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                So, great… I just remind you of your mortality and tell you to stop smoking.  What the H kind of posts are these?
                Here’s the rub, as a chiropractor I am concerned with 3 main facets of health that all contribute to our well-being:  physical stressors, chemical stressors and emotional stressors.  DD Palmer, the inventor of chiropractic described them as Traumas, Toxins and Thoughts.  The stuff you put in your body, the tax your system experiences when your emotions overwhelm you, and the major and minor traumas we experience in our everyday life all add up.
Daniel David Palmer, the founder of Chiropractic

                So how do each impact our lives?  Well, our diet and habits fall under the chemical… you get out what you put in.  If we’re eating McDonalds and drinking a Iitre of cola a day, we are not going to be able to function at our best.  We won’t be able to heal at our best either.  Smoking dehydrates our discs, not to mention all the effects tobacco has on the rest of our system.  The rabbit hole for the toxins part of chiropractic can get incredibly deep.
                Emotionally, many of us are living a very high-strung life.  When we are emotionally stressed-out, our bodies go into Fight of Flight mode, which is survival mode.  The other side of that coin is the growth and repair mode, called rest and digest as well.  When we are always running from a tiger, we don’t have time to grow and heal.  When we get stressed at work and on the commute and at home, our systems think we are in danger the entire time.  It can play a big role in why you can’t seem to get over colds, or that you seem to always have tight shoulders.
                The physical traumas we endure, like a “thrown-out back” are what we associate chiropractic with the most.  Sitting at a desk for 6 to 10 hours a day, sitting in a car on your daily commute and sitting watching tv for hours a week causes micro-trauma to our bodies.  Flick your knee, and it doesn’t hurt.  Keep flicking your knee in the same spot over and over and over and eventually, it’s going to start to not feel good.  Another analogy related to our new life style is text neck and holding a can of corn.  Take a can of corn and hold it out from your body so your arm is parallel to the floor.  At first, it isn’t heavy; it’s a can of corn.  After a few minutes…or hours…or days, that can will start getting heavy.  These small, seemingly insignificant traumas in our daily lives not only make us more susceptible to major traumas like a herniated disc, but after years, they themselves can cause a wide variety of issues from cardiovascular disease to arthritis in the spine and others.
                So great, more bad news… and what, Tune Chiropractic can help with all of that?
                Yes.  I’ve mentioned before (ad nauseum) to my knowledge my grandfather never had chiropractic care and lived to 95, but I know personally people I sincerely believe would not be alive today without chiropractic.  So, for some, chiropractic may very well add years to one’s life, it isn’t necessarily true for everyone.  What I do firmly believe is true for most, if not all is that with chiropractic care; or at the very least, rigorous conscientiousness regarding one’s physical, and emotional health can make life much better for the amount of time we do have.  Chiropractors can help give ergonomic, nutritional, and exercise advise.  We can help your body “pump the brakes” and help you get out of the fight or flight mode.  We help your body heal from the inside out. 
                In future posts, we’ll get more specific with suggestions how you can achieve your best health, but for now, if you have any questions you can call or message me on Face Book or stop in or you can just leave a comment below.  I’m happy to give any advice or point you in the right direction for anything you may be curious about.

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