So what exactly does Chiropractic do and what role does it play in the healthcare of the 21st century! Well in my humble opinion Chiropractic provides an alternative solution to better health! And that is it! It provides an alternative to all those needless drugs and medication and unnecessary surgeries! The reality is that despite all the millions and billions of tax payers money that is poured in to our so called Health Service every year, as a Nation we are becoming sicker! As I mentioned in a previous post our children will be dying at a younger age than us! People are still dying of Heart Disease despite the fact that a lot of them are on strong doses of blood pressure lowering medication! In other words they are dying of heart disease just with lower blood pressure! So what is wrong with us and why is this happening? Is it because of our genes? Well considering our genes have not changed in 40 thousand years that is highly unlikely. So why? Simply it is because we are not adapting well enough to the stresses and strains of our daily lives! Our bodies cannot cope with what we are doing to them – whether it be physical, chemical or emotional stress!
So how can chiropractic help? Simply by helping your body adapt better. You see your nervous system controls every single thing you do from reading this to digesting your dinner! It does everything. Every single action of every single cell depends on your nervous system! Your health and well being depends on it! And your spines primary role is to protect the nervous system. However sometimes due to life’s stresses, the individual vertebrae that make up the spine can become twisted out of alignment and cause irritation of the nerves! So what happens if you stamp on a hose? Exactly the water stops flowing, well the same with your nerves, spinal misalignments cause irritation to the nerves which can cause problems or Dis – ease. That is dis – ease not disease in other words a lack of ease! And that can result in problems!
So by removing these areas of misalignment and nerve stress we can help the body function that little bit better! That may be helping to ease a baby that is screaming due to the pains of colic, or reducing a headache, relieving back pain or getting rid of heart burn! What ever symptom you have is caused by the failure of your body to adapt!
Chiropractic can simply help you adapt better! Is it a cure no! But it is an affordable safe alternative to drugs and surgery!
