How Much Money Are You Wasting?

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I had a practice member come in that I hadn’t seen since he had moved to Arizona roughly 4 years before. He looked the just the same as I had remembered him – happy, healthy and exuding the glow that someone who loves life does. I told him how great it was to see him and asked what he had been doing to stay so happy and healthy.

He told me he had continued with the healthy lifestyle habits he had started while he was a member of our practice, including getting checked by his chiropractor at least once per week.

I told him how I admired his discipline and dedication to constantly improving his health. That’s when he said something to me that I will never forget. What he said was, “You know Doc, I have often stopped to marvel at how much money people are wasting on health club dues, organic foods, bottled water and everything else they do to be healthy.”

I was a little confused by his statement since I knew he did all of these things himself, so I asked him what he meant. Now he was the one who looked confused. He replied, “I’m talking about people who do all of those things but don’t go to their chiropractor every week – or those who don’t see one at all.”

Now I understood what he meant. He was saying that without a properly functioning nerve system, all the good lifestyle habits were limited in their ability to affect the change people were hoping for. This is absolutely vital to understand. What good is eating impeccably if nerve interference prevents you from digesting, assimilating and eliminating foods properly?

Is it advantageous for a person with a subluxation that affects the nerves to his heart to undertake a running program that jars his body and furthers the irritation? Does someone who is suffering from exhaustion benefit from extra time trying to sleep if his body is so completely out of balance that deep sleep is not possible?

Many people fail to recognize just how important a properly functioning nerve system is to reaching their health and life goals. But it is impossible even to have normal thought processes in the presence of nerve interference.

I have had people say to me in the past, “You really want me to come in to get checked every week for the rest of my life?” My answer has been, “No, only as long as you want to continue to work toward fully expressing your purpose and potential in life.” You may have gone a week without needing an adjustment, and if you are fine we’ll celebrate! But you can’t know if you’re clear unless you get checked!

Many of these people are just fine with the idea of taking an aspirin or some other medication every day for the rest of their lives. But those things at best only prevent you from getting worse and may do nothing more than cover up symptoms. They can do nothing to actually improve the long-term situation. I find it curious that people will spend time and money trying to “not die,” but they have a very hard time investing in something that will actually help them to live fully.

We in chiropractic see the body as a vehicle. We also believe that we were all put here for a reason. Our bodies are what we have been given through which we can express our true selves and manifest our purpose and potential in life. It is each of our responsibility to keep our bodies as whole and healthy as possible by living a healthy lifestyle. But, if your brain and body can’t communicate fully, all of those healthy lifestyle habits may be futile. Chiropractic may be the “missing piece” to the life puzzle that makes all of those other things worth investing in.

Do you know someone who has been wasting his or her money?