Time for Review
Hello again everyone! It’s good to be back here talking to you after a month’s hiatus. I think we should review what we discussed last year. Remember, that your nervous system is the master controlling system of your body. It’s the central computer that controls and coordinates all the myriad self-regulating and miraculous self-healing functions of the body.
So, if there is some kind of interference in the communication network of the nervous system (you body’s information highway), your body will “do its own thing” and the result is malfunction and ill-health. My job then as your chiropractor is to restore “law and order”.
Now, note what we said: Your nervous system controls and coordinates ALL of the body’s functions, not just the joints and not just pain. Yet, when I’m out in the community or at a social function, and someone whom I’ve just met finds out that I’m a chiropractor, what do you think usually happens next? That person will pretend he has a back injury, grab his lower spine and moan! Of course, this is all simply done in jest, but you can probably imagine for chiropractors after awhile this joke gets kind of…OLD!!
Seriously though, the truth is that chiropractic has a remarkable track record for the alleviation of back and neck pain, but it has so much more to offer. What about your uncle with his colitis, your sister’s infertility, or your next door neighbour’s menstrual cramps?
Next month I’ll begin to talk about some of these conditions in more detail, but to finish off this month’ installment, let’s discuss the chiropractic care of children.
When a new patient enters my office and I discover that person is a parent, I always encourage him or her to bring their children in for a spinal check-up. Why? Most young kids do not suffer from back pain, obviously. But as we’ve just discovered, many other ailments can arise from nerve interference. That’s why chiropractic can help kids with problems like ADHD, chronic ear infections, asthma, bed-wetting, etc.
But even when your children don’t suffer with these issues and are in apparent good health, it’s still wise to have their spines checked. Why? Because most of the problems I see as a chiropractor in adults actually have their origins in childhood. Remember we said last month that spinal health issues are usually insidious, just like dental problems. Think of all the bumps and falls your kids experienced when learning to walk or ride a bike? What about the tumbles they take out on the playing field. Your kids seem to recover from these stresses fairly easily, or do they? Much of the time these “harmless” injuries result in health issues decades later. It’s certainly something to think about.
For more information about chiropractic for kids, please check out the website of yours truly and that of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (both listed below).
We’ll see you in March!
Dr. Paul is the owner of Weber Chiropractic Clinic and Wellness Centre in Port Hope. He may be reached at 905-885-9306.
