A few years ago I took a big step in my life, and decided to go see a chiropractor about the minor shoulder pains I was getting in my left side, and about how I just felt “un-even”. It was one of the greatest decisions I made in my life. This guy showed me all I know about proper posture and alignment of the spine. He had me come in for weekly adjustments to get my spine back in proper shape. Here is an article written by a chiropractor who is associated with Kalev Personal Training. His name is Gordon Gertz, and here’s what he has to say about visits to the chiropractor:
Ranking Health Decisions
“I asked a patient the other day how often she visits her dentist for check-ups? She stated that she goes for a cleaning and check-up every 4 months. When I asked her “Why every 4 months and not 6 months?”, she replied “With my teeth, I know I need to go every 4 months. Every 6 months is not good enough to keep them clean.” Wow! It is great to hear that someone has put such thought into her health choices and decisions! As with many of our belief systems, many of our health decisions and choices are often something we have been doing automatically, like a “knee jerk” reaction due to influences in our lives often instilled in us from a young age. Take the dental check-up for example. We’re taught from a young age about the importance of oral hygiene. I don’t know if you remember, but when I was young the community dental hygienist would come into our classroom, give us these red tablets to put in our mouths which showed us areas of plaque build-up. We were then given dental floss and a toothbrush and instructed on how to best brush your teeth and most importantly – to visit your dentist for a check-up every 6 months. Practice becomes habit and habits become beliefs. This is a healthy beneficial belief! As with most beliefs, it is also important to challenge them to ensure that they are beneficial to us. What are your beliefs about other areas of your health? Not sure. Well, try ranking them in order. Drinking bottled water? Eating organic food? Exercising? How about your cardiovascular system? How does having a healthy strong heart rank in comparison to the importance of oral hygiene? Many would say that having a healthy heart ranks quite high on their health scale of importance. Are we then putting as much of our resources into maintaining a healthy heart as we are with keeping our teeth clean? How about spinal hygiene? We use our spines 24 hours per day and therefore it is subject to many cumulative stresses. If our teeth wear out we can have them replaced or cavities repaired (though obviously not desirable). What if our spine wears out? There are no “false spines” to replace the worn out parts! Regular check-ups to help keep your spine healthy make good sense. It’s just not something that many of us have incorporated into our health belief system. At Pacific Chiropractic, we can recommend a frequency of check-ups that is unique to each individual. Everyone is different, and we all have unique stresses in our lives that affect our spines, so we all could benefit from our own unique schedule of check-ups. And remember, staying healthy for a lifetime means taking care of our health now, not when the symptoms show up!
~Dr. Gordon Gertz
Vancouver Personal Trainer Virgil Isaacs- Kalev Training in Yaletown
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