Introduction:
If he misses any one of the bases the run does not count and he loses, and his team may lose the ball game because of it!
How is your team doing? Are you making some home runs when it comes to health and abundant life or are you "striking out" in the game called Life?
In baseball you must play according to the rules of the game and in Life if one is to have health, he likewise must do all things that will enable his or her body to function properly.
Without Chiropractic Corrective Care you are not doing everything possible to regain and maintain you health.
You stand a much better chance of getting well with a good, strong, healthy nerve supply than without one. And that is all your Chiropractor does. He sees to it that the power is on and there is no nerve interference.
It is our desire to share with you the story of LIFE - HEALTH and CHIROPRACTIC and by doing so open your mind to logic, reasoning and just plain common sense.
As you begin to change your attitude, your knowledge and understanding, you will see how Chiropractic is a way to help you receive abundant Life and Health.
Remember many people today want health on their terms not knowing or thinking about what their body needs now...!
Our Creator developed this body of ours to last 120 to 150 years. But in this day and age because of what man has done to his body he has diminished his life span to about 1/2 of what G-d intended man to live.
Many people have been deceived into believing that they can go through life living recklessly and doing things they enjoy doing regardless of whether it is detrimental to the body or not. They have the "Care-less attitude", "Live for today for tomorrow you may die"... and die they might, if they do not change their attitude, and their understanding about Life and Health.
Our Creator used his universal wisdom and created a masterpiece when He created you and me. He put every organ and tissue into its proper place. He knew just how long to grow the arms and legs to make a balanced body. He made every man and women, boy and girl, on the face of this earth and none of us are exactly alike. He created every tissue in your body giving every tissue except the brain and the spinal cord the ability to reproduce and replace itself when damaged.
In order to protect these vital organs, you Creator houses the brain within a bony framework called the skull and the spinal cord within the spinal column which is made up of 26 moveable segments called vertebrae, the sacrum and the coccyx.. Likewise He instilled within us all a Life Force, or Sole, and a body manager that resides within the human brain which we Chiropractors call Innate Intelligence which means Inborn Intelligence.
For example when you eat you do not say, "Mouth open up, secrete saliva and stomach get ready to digest food, here it comes." These are involuntary acts that your body has been programmed to do and it does them automatically with no given thought.
All living things possess their own specific amount of specialized Innate intelligence. No one has to tell a bird how to build a nest nor a spider how to make a spider web.
When your body comes in contact with harmful germs or toxins no one has to tell your body how to produce anti-histamines, antibodies or white blood cells that engulf and destroy the invading agents. Your liver neutralizes toxins and your kidneys filters out substances that the body does not want while keeping those substance that your body does require to stay healthy.
There is an Inborn Intelligence (a Body Manager) that knows what to do 100% of the time; when and where you need whatever it is and how much; how much insulin, how much adrenaline, how much glucose, the correct body temperature, the correct heart rate and so on and so forth. All your body needs is no interference to normal function and in Chiropractic that means no subluxations, which bring us to...
1ST BASE...........
When you go to the super market to buy the weeks supply of groceries, you don't give it much thought, do you? You just go!
When you walk in the door of the market you see the shopping cart, then the isles of fresh fruits and vegetables, frozen foods, meats, etc. You walk in and expect to walk out with everything you came in there to get. If the market is out of an item that you need, then that puts you into a bind and you must shop elsewhere for that item. You have the privilege and ability to go from one store to another until you find the product you are looking for. But your body does not have the privilege of going outside of itself to get whatever it needs to produce a state of Good Health and Well Being.
It can however, utilize all the foods that we put into it and digest from them the necessary ingredients to make a healthy body providing that there is no interference (subluxation) present.
The subluxation or misalignment of a bone of the spine pinches, reduces, and blocks off the vital nerve impulses from the brain to all parts or the body. Thereby the body can not function at 100% capacity. The end result is sickness, dis-ease and sometimes, even death.
The nerve supply to your body is just as important as gasoline is to run your car. Without gas your car comes to a dead halt. It cease to function.
We must thank our Creator that we can live. Some people just exist in this life because they are running around on 1/3 power instead of full power.
They might not notice any one certain symptom yet, "BUT THEIR GET UP AND GO...HAS DONE GOT UP AND WENT!!" They can't understand why, but they rationalize and blame it on the weather, or "I'M JUST GETTING OLDER