Understanding Subluxations Through Metaphors & Analogies Part 3

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In the final part of this series of posts, I would like to give you one last analogy.

Diabetes of the spine.  Vertebral subluxation can be explained as diabetes of the spine.  First of all, let’s be clear.  You don’t have diabetes, there is no condition called diabetes of the spine, I actually made it up to make a point.  Here is why.   There are millions of people walking around each day with diabetes and they don’t know it.  That’s why there are sophisticated tests to check your blood sugar.  Regardless of if you have symptoms or not, we know if you go past a certain threshold, you are a diabetic. Once we know you are a diabetic, it is not a life sentence provided you do two things.  You get your blood sugar back under control and you monitor and manage it for the rest of your life.  If you do, you can lead a totally healthy and full life.  If you choose to ignore it, you might be able to get away with it for short spans of time but we know without a doubt it will cause a loss of eye sight, loss of limbs, loss of life.  The reason I call diabetes subluxation of the spine is that subluxations are exactly like that.  There are millions of people walking around every day who are subluxated and they don’t know it.  That’s why your chiropractor has sophisticated tests, not to check your blood sugar, but to check your nerve pressure.  Regardless of if you have symptoms or not, if you exceed the normal nerve pressure threshold, we now know you are subluxated.  Being subluxated is not a life sentence provided you do two things.  You get your nerve pressure back under control and you monitor and manage it for the rest of your life.  If you do you could lead a totally normal and healthy full life.  If you ignore it, you might be able to get away with it for short spans of time but we know clinically, it will shut down your nervous system, cripple your spine and cause a premature death.    Chiropractic is not a luxury, it is a necessity.  If you had diabetes and I was your General Practitioner, I would insist you get your kids into see me, as diabetes runs in families.  If there is nothing wrong with their blood sugar level, let’s celebrate and check them again in a year.  If there is something wrong,  let’s put our heads together to put a plan into action to fix it now.  Likewise, as a caring, family chiropractor who know subluxations run in families, I would insist you bring your kids in to see me.  Like a GP, if there was nothing wrong, that is great – let’s see them in a year.  If they are showing signs of subluxation let’s come up with a course of action to improve their health.  It’s logical, it’s authentic and it’s real.  It is about accepting how serious subluxation is.

I have a couple of very strong beliefs.  I have never met a human being feeling better when subluxated than not and I believe being subluxated kills us a little bit every day.  I don’t see chiropractic treatment as glorified massage, or glorified PT.  I see it as life and death.  A GP who is taking care of a diabetic, or an oncologist who is taking care of someone with liver cancer, it is not a luxury.  It is a choice between life and death.   Chiropractic care is not a luxury, it is a necessity.

Thank you to all those people who have provided excellent feedback on this series.  I look forward to bringing you more information that will be of benefit to the health of you and your family in the near future.

Understanding Subluxations Through Metaphors & Analogies Part 2

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In my last post, we learnt how subluxations affect our body by comparing them to circuit breakers and the dimmer switch.   Another analogy we can use is the rubber band.  Wrap a rubber band around your index finger tightly.  You will notice within seconds the tip of your finger is really red.  We believe in exercise. Now exercise your finger as much can.  Is the red going away?  No.  We believe in good nutrition.  Water is good.  Now drink some water.  Is the red going away? No.  The only thing that is going to stop your finger going red is to remove the rubber band.  Once you do that, notice how quickly the power in your body starts to heal your finger.  It happens within seconds.  I am definitely not being disrespectful to exercise or good nutrition or meditation or anything else, they are all important aspects of our lives.   This display is purely a way to emphasise that if we don’t remove the interference, we won’t start healing.

I have a couple of very strong beliefs.  I have never met a human being feeling better when subluxated than not and I believe being subluxated kills us a little bit every day.  I don’t see chiropractic treatment as glorified massage, or glorified PT.  I see it as life and death.  A GP who is taking care of a diabetic, or an oncologist who is taking care of someone with liver cancer, it is not a luxury.  It is a choice between life and death.   Chiropractic care is not a luxury, it is a necessity.

 

Understanding Subluxations Through Metaphors & Analogies Part 1

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Since effective communication takes places when we link the known to the unknown and communicate more visually than verbally there are some easy ways to communicate this principal and what happens when a person becomes subluxated.  Over the coming weeks I will be posting several analogies to help you understand how chiropractic works and why regular treatments are a must for you and  your family.

For example, let’s talk about the circuit breaker.  I don’t know anything about electricity.  I don’t consider that a weak area because I don’t want to know anything about electricity. But I know this; living in the north-east of the United States, about 5 or 6 time a year I lose power in my house.  Every time we lose power in our house, the same thing happens.  Even though I know nothing about electricity, I know where the flash light is. I know how to find the garage.  I know behind my car in the garage there is a big metal box. I know how to open that metal box and even though the contractors who built my home actually labelled it, most of it is faded and I wouldn’t read it anyway.  I never read instructions building things.  But I do this – I visually inspect.  I see one circuit breaker in line in perfect alignment with the next, in perfect alignment with the next, in perfect alignment with the next.  Until all of a sudden one is out of alignment.  I don’t necessarily know what that is connected to or if I am going to blow up the home, but instinctively I know if I flip it back into alignment, the power will be back on.  The house you live in, called your body, works on the exact same principal. Your circuit breakers are called vertebrae, and your chiropractor knows where every one of your vertebrae circuits are supposed to go.  When we find one out of alignment with the others and put it back into alignment, instantly the power comes back on.  We practice the POPO technique.  Pressure Off, Power On.  It is that quick. Pressure Off, Power On.

I have a couple of very strong beliefs.  I have never met a human being feeling better when subluxated than not and I believe being subluxated kills us a little bit every day.  I don’t see chiropractic treatment as glorified massage, or glorified PT.  I see it as life and death.  A GP who is taking care of a diabetic, or an oncologist who is taking care of someone with liver cancer, it is not a luxury.  It is a choice between life and death.   Chiropractic care is not a luxury, it is a necessity.