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Can Chiropractic Care Help Me? Let’s Dive In!

Hey there, curious reader! As a Doctor of Chiropractic, one of the questions I hear the most from potential patients is, “Will chiropractic care help me?” It’s a great question, especially if you’ve never experienced the magic of chiropractic adjustments before. So, let’s embark on a fun journey to uncover the wonders of chiropractic care and how it might just be your ticket to feeling fantastic!

What’s the Deal with Chiropractic Care?

First things first, let’s break it down. Chiropractic care is all about a holistic approach to health, focusing on the relationship between your spine and nervous system. Think of your spine as the main highway of your body. When there’s a traffic jam (a.k.a. misalignments or subluxations), it can mess with how everything else functions, leading to all sorts of health issues.

How Can Chiropractic Care Work Its Magic for You?

Let’s explore some of the awesome benefits:

1. Pain Relief
Picture this: You’re dealing with nagging pain in your back, neck, or joints. Chiropractic care swoops in like a superhero with spinal adjustments and manual techniques to realign your spine, reduce inflammation, and relieve nerve pressure. The result? Reduced pain and improved mobility!

2. Improved Function
Chiropractic care isn’t just about banishing pain. By restoring proper alignment to your spine, it optimizes your nervous system, which can boost various bodily functions like digestion, circulation, and even your immune response. It’s like hitting the reset button for your body!

3. Prevention is Key
Why wait for problems to arise when you can prevent them? Regular chiropractic adjustments help maintain spinal health, keeping minor misalignments from turning into major issues down the road. Think of it as routine maintenance for your body.

4. Enhanced Wellbeing
Many patients leave their chiropractic sessions with a spring in their step and a smile on their face. This could be thanks to the release of endorphins (your body’s natural painkillers) during adjustments and the overall reduction of stress on the nervous system.

5. Individualized Care
No cookie-cutter treatments here! Chiropractors tailor their care plans to fit your unique needs. This might include adjustments, therapeutic exercises, lifestyle tips, and more. It’s all about you and your path to wellness.

But, Is It Right for You?

Now, let’s keep it real. Chiropractic care isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution, and results can vary. While many find significant relief and improved quality of life, it might not be the answer for everyone or every condition.

Before jumping in, it’s essential to chat with a qualified chiropractor about your health concerns, goals, and any potential risks. And if you have other health conditions or are undergoing medical treatment, be sure to spill the beans to ensure safe and effective care.

Ready to Explore Chiropractic Care?

In a nutshell, chiropractic care offers a natural, non-invasive route to better health, focusing on keeping your body in tip-top shape. While it’s not a cure-all, it has helped countless individuals find relief and a greater sense of wellbeing. If you’re curious about how chiropractic care can help you, why not schedule a consultation with a trusted chiropractor? Your journey to a healthier, happier you might just start there!

So, are you ready to unlock the potential of your spine and discover the benefits of chiropractic care? Let’s get started!

When discussing health, I don’t mean to imply that you’re being overly harsh on your body and need to relax your lifestyle and choices. Instead, I encourage you to challenge yourself. Humans thrive on challenge; our continued strive and progress have made us dominant on Earth. Stagnation and lethargy are detrimental, leading to pain, disease, and overall problems. A passive approach to healing and hoping issues will disappear without active lifestyle changes is ineffective.

This proactive stance starts with our diet, physical activity, mindset, and rewards. Living with an “it won’t happen to me” attitude can lead to recklessness and unforeseen consequences. It’s believed that with a conscientious lifestyle, one can feel youthful well into their 80s. Aging doesn’t necessitate decline; it’s about living well and consciously, even as we heal slower past our prime.

Consider the life of early humans to understand this concept. Imagine being a hunter, male or female, leaving your family to hunt or gather. Men might track and hunt game, utilizing fruits for energy, while women gather, fish, and teach survival skills. This cooperative, active lifestyle provided essential nutrients and fostered community bonds. Cooking meat, for instance, made nutrients more accessible, aiding brain development and health.

This historical perspective illustrates that being hard on your health means embracing life’s challenges positively. Today’s convenience and processed foods contrast sharply with our ancestors’ active, natural diet. We evolved to thrive on proteins, fats, and minimal carbohydrates, not the high sugars and processed foods prevalent now.

The cycle of life, from plant to predator, is a continuous process that nourishes and sustains us. Acknowledging the sacrifice of the animals and plants we consume is part of respecting this cycle. And while some argue that animal agriculture is more harmful than plant-based approaches, this overlooks the benefits of sustainable, ethical farming. Grass-fed, free-range practices have a significantly lower environmental impact than intensive, plant-based agriculture, which often requires extensive land use, soil degradation, and ecosystem disruption.

