Archives for August 2012

"Your body is the best pharmacy in the world. It makes tranquilizers, sleeping pills, anti-inflammatories, anti-cancer drugs, and millions more. All at the right time, the right dose, for the right organ, with no side effects, and all of the instructions come with the package. Science can never replicate the symphony of the human body. We are more than one chemical, given at a certain time, to create a certain effect, in a certain organ. If you do one thing to the body, simultaneously a million other things happen. Thousands of people die each year from adverse reactions to drugs and surgery."
-Deepok Chopra, M.D.

• The goal of Chiropractic is to get the body working as it should so that it may heal and function normally on its own.
• The goal of medicine is to alleviate pain or symptoms through drugs, therapy, or surgery. The medical method is not designed to restore normal function, but rather to cover up the pain or stop symptoms with drugs and therapy or to eliminate the ailing part altogether with surgery. Drugs and other therapies are designed to relieve symptoms, they do not speed up nor cause the healing process; they actually interfere with or stop healing.

"Drugs never cure the disease, they merely hush the voice of nature's protest and pull down the danger signals (symptoms) she erects allowing the patient to continue down the pathway of transgression. Any poison taken into the system has to be reckoned with later on. Pain may disappear, but the patient is left in a worse condition, though unconscious of it at the time."
-Daniel H. Kress, M.D.

It takes time to truly repair and recover from any illness, condition, or injury. Research has shown that it takes a minimum of 12 months and may actually take many years to heal completely, especially when the problem is a result of years of dysfunction.

However, when you spend the time to actually let your body get well, the reward is a level of health, energy, and vitality that you've never experienced in your life and never thought possible. You are simply working at your best.

The Chiropractic method is in harmony with nature, not opposed, as is medicine. Rather than search the world for cures, Chiropractors realize the remedy is already within the person ailing.

Phase 1: Relief Care

If you are in pain when you come into our chiropractic office, our first objective is to help you reduce pain and start feeling better as soon as possible. Depending on the severity of the underlying condition which is causing your pain, it is typical for a patient to need chiropractic care or adjustments two to three times per week for four to twelve weeks.

Phase 2: Corrective/Restorative Care

During the Corrective Phase of chiropractic care, muscles and other tissues are allowed to heal more completely, which helps prevent further injury or pain. The goal of corrective or restorative chiropractic care is to help bring your body back to 100% functioning. It is typical to need chiropractic care or adjustments about four to eight times per month for six to twenty-four months, depending on your overall health and the severity of your problem.

Phase 3: Wellness Care

Once your body has fully healed and you are no longer experiencing back pain or other pain symptoms, it is important to come in for periodic chiropractic adjustments to avoid further problems in the future. Usually, this phase of chiropractic care only requires a visit to the Chiropractor one to four times per month, based on your lifestyle and goals.