The body is a machine that runs for maybe 16 hours a day – and most of us take it completely for granted. Isn’t that a careless, foolish thing to do?
It means we are attaching no more importance to the body than we do to the washing machine – which we ignore until it breaks down – and less importance than we do to our car, which many people have the good sense to get serviced regularly. But we’ve had this body, this flesh, blood and bones machine, our whole lives and although we might – just might – think carefully about what fuel we put inside it, we never just go and get the machinery checked over.
If we were to take this radical step of getting the nuts and bolts looked at from time to time, the place to go would be a chiropractor’s office. Chiropractors understand skeletons and muscles like mechanics know cars – and they understand the mechanics of the body because they are the mechanics of the body. How one part connects to another, how they affect each other and what happens when one bit malfunctions. They can fix things when there is trouble and they can maintain things to prevent trouble. And if yours doesn’t, maybe you need a new chiropractor.
A chiropractor will look after your back. The back is the support of the whole body and it takes a lot of strain. We walk around upright with a spine that was originally designed to be horizontal. You don’t often find cats and dogs with back pain, nor horses, nor elephants. Standing up has undoubtedly given humans certain advantages, but they have come at a cost. And who do we go to when our poor, overworked back gets strained or out of alignment? Chiropractors, because it’s what they know, it’s what they do. You get a case of sciatica, with pain running down your leg, and the chiropractor tells you to put your hand on the back of the chair for balance, then raise one leg. You’re got trouble in the such-and-such area. They know the numbers of the vertebra and they can tell you which one is causing the trouble without seeing inside. Genius. Why not let this person check you out from time to time to prevent trouble, rather than react to it?
A chiropractor can alleviate and prevent headaches.
It’s a mysterious thing, the headache. One famous physical symptom with a whole host of potential causes. And one of those causes is some misalignment of the spine. Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters? No. Your chiropractor.
A chiropractor can keep you mobile. “As long as I’ve got my strength, I’m okay,” we say. But what about our mobility, our ability to get around? That’s crucial too. Joints, nerves, muscles, they’ve all got to be working well to enable our “strength” to do its thing. Another job for the chiropractor.
A chiropractor can help you to sleep. Like headaches, there are countless potential causes of difficulty sleeping, and if your complex arrangement of bones, muscles and nerves isn’t lying down in peace and harmony, nor will you.
A chiropractor can help you relax. Sleep can be regarded as an extreme form of relaxation, and even when we’re awake, we want to be able to relax. To just kick back and take it easy, to attend a social event or a sports game, or just to work. Concentration is easier and better if you feel good in yourself, and a chiropractor can have a big influence on general wellbeing.
