Chiropractic WORKS!

Today was an amazing day in the office! Patients had the most wonderful stories about the changes going on since beginning care. From a child whose tics are resolving to a woman who is nearly out of a pain, lives are being changed. For those out there who wonder how Chiropractic can change lives the answer is very simple, your nervous system.

Your nervous system controls everything, from your first thought of the day to your memories of your kiss goodnight, your emotions, they are all stored or created in your nervous system. When one of the bones in your spine misaligns and interferes with the way your nervous system functions, then your body does not run properly. Let this go long enough and you have a big problem!

Getting checked for these misalignments that Chiropractors call subluxations is simple and painless (most kids think it tickles) and can change your life. Why don't you get checked today?

Have you ever stopped to think about what being healthy really means? Most people think that feeling good is the same as being healthy, which is not always true. We have all stubbed our toes in the middle of the night and while this can be incredibly painful, even if you break your toe, it is not a serious injury. On the other hand we all know people who have cancer or diabetes, both of which are serious and life threatening diseases, but often not painful.

So why do we think that feeling good means we are healthy? Drugs. More specifically, drug companies. They spend billions of dollars advertising aging couples having a great time in flower fields with children who we must assume are their grandchildren, looking like they feel great and are healthy, all so they can convince us to "ask your doctor if gullibrex is right for you." Most of the time there is little information to let you know why you would even consider taking the drug, unless it magically transports you to that field. This type of advertising is becoming even more dangerous as "off label" drug use is becoming more common.

In case you don't know, off label drug use is when a drug is prescribed for something other than what the FDA has approved it for. This practice is becoming more commonplace and expect it to boom in this economy. Worse yet, the FDA doesn't keep track of any of this. If you want to read more about off label drug use try this link FDA Off Label Drug Use

Most importantly remember that drugs do not make you healthy. If they did the person that took the most drugs would be the healthiest. True health comes from a healthy lifestyle that includes proper exercise, rest, diet, spirituality and of coarse a subluxation free nervous system.

Have you ever wondered why people think Chiropractic wont work for them? Is the concept to simple? We all understand that when a breaker trips in our panel in our basement (usually covered by boxes of stuff that we forgot we even had), that when that breaker trip, the power goes out and what ever was connected to that breaker does not work. Our bodies work the same way. If the nerve carrying messages from the brain to a body part are blocked by a subluxation (a bone out of place that stops the flow of information and energy over a nerve), then whatever is on the end of that nerve does not work right and sometimes not at all. That is why Chiropractors can help people when it seems like there is no hope. If you are suffering, don't give up, there is still hope for you.

Dr. Dan

The Politics of Health

With all this bailout buzz going around, everyone is wondering what the effects are going to be on our health care system and ultimately on us. It is difficult to say just how big of an impact the government will have on our health care system but if history repeats itself, the effects will not be good.

JFK said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what can you do for your country." Our government can not solve our health care crisis. We must solve it so the government does not have to worry about it. To solve the health care crisis we must start with knowing two things:
1 where we are now and
2 where we are going.

Where are we - The current health care crisis is not that we rank 21st to 38th in the world in health care, or that we spend way too much money for poor results, or that prescription drugs are killing hundreds of thousands of people each year. (I could go on but you get the point.) These are all symptoms. The crisis is two fold. First, most people have no idea what health is and second that even if everyone knew what health is, there is no plan. In fact, here is the average Americans 'health plan" in action.

Step 1. Do nothing. Literally, we are a society of lazy, TV watching bums. 50 years ago the average 20 year old could do 20 chin ups, now the average 20 year old would be lucky to get 3.
Step 2. Eat like crap. According to our government, the most eaten vegetable is a french fry. Don't even get me started.
Step 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2.
Step 4. Develop a symptom and ignore it.
Step 5. Once ignoring it fails, try and over the counter drug.
Step 6. Try another.
Step 7. See step 4.
Step 8. Go see your MD and get a prescription drug.
Step 9. Try a different prescription drug.
Step 10. Have a surgery to remove something.
Step 11. Sue your MD

This would truly be funny if it weren't so true. The basic problem is no one ever thinks to address what health is and try to attain that. In the simplest terms, health is every part of your body functioning at 100%, all of the time.

All your body parts + 100% function + 100% of the time = Health

This is why drugs and surgery can never produce health. Drugs do not give 100% function and if you have a surgery and have something taken out, then you no longer have 100% of your body, so you can never be truly healthy.

Real health comes from within, it is a mindset and a lifestyle. It involves making better choices, like healthy eating, core supportive exercise, stress management and, of course, regular Chiropractic care. When you put all of this together, amazing changes will happen to your health.