Hurrying Up Care-Plans Isn't the Answer

Many times I will have patients who love to hurry up patient plans. This could be for various reasons. (time, don't see the value anymore, lost interest, financial). Whatever the reason may be, the only person they are doing a disfavor to is THEMSELVES. I will often say this to my patients. HEALING IS BY MOMENTUM.

Your body is like a well oiled machine. But when it breaks down, it's not because it JUST broke down, but it was decayed down , or dwindled down. Meaning, it often took an extended period of time before the body ended up in that state. The pain they feel is a result of that body breaking down over an extended period of time. 

Here's where the problem often lies. The patient no longer "feels pain". If they associate pain as their measure stick,...or determining factor of how well they are,......they will never progress to full wellness. The reason being? Because PAIN removal is often the first part of healing the body, that often occurs. It is often takes the shortest amount of time in the healing process.  

So, what if the healing takes a long time? What if I keep coming back for the same things?

Everybody's body heals at different rates. We often tell patients that within 48-72 hours during the first 3 months, the body will often return to a subluxation. Why is that? Postural distortion, unbalanced muscles, repetitive stress on the job, poor ergonomic repetition, lack of exercise that the doctor instructed the patient to perform, lack of sleep, lack of destressing the body, etc...all play in the role of "return to subluxation". 

I often have a patient come by my clinic, time after time, with the same problems, and when instructing the patient  to change simple ergonomics at work, or practice postural exercises, or perform proprioceptive mirror image exercises,... but the patient FAILS to do so,... the problem will consist over and over. I give the chart of 6 things a patient must have in their live for improved health.

1) Proper Nutrition: (this is working the body on a cellular level). 

2) Proper Supplementation: What you don't get by diet, you get through supplements.

3) Regular chiropractic care: Making sure the Nervous System operates as it should.

4) Proper sleep: can't run a body ragged. You'll run the body down. Lower it's immune system. The body won't function properly.

5) Proper exercise: Again, the body will not function at it's fullest potential if it's sitting all day behind a desk.

6) De-stress the body: Lowering the cortisol stress in the body reduces weight, lowers blood pressure and allows the body to feel "fresh". 

Only ONE of these things requires an outside person to perform. That would be 'regular chiropractic care'...the rest are completely up to YOU. So, ~17% is the chiropractor, ~83% is ALL YOU.

So, as you look further into chiropractic care, you will realize that healing the body is NOT done by the chiropractor.....it's done by your own body's innate intelligence. We, as chiropractors, remove those nerve interference's and ALLOW the body the opportunity to heal itself to it's utmost potential. If you think you can go through your same problematic situation and still get the same results,...well then, you'll need to rethink about chiropractic, for chiropractic isn't a magic pill. Good luck and good health.

Dr. G