Why I Recommend Frequent Visits

When patients begin chiropractic care I will frequently recommend up to three visits per week or more. I’m often asked how I arrive at this visit schedule.

Since the patient is doing the healing, not me, everyone responds differently. Predicting the best course of care is a combination of education, experience and keen observation skills. The best way to appreciate our recommendations is to understand how chiropractic adjustments work.

A common misconception is that a spinal bone is “out of place” and that the chiropractic adjustment “puts the bone back” into its proper position. If that were true, it would only take one visit!

Instead, a chiropractic adjustment applies a specific force, at a specific location, in a specific direction to assist your body in “righting” itself. Only your body knows where a particular vertebra is supposed to be! My job is to supply energy at the right time and place so your body can use it.

We’ve found that frequent visits, especially at the beginning of care, balances the repetition needed to establish a new, healthier spinal pattern, and the practical concerns of integrating chiropractic care into a busy life. We’ve tried more and less frequent care schedules. But for most new patients, up to three times a week seems to produce the best results in the shortest amount of time.

Do Germs Cause Disease?

How do you “catch” a cold? How do you “get the bug” that’s going around?

Our culture has a backwards way of looking at disease. In the same way the ancients looked skyward and ascertained the sun revolves around the earth, many people today see their periodic head cold or flu as an “attack” by some unseen microbe.

Since the microscope, many have been led to believe that germs cause disease. But germs only manifest in disease when the circumstances are just right. That usually means our immune system is compromised.

Our immune system (working hand in hand with our nervous system), successfully fends off germs and other pathogens 24/7. In fact, in your mouth right now are over 300 different bacteria and viruses! It’s only when our immune system is unsuccessful at holding these microbes in check that we give it much thought. 

So, consider the circumstances when our immune system is inadequate, and symptoms appear. What are we doing (or thinking) that compromises our immune system? Yes, our mental and emotional health are common culprits!

If you want to remain disease-free, instead of focusing on germs, attend to ways to boost the effectiveness of your immune system. A good place to start is by regularly removing stress to your nervous system with periodic chiropractic care. If you haven’t been in awhile, make an appointment today! (800) 381 2956

Burning Calories the Easy Way!

You may have suspected that proper weight control cannot be achieved by dieting alone. In fact, you may know a few people who are engaged in a sedentary lifestyle who never work out, yet seem able to maintain an ideal weight. How do they do it?

Turns out many extra calories can be burned by participating in a variety of strenuous activities that require little, if any, physical exercise:

Just kidding! Do you know someone who seems to be burning way too many calories complaining about their ache or pain? If you think we can help, please send them our way.