In essence, challenging our health means engaging with life actively and mindfully, respecting the natural order, and choosing sustainable practices that honor our bodies and the environment.

References: https://www.health.harvard.edu/pain/chiropractic-care-for-pain-relief https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/07/18/the-overwhelming-evidence-of-the-healing-power-of-food/ https://www.drperlmutter.com/new-evidence/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/diagnosis-diet/201903/the-brain-needs-animal-fat https://youtu.be/9k5UEFPGpfU https://youtu.be/hGleeVGS8F8

What is the purpose of the mental impulse?

The mental impulse, as I perceive it, is the essence of life. It transcends scientific definitions and the systematic processes we typically associate with living beings. It’s an intangible force, the command that imbues life with vitality and existence. This impulse is the coordinator, orchestrator, and conduit for all measurable aspects of life, embodying what I would describe as “Impulsed Intelligence.”

This concept is not just theoretical; it’s a dynamic interplay between Universal Forces and Innate Intelligence. Universal Forces are the external pressures that constantly act upon us, often in destructive ways. In contrast, Innate Intelligence is our internal, creative force, constantly adapting and creating within us. The mental impulse acts as a bridge between these two, facilitating micro-adaptations that allow for a harmonious existence amidst these forces.

Consider the analogy of a broken bone: when external forces exceed our innate capacity to adapt, the bone fractures. Yet, even in this state of breakdown, there’s an underlying intelligence at work. This mental impulse ensures that blood continues to flow to the affected area, vessels re-route, and clotting occurs where necessary, all while maintaining essential functions. It’s an adaptation to the adaptation, a testament to the resilience and ingenuity of life’s internal mechanisms.

In essence, the mental impulse is life’s underlying current, enabling existence and adaptability without conscious thought. It allows us to appreciate and marvel at the complexity and wonder of being alive. It’s a part of us that connects our conscious self to our higher, more universal self. The mental impulse is the silent, ever-flowing stream of intelligence within us, orchestrating the symphony of life in ways we might never fully comprehend but can always appreciate.

As I journeyed deeper into my latest read, a particular question caught my attention, encapsulating the essence of our discussions so far. It revolves around the intricate interplay between Innate Intelligence, the body’s adaptation to Universal Forces, the potential for matter to be both destructible and malleable, and the pathways our bodies create to compensate for these forces.

The concept of vertebral subluxation is central to this discussion. It represents a disruption at the vertebral level, affecting ligaments, tendons, muscles, and discs. Despite this disruption, these structures continue their vital role in protecting the nervous system. However, when they become unadaptable to the Universal Forces acting upon them, they compensate by creating alternative pathways to the tissue. This might result in reduced quantity, but not quality, of communication because Mental Impulses — the expressions of Innate Intelligence — are always perfect in their execution.

But what happens when these pathways are compromised? The body, in its wisdom, creates compensatory mechanisms to adapt as effectively as possible. Yet, this adaptation isn’t without consequences. A reduction in the quantity of Mental Impulse communication to tissue cells can lead to a cascade of dis-ease and incoordination, affecting peripheral body parts linked to the affected cells. This is where the concept of triage by Innate Intelligence comes in — it’s the body’s best attempt to adapt without succumbing to destruction.

Enter the role of the neuromere. When a vertemere is subluxated, it impacts the nerve’s ability to conduct and deliver impulses. This discoordination can manifest as various symptoms — what I like to call “Chiropractic Symptoms” — which are distinct from medical symptoms. They’re the neuromere’s cry for help, signaling the need for an adjustment.

As chiropractors, our role is to decipher these cries. We determine whether the symptoms indicate a neuromere in distress due to a vertemere subluxation or if there’s a more complex issue at hand. Our ultimate goal is to become a conduit for Universal Force, aiding the Innate Intelligence in reestablishing proper communication through Mental Impulses. By adjusting the vertemere, we aim to correct the coordination of the neuromere.

This intricate web of relationships and adaptations is the heart of chiropractic philosophy. It’s not just about adjusting a bone; it’s about understanding and facilitating the body’s profound ability to heal and maintain balance. Through this lens, we see our patients not just as individuals with symptoms but as complex beings with an innate capacity for health and well-being.

