(Music) |
"Before you get the results of your progress examination,
comparing where you are, with where you were, I’d like
to share a personal experience that may help you avoid a mistake,
I made.
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Like you, I began chiropractic care and made great progress.
In about a month or so I started feeling pretty good. So I discontinued
my care. |
A couple of months passed and I noticed my problem came back!
When I returned to the office I learned there are three reasons
this can happen. The first reason is our cultural perception
of what we think health is. |
As early as grade school we learned that the presence of symptoms,
such as a fever or a rash, meant we were sick. We stayed home
from school and returned once we felt better. |
No wonder most people think health is about how they feel!
Now, I like feeling good as much as anyone, but how we feel
is a poor judge of one’s health. |
Consider people with cancer, hypertension, heart disease;
even tooth decay, who clearly aren’t healthy, but may not
yet have symptoms. When it comes to chiropractic, you’re
likely to feel better long before you actually are better.
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In fact, you can have subluxations and not even know it. It’s
easy to see a connection if subluxations are causing a headache.
But what if a subluxation is compromising your gall bladder?
How would you know? |
The popular, but incorrect notion that you can determine your
health by how you feel is probably best demonstrated at dinner
tonight. Let’s say you decide to celebrate your progress
with dinner out. The atmosphere is great. The food tastes wonderful.
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(Medicine cabinet opens) But two hours later you get an upset
stomach and start vomiting. |
You’ve probably been taught to think that symptoms like
vomiting or an upset stomach mean you’re sick—when
in fact, vomiting to expel improperly prepared food, is a very
healthy response. |
It means your body is working right. Imagine the consequences
of taking medicine to "calm" or "fool" your
stomach and not throw up, causing it to retain the toxic food! |
