So your back hurts. Bad! You need to “fix” it now. And you go to Google and type “chiropractor.” So the closest one is 10 minutes by car. You get your phone and dial the number, schedule an appointment to get “caught” or “cracked” – the most forceful and popular but wrong way of looking at your doctor’s appointment.
So your chiropractor “adjusts” your back and tells you that you need many sessions to get rid of the pain. So, since your back has been bothering you for a while, you take her advice. As you progress through chiropractic treatment, you notice that other health conditions you used to have begin to disappear as well! Headaches/migraines, PMS, acne, allergies, asthma, hearing problems, eye disorders, etc.
It’s amazing, isn’t it? Chiropractic is more than just helping your back pain. The logic is simple: your spine is like a bridge (or communication pathway) of nerves from your brain to your organs and vice versa. If the bridge is prevented, communication is disrupted and your organs suffer.
What chiropractors do is correct these communication problems by bringing the spine back into proper alignment.
However, chiropractors do not claim to have the answer to every disease in the world. There are other factors that cause disease in the body (more commonly called interference), such as nutrition, emotions, toxins, stress, electromagnetic pollution (such as radiation from cell phones). Regular hiropractors correct the structural part (the problem of the spine, joints and ligaments) and can be of great help by giving you advice on diet and nutrition.
Once structural and nutritional problems are corrected, patients often find that most of their health problems disappear. For some, this is “enough”, they are happy. But for some who strive for total wellness (i.e. not caring about the other interferences with health and wellness), feeling like a million bucks is their goal! Do you remember how light your body felt when you were 20 years old? That’s all! This is not so impossible to achieve!
The Secret is in holism. The body is not a machine that one can approach piece by piece. It is complex and all aspects are interconnected. Do you remember how after a stressful day you got a headache? Surely that headache did not appear by chance. A physiological manifestation of a psychological problem.
Are there chiropractors who approach health and wellness holistically? Sure! Although they still maintain that they don’t have the answer to every disease condition known to mankind, these holistic practitioners can best guide you in achieving your health potential (ie, the healthiest you can be).
Holistic chiropractors typically address subluxation (or misalignment) of the spine, diet and nutrition counseling, emotional release techniques, lifestyle modifications, exercise counseling, detoxification programs, and much more.
Chiropractors, like Dr. James C. Weaver CCEP, DC, trained to approach health and wellness holistically, can also guide you to discover the priority issue your body wants to address at a given time and order.
For more information on the holistic approach to wellness, you can visit the following website: http://www.secretsofhealth.net