This is a recent Facebook post by a colleague of mine from Connecticut…I liked it a lot and feel the same way! Read, enjoy and act!
“Here are the top ten dangerous thoughts about your health, and some considerations around those thoughts
1. Maybe it will go away.
Maybe it won’t! But seriously folks. Have you ever walked into a home
(maybe even yours!) and been greeted by the magnificent scent of fresh,
homemade, apple pies baking in the oven? What a treat. You immediately
recognize the aroma. After a while, however, your system acclimates to
that sweet smell, and you are no longer aware of it. Has the aroma gone
away, or have you just become used to it? Has your pain or problem
really gone away, or has it become so much a part of you that you just
do not even recognize it any more?
2. It comes and goes.
However, it comes back! Is this like a recurring nightmare? What’s
important here, is that it comes back, not that it goes away! Maybe the
oil light on the dashboard of your car only comes on occasionally.
Certainly, you know a problem is brewing. How long will you choose to
ignore it?
3. It’s not that bad.
Compared to what? If you have a toothache, how bad does it have to be
before you get to a dentist? Do you know anyone who was told by their
dentist that if they took care of their teeth, or came in earlier, it
would have been preventable, or perhaps just a simple cavity? You let
it go long enough, and you may need a root canal. Ignore your teeth
long enough and you’ll need new teeth. Ignore your spine & nervous
system long enough and you are in serious trouble…remember it
controls EVERYTHING!!!
4. It only hurts when I …
This is analogous to having an alignment problem on the front end
of your car. If you drive at 55, the front end wobbles. If you drive at
35, it doesn’t. Does this suggest there is no problem with the front
end? Here, too, let it go long enough and soon you’ll not be able to
drive over 15 without your front end wobbling, never mind all the other
problems that show up (symptoms!)
5. I know what my problem is, it’s …
Most of the time, people describe their symptoms. “My problem is I have
a backache, or a headache, a toothache.” Great! So like the toothache,
the symptom alerts you to the fact that there is an underlying problem.
Let’s wake up to the underlying cause of the problem, not the symptom.
Depressing or numbing a symptom is like putting a piece of tape over
the oil light or taking the battery out of the smoke detector.
6. I was told I have to live with it, so I do.
So, who told you you have to live with it? In my 16 years of
practice, I have helped countless people who have been told they have
to live with it. They felt that since they were told they would have to
live with it, they indeed would. What they found, however, was after
appropriate healthbased, honoring, specific chiropractic care, they
were free to live without the “it!” Living with utmost health
potential. The Asthma chld who no longer needs the inhaler. The colicky
baby who can sleep through the night.The bedwetter who can have a
playdate & sleepover. The grandma who no longer needs a walker.The
spouse who is not a walking medicine cabinet, because they said it was
in her head…the life changing stories go on!!
7. My doctor couldn’t find anything wrong.
Has your doctor performed an in-depth, appropriate spinal
screening, comparative thermal scan (measuring the temperature
variation along your spine), or a surface EMG (to measure the
comparative tension along your spine, which just happens to house the
spinal cord, the master control system of the body)! If you hit a bump
with your car and your car now shimmies and sways, would you take it to
a body shop for an evaluation? They would find nothing wrong. (Unless
the shimmy was so severe, you hit another car or a wall!) In my
practice, I look at the alignment of your spine & nervous system to
determine the underlying cause of your problems.
8. I’ve been this way for years, why change now?
Your body consistently regenerates. There is no time like the present
to begin to lead a healthier, freer, more flexible life. Your body is a
self-regulating, self-healing, self-regenerating system. Remove
interference, and you have no choice but to heal!
9. I don’t want to know!
Denial is as great a killer as anything else is. Back to the tooth
analogy. How long would you choose to deny there is a problem with your
tooth before you have to be strapped into the dentist chair? Honor
yourself, take care of yourself.
10. It’s because of my age!
I love this one! Many years ago, my father was told that the arthritis
in his right knee was because of his age. He calmly asked the doctor,
“So doc, how much older is my right knee than my left?” ( I told him to
ask that!!) Please, give me a break. How many people older than you do
not have what you have that you have been told, “It’s because of your
age?” This is a great excuse not to take care of yourself.
Take your power back. If you do what you’ve always done, see the
doctors you’ve always seen, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. You
are the only one who can take the responsibility of taking care of you
— do it!
Pass this along to those you know need to read this!! You know there are plenty of them.”
Dr. Luigi