Stress Time Bomb / Chiropractic Can be Your Deavtivator

(My article in the Oct. 1, 2013 Citizen)

I was in the car the other day when I heard an interesting news story on the radio about Oprah Winfrey. She publicly disclosed she had acute stress disorder last year. A psychologist commented that it is a serious disorder made worse by our hyper-stimulated society.

It is more likely seen in someone with a severe trauma such as a physical attack or after experiencing a natural disaster, but she blamed it on an exhausting work schedule.

Stress is the invisible monster that most of us tend to ignore until some type of health warning startles us. Stress is not an obvious disease like a heart attack, ulcer, or flu. It is only a priority if you make it a priority.

Things can happen to us unexpectedly. We can experience stress that we have no control over such as bad weather, although we can plan for it. We also tend to put up with a great deal of self made stress because it's not inconvenient enough to change.

That's one thing I have no control over. I can't compete with other people's stress as I try to help them discover vibrant health. As it gradually chips away at health, stress is not recognized as a problem that needs intervention. It is this gray area of possible disease but not real enough to need treatment where chiropractic is the unsung hero.

Chiropractic deals with stress management by looking at the spine as a barometer or sort of measuring stick. The spine absorbs stress. Stress comes in three forms: physical or mechanical, chemical including diet, and emotional. Over time, the spine eventually becomes the stress. This in turn leads the nervous system to backfire and rewire.

A backfiring nervous system creates pain syndromes and places a strain on the rest of the body. Once rewired, the body's resistance becomes weakened and recurrent illnesses are more difficult to shake off. These complaints fall into the realm of the gray area of unspecific sickness. We tolerate these complaints and give them permission to fester.

With chiropractic care, adjustments to the spine release tension so healthier patterns can resume. Chiropractors also help people identify people's sources of stress so they can implement positive change.

There are complicating factors each one of us has to become honest about and that brings us back to Oprah Winfrey's personal story. How much stress will each of us ignore? In what areas of our lives are we going to let ourselves be run into the ground?

What we call stress today may be a minor annoyance, but it becomes physically imprinted on the spine in a way that cannot be reversed if it eventually breaks down bone, causing discs to leak and the brain to shrink.

I've heard too many people voice regret that they didn't understand this broader view of chiropractic's influence on health. You can now start looking at your spine as a health barometer and pick up on important clues that will help you get to the chiropractor early.

Chiropractic is the Gift of Giving Up Negativity

[Don't forget next week's health challenge!]
(In today's Citizen)

When people express an interest in chiropractic, I ask them if they plan to focus on the problem or the gift. When they raise an eyebrow, I offer a reason to shift gears in their thinking.

The only way to have a change in health is to shift gears by incorporating some type of behavior change. Health education during appointments is needed for successful change.

We tend to go to a health care professional with a problem when it doesn’t seem to go away on its own. I guess it is human nature, but while we wait for a problem to go away, we help new problems fester.

I understand problems must be dealt with appropriately, but we can also recognize we have a gift. We are the gift. The very same human body that has you feeling down and anxious because of some kind of disruptive symptom or disease pattern is actually responding correctly to a stress.

The body has many built-in mechanisms that protect and heal you from mishaps and unpleasant exposures. While the problem is annoying or even life-threatening, the body is working hard at keeping you alive.

In the chiropractic world, the gift is the body’s communication system made up of the brain, spinal cord and nerves that deliver the lifesaving messages of healing through the tunnel of bones we call the spine.

Maybe I have a word obsession, but if you focus on problems, you will never attain health. I don’t even like the term health screenings, because it is focusing on a problem you might have or might never have.

No one likes going in for mammograms or colonoscopies. The anxiety they produce ramps up cortisol levels and probably kills off a few DNA strands just waiting for the test results.

But don’t yell at me assuming I think health screenings are not necessary. However, I do want more people to shift gears. I want you to enhance your gift of healing, and chiropractic gives you a very unique way to do it.

The gift of our healing system still needs help. Just like everything else, your spine and nervous system need to be finely tuned and polished.

Routine chiropractic adjustments are the fine tunings. When spinal fixations are released, neurological patterns can be restored to a state of more efficient healing. Health education is offered by your chiropractor to explain what makes the body less efficient, and how the adjustment perks it up.

Chiropractors also use health education to help you add the polish. You can learn how to lower stress levels so the spine and nervous system stay strong. You can learn how to recognize the subtle signs of spine and nerve dysfunction.

Let’s focus on the gift as a way to resolve our problems. Take the time to understand how chiropractic enhances the healing process. This is a great way to shift gears and make powerful changes in your health.

"Believe It!" Health Challenge

Start your 30 day health challenge!
Next one begins: September 9.       Great Prizes !!!

Please make sure to register with me a few days before the start date.

Chose your challenge level at each step

Step 1                                Step 2               Step 3

Take the Neuro-              Shakeology             DVD fitness

Digestive stress                                                (e.g. turbo-fire)

Test  

                                                                         

Stress Pro-Active            Customized             Gym workout

Plan                                 Paleo Diet with

low-keyed detox              trace minerals            Walking

chiro spine tune-up                                             circuit

massage                           Anti-Inflamm                                

STAR session                  Supplements                                    

                                        As needed              

                                       

                                       

• Our goal is extreme energy and healed organs, not weight loss.  Weight loss is a side effect. 
•  Stubborn body fat is a sign of nutrient deficiencies.  Stressed organs do not retain nutrients (Neuro-digestive stress test). 

• Stubborn weight gain is a sign of improper nutrient intake or “competitive intake.” (Medications, e.g. for pain, block nutrient uptake.)
• No calorie counting.  Counting calories harms muscle.  This harms the body because muscles regulate health. We never fast.
• Calorie counting is now called: Diet Damage.
• You must burn fat at rest, so lean muscles are necessary.
• We never use the scale.
• You need a constant amino acid supply in the blood, so protein is required at every meal.
• Recent blood work is a plus because we can track “pain markers.”

Earn points for every positive activity!

	Optimal meal (3 pts. max)	Exercise 20 min. min.	Chiropractic adjustment	massage	acupuncture	Writing in the progress book, or online (1 pt. max)	Took my Recovery supplements today
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