I cannot, nor will ever be a practitioner that tells someone to get off of a medication. Regardless of scope, I leave the patient the choice for their own health. Now, I may highly recommend them to get off a medication and I will have another route for them to take. I don’t agree with or believe in any particular medicine, but I understand that it is all a choice of the person. I can however do my very best to educate those around me and those that come to me. I can and will always be honest about health and wellness. I will always educate people on the incredible power that is inside of the human body is far greater than the power that is outside of the body. I am not attempting to be any kind of hero, nor am I educated in a heroic model. I am passionate about the above-down, inside-out “ADIO” concept. Our brain being the above, the spinal cord and nervous system being down, the rest of the body being inside, and to the outside or environment being the out. “The power that created the body, has the power to heal the body”. There are a some that are educated in a heroic model-oriented program. Which is not a bad thing, but it creates a closed mind and sensitivity to concepts that go against that mindset. We as a species do not deal with threats lightly. If someone threatens your “known” facts from what you were educated in, or to say someone questions your intelligence. We tend to react by going for the metaphorical jugular.

When you are taught and told you will save people and get that hero mindset for your career path, of course it is understandable to want to keep that an exclusive and highly sought-after platform. The problem with that is that you can’t just be taught to be a hero. Look at Hercules, he couldn’t just feel he was a hero he had to be heroic by action. That was him learning to be selfless, not selfish. Being a hero isn’t just by doing what most can’t, it is by doing what most wouldn’t. As a practitioner we should be doing what others at a highly seen position won’t do. That entails educating the people around you, showing them a way that is better for them as a whole, showing them ways to take account for their own health that may not make us extra money, we need to help people be their own hero. The real heroes are the practitioners that don’t play a hero, they create heroes within their communities. Going natural with foods, supplements, activity, and energy is how you help your community become better than itself. You detox the patient, who then detoxes their personal community, which grows to a public community detox. Small towns do a better job of this being mostly a tighter knit community.

I don’t like to place blame and point fingers, but I can say that if you follow the money. you will see that we are set up to become reliant on unnatural and pseudo substances. We are from nature, why would natural anything be harmful to us? That is what I ask. From my point of view, why do we add the word “big” to the systems or manufacturers. We have Big Pharma, Big Food, Big Tech, Big Oil, Big Data, Big Law, Big Ag, Big Media, etc. These are all areas we label as “big” with the word intended to mean monopoly or in a negative connotation. We didn’t call those industries “big” before they became in control of their specific areas that make them money. We are also at their will when they make a claim or regulate what they consider to be acceptable to the public. A lot of us are not taught or educated on the matters that be from the “big” industries. A lot of us also go to the doctor, counselor, dietician, and more for our information. If those that you go to are taught that what the “big” powers are “the say all be all” on information, and never question them. Then in turn us, as the public will suffer the ignorance that is given to us. This is where a lot of addictions and health problems will begin.

Addictions are not often the ones portrayed on mainstream media sources. Most addictions are given as a prescription. As said by Marcus Aurelius “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth”. As is this entire post, it is my opinion all from my perspective. I do invite those that read this to understand that nothing is set in stone when it comes to health, a lot is an innate (logical) sense we are born and built with. So please read this with an open mind, and all I request is at the end ask yourself; why to mainstream accepted statements, and why not to yourself making your own decisions. There will be links to articles, documentaries, and books to back the claims that I am in favor of. This is all an opinion and perspective on my part.

Resources:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/06/the-man-who-invented-medical-school/240887/

Hewa, S. (2002), “Rockefeller philanthropy and the “Flexner Report” on medical education in the United States”, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 22 No. 11/12, pp. 1-47.

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Hey there! Life can be pretty hectic, right? But guess what? Taking care of your health can actually be a game-changer! Let’s keep it simple and fun.

So, you’ve got these awesome experts – doctors of all kinds, like medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, and more. They’re like your health superheroes. But here’s the deal: don’t be shy to ask them questions. Seriously, they’re here to guide you, not boss you around.

Imagine this: if your doc wouldn’t do what they suggest for you, should you? Probably not. Your doc’s job is to teach you the ropes of your health journey. If they’re not doing that, they’re not really being your superhero, right?

Just like you’d ask your lawyer about your case, ask your doc about your health. They’ve got the info, and you’ve got the power. Yep, YOU are the health boss!

Remember, your health is in your hands. Doctors are like cool mentors giving you advice, but you’re the one with the power to make choices. So, grab that power and live your healthiest, happiest life! 🌟

References:

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-should-i-ask-my-doctor-during-checkup https://drmelissawelby.com/why-you-need-to-ask-your-doctor-questions/