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Why do people see Doctors?

Why do most people see doctors? If you guessed, because they are sick; you're right. When you think about it, it's not ideal is it? People should see doctors before they get sick in order to stay well. There is a big push in health care today for prevention; I'm sure you've heard of it. Do you know when chiropractors started talking about preventative maintenance? About 90 years ago. We have found that if we keep the nerve channels clear of pressure or interference, people stay a lot healthier. Do you know why? Because your nervous system supplies life to your body, and when that life is interfered with, you get sick. If a doctor knew how to to keep that from happening, wouldn't it make sense to see him/her?

4 simple principles that (easily) explain Chiropractic

1) You have a health potential. That means you were born to be healthy. That's the way you were made.
2) All the functions, including your health, are directly run by your nervous system.
3) Like a dimmer switch; pressure on the nervous system lowers your health potential. In essence, nerve pressure shuts off life to the tissue cells.
4) Taking the pressure away from the nerve allows the life back into that nerve and tissue. And then we can watch the body heal itself. It's as simple as that!

Pain is a warning, not the problem.

Today I want to go over the importance of understanding what pain is and what pain relief means. First, pain is a signal. It means that something has gone wrong for long enough to cause a problem. Often, a vertebra was out of position long enough to cause a pretty serious misalignment, putting pressure on important nerves that eventually caused the pain. When we first start treatments many will get some pain relief fairly quickly. That means the bone is barely clearing the nerve, so to speak. Does it make sense that we have not fully corrected the cause of the problem yet? There still may be some work to do, even when the pain is gone. That work may consist of spinal correction and strengthening. The more correction and strengthening we do, the better the chance of never having the symptoms come back. I find it's what most people want--to get well and stay well .