As I eluded to in Part 1, there are several factors that contribute to the following common misconception: "Once You Start Going You Always Have to Go". Let's get started on Part 2 of this discussion.
Chiropractors a hundred years ago had many miraculous healing responses happen to their patients after they delivered the chiropractic adjustment. To review, the adjustment realigns the spinal joints, removes nerve interference and results in that patient's innate intelligence taking over to do the healing work. That is the way it is suppose to work and miraculous things do happen when the body is allowed to heal itself. Remember we all have that intelligence within us that knows how to heal and regulate our bodies.
Chiropractors today still get great results, but they have much more working against them than the chiropractors did a hundred years ago. Namely, our lifestyle choices that are vastly different than they were then, and vastly different than what our genetics require to be healthy. Our genetic makeup has changed very, very little since the time of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. If you study the cultures still in existence today that still adopt the lifestyle of our ancestors you will find that they have none of the chronic diseases our society has today.
The reason I am writing about this is that we live in stress overload a good portion of our days and our bodies just can't keep up. What we eat and its nutritional value (even in our healthy foods) is not what it was then. Our level of mental and emotional stress is elevated and our sedentary lifestyle and lack of physical exercise all stimulate the stress centers of our brains. If that wasn't enough, the level of toxins we endure in our food, water and air supply and the level of electromagnetic frequencies (EMF) that bombard our bodies are a constant threats we can't even see. Simply put, our bodies are not designed to deal with the level of stress we put ourselves under on a daily basis.
The result of all this from a chiropractic point of view is that a practice member will become subluxated (have spinal misalignments) much more often than they would have had several years ago. This translates into the need to see our practice members more often if they want to keep their spines and nervous system healthy. Whenever I have a patient who is not responding to care as quickly as they should, I will ask them what stressful things are going on in their life at that moment. That is almost always the answer. Getting adjusted helps reset the body and dissipate these stresses.
Is seeing my practice members more often what I want? No, my goal is always to make them more self-sufficient. Even though I enjoy interacting with them, I would rather teach my practice members about lifestyle changes they can implement to reduce the stress in their lives in order to maintain their health and well-being. But, until people start making those choices and changes one of two things happen, they either need to come see me more often or they choose not to and start on a downward spiral away from optimal health. As you can see, this is not the chiropractic profession's fault, but rather the direction that our "advanced society" has led us over a long period of time (don't get me started on that subject).
Well, that is enough information to chew on for right now. As I said before, it is an involved answer to a common misconception, and there is more to come. I should be able to complete this discussion in Part 3. As usual, I welcome any comments or questions you might have. Thanks for reading.
Dr. Dan
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