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SEARCHING FOR HEALTH

 

Health is an interesting paradox. It is probably the most desired possession in the world, yet is one of the least understood. If you were to ask anyone if they wanted to possess health, they would definitely answer “yes.” However, if you were to ask that same person to give you a definition of health or tell you what it means to be healthy, they would probably say that they never gave any thought to the subject before. Eventually, you would get an answer like, “Health means that you feel good” or that “If you have no pain you are healthy.”

 

That is the concept of health to most people … feeling good. Yet, there are many people who feel very good right now who are very sick. Some of them may even die in the near future.. perhaps quite suddenly…and we will be shocked because poor old Joe was “feeling so good” just yesterday. There must be something more to BEING healthy than just feeling good.

 

As a matter of fact, if you were to look up the word “health” in a dictionary, you would find it defined as “wholeness; a condition in which all the parts of the body are functioning properly.” Dorland’s Medical Dictionary gives us the most interesting definition of all: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not MERELY the absence of disease or infirmity.” That means that there is much more to being healthy than simply feeling good. Dorland’s does not even mention how you feel and neither do any or the other dictionaries. Apparently, health is much more than merely feeling good.

 

This is the whole basis behind Chiropractic. Chiropractic is the only healing science which bases all of its actions on restoring and maintaining HEALTH. All other healing arts are designed to treat DISEASE. Doesn’t it make sense that if we can maintain HEALTH in all of the people, that we will not have as much DISEASE to treat? That is the goal of Chiropractic…HEALTH Expression.

 

LIFE ENERGY

 

If you were to think about yourself and how your body works, you would soon come to the realisation that within all living things there is a power or energy which flows through them and allows their bodies to function in a state of “LIFE.” It is not really complex to understand that all living things consist of both matter and energy…and the human being is no exception. We have a shell of matter (the body and all its organs and parts) which is kept alive and functioning by energy. Let us refer to the energy within us as LIFE ENERGY because that is its function…to give you life.

 

Let us carry that further and state that the only difference between a living body and a dead one is the presence of this LIFE ENERGY. After all, is there any physical distinction between life and death/ if you were to pass away in the next hour or so, would there be any physical difference between you now and what you would be when dead? None. In death, you would still have a heart, lungs, kidneys, all of your organs and parts. The one thing that you would be missing – the one thing that is absent in death is this LIFE ENERGY.

 

YOUR BRAIN…THE POWER SOURCE

 

Since we can see that we do have energy in our body, we must have a source of energy. We have a portable generator in our body that produces all of the LIFE ENERGY needed I order to keep us functioning. We call it the brain. The brain is your source of Power…it generates the LIFE ENERGY needed in order TO KEEP YOU ALIVE. This is why the brain is often referred to as the “Headquarters of Life” in the body and why it is considered the most important organ.

 

NERVE SYSTEM…THE CARRIER OF LIFE ENERGY

 

In order for the LIFE ENERGY to get from the brain to all of the organs and parts of the body, it needs something to carry it. Just as electrical energy travels over wires, LIFE ENERGY travels over the wiring system of your body…your Nerve System. LIFE ENERGY flows: (1) from the Brain, (2) down to a thick master cable called the Spinal Cord which carries to the Trunk (3) and then the ENERGY travels out to the whole body over the Spinal Nerves. These nerves are the “wires” of your bocy and they divide until they travel throughout the entire body…to supply it with LIFE.

 

If someone were to deprive you of all of the LIFE ENERGY that your brain generates, you would be dead. Total loss of LIFE ENERGY results in total death of the body.

 

By the same token, if you were to deprive a portion of the body of its LIFE ENERGY, that portion would die.

 

To carry this to its logical conclusion, you should be able to see that if any part or parts of the body receive a decreased flow of LIFE ENERGY…not total loss, just a decreased amount…the parts will still be alive, but they will not function properly. They will be weaker than normal and more easily subject to breakdoen.

 

SPINAL BONES…VITAL TO LIFE AND HEALTH

 

Now, in order to understand just what happens that would reduce the amount of LIFE ENERGY flowing into any portion of the body, we must briefly explain how the brain and spinal cord are protected. Nature surrounded the brain with a solid bone that is called the skull. The brain is the only organ protected in this manner…with solid bone. However, the spinal cord…the extension of the brain which runs down the back…is also vital to life and health. It is a thick cable consisting of billions of delicate nerve fibres that carry the LIFE ENERGY from the brain to the body. Obviously, the spinal cord must also be surrounded by bone for protection. However, if the bone surrounding the spinal cord were solid, we wouldn’t be able to bend or twist or turn or have any of the free movement that we need in order to function. Thus, the wisdom of Nature provided us with a series of bones which stack on top of each other…24 little bones called vertebrae…to surround and protect the delicate spinal cord, yet still allow free movement.

 

Any of these 24 moveable spinal bones can be moved out of place by many of our daily jolts, bumps, twists, slips and jars. We all do dozens of things EVERY DAY that can knock or wrench one of these spinal bones out of place. When that happens, that bone will press on a nerve, irritate it, and thus, interfere with the transmission of LIFE ENERGY from the brain to the body. It will decrease the flow of LIFE into some part of the body. This is what Chiropractors refer to as a Subluxation (Sub-lux-a-tion).

 

SUBLUXATION…CAUSES “POWER FAILURE”

 

A Subluxation occurs when a bone in the spine has slipped out of its normal place, and has gotten stuck…out of position. It is not broken, fractured or dislocated…just stuck out of place. EVENTUALLY, a Subluxated bone will begin to pinch, then irritate, and finally interfere with the spinal nerves that carry LIFE from the brain to the body. Only Chiropractors look for Subluxated bones in the spine.

 

Subluxations act like short circuits in that they deprive parts of the body of full energy. The result is improper function, weakness, and eventually sickness and death. THIS IS WHY CHIROPRACTORS CORRECT THE SUBLUXATION.

 

THE CHIROPRACTORS JOB –

REMOVE INTERFERENCE BY CORRECTING SUBLUXATIONS

 

It is the job of the Chiropractor to check the spine for Subluxations…locate any that exist…and then gently replace the bone to its normal position by applying gentle pressures. We call this an adjustment. This allows you to maintain a full flow of life in your body. By maintaining the full flow of LIFE in your body, you will increase your own inherent healing ability and enable your body to work the way that nature intended.

 

When a Subluxation occurs and portions of the body become weak and function improperly, it may be months or even years before that weakness shows any symptoms…and even then, the first symptom may be a fatal one. It doesn’t make any sense to wait until a crisis occurs, and then do something about your lost health. A much simpler and more logical way to maintain your health is available. This is the true purpose of Chiropractic. By having your spine checked regularly…regardless of how you feel…to remove any interference to the flow of LIFE ENERGY in your body, you will have taken a sensible step towards health maintenance which drastically reduces the chances of you and your family getting sick.

 

A WAY TO A BETTER WORLD…CHIROPRACTIC

 

It is the goal of Chiropractic to have every man, woman and child get their spines checked regularly…not just for the purpose of “feeling good,” but for the purpose of MAINTAINING THEIR HEALTH by keeping the LIFE FORCE within…THE POWER THAT RUNS THE BODY…free from interference.

 

The principle of LIFE is within us all. That Power that made your body in nine months and put all of the organs where they belong and gave you the breath of LIFE did not leave your body at birth. It stayed with you and it only needs the interference removed for it to repair, replace and create new tissue…with the same vigor and intelligence it had when it made you.

 

A healthy body makes a healthy mind. When the whole world enjoys better physical and mental health, nations and people will work together in harmony for the betterment of humanity. Chiropractic promotes that physical and mental health are essential to a harmonious world.

 

Are you part of the SOLUTION…or a part of the PROBLEM? Would YOU like to help make it a better world? Turn on to LIFE…Maintain your health and the health of your family with regular Chiropractic care.

 

THE BIG IDEA

 

The adjustment of the Subluxation to release pressure upon nerves, to restore mental impulse flow, to restore health, is BIG ENOUGH TO REBUILD THE HEALTH OF MILLIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

 

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