually throwing your spine and your health out of balance. Chiropractors refer to this as being in a “subluxated state.” If this pent up nerve stress isn’t released, it builds silently until it ultimately manifests as a physical illness in your body. The solution… release the tension in the rubber band before it breaks.

Chiropractic care gently removes stress from your spine and spinal cord before a critical failure can occur. In doing so, you improve the odds of your body working to its potential over the course of your life. This is one “rubber band” you need to keep untangled!

There’s a vast difference between playing chess vs. playing checkers. In checkers, the best moves yield immediate results… a piece is jumped or a king is crowned. With chess however, the best moves aren’t made for simple instant gratification, but well thought out for the benefits they will reap many moves ahead. Chiropractic shares a similar modus operandi! 

Today, instant relief comes in the form of pain relievers, muscle relaxers and cortisone shots. And yes, those “moves” can bring instant gratification… but does a temporary patch contribute anything to your best health? Chiropractic care, on the other hand, makes moves (adjustments) that provide natural relief and sets you up for improvements in other areas of your health down the road! One spinal move today sets up a cascade of positive physiological changes you’ll experience in your body for years to come.

Winning health strategies aren’t founded on quick fixes that make you feel comfortable in the moment, but on smart actions you take now that will contribute to your wellness in the future. Every chiropractic adjustment removes a piece of “dis-ease” off the board – clearing a path to your desired health goals. When it comes to chiropractic, we don’t think checkers… we think chess!

You’ve tried stretching, went to physical therapy and faithfully did all the exercises they prescribed. But still your spine feels tight, rigid and locked up. In your case, Chiropractic may hold the right key!

Unlike the gross manipulative therapy done by PT’s and osteopaths, or the general movement offered by prescribed exercises, specific Chiropractic adjustments ONLY target the parts of your spine that need work. Specificity is the key to results – knowing what spinal segments to move, when to move them and how much force to use is paramount to getting a favorable outcome… and that requires a skill set taught only in a reputable Chiropractic College.

You wouldn’t use a sledge hammer to bust open your front door if the right key wasn’t handy to unlock it safely. The same goes for your spine. When it comes to unlocking a tough, painful back it’s best to seek the advice of a master spinal locksmith (a DC) who know what they’re doing. In the long run you’ll save time, money and frustration hiring the right person for the job!

Remember the days of pulling an “all nighter” for a major exam – trying to cram an entire semester’s worth of work in one, non-stop studying marathon? Well, you can’t get away with that when it comes to your health and chiropractic!

There are some who wish they could simply go to the chiropractor and have years of aches, pains and health issues erased in just one cram session – a chiropractic all nighter if you will. But like cramming for a test, a quick chiropractic patch job is temporary at best. Last minute adjustments for long standing problems will always yield fleeting results. It takes sustained, consistent care over time to make measurable changes to bad spines.

So if you think you can re-call a cervical lordosis or undo years of poor bio-mechanics with one 24 hour sleepless chiropractic binge, think again! There is no such thing as pulling an all nighter when it comes to getting your health and your spinal integrity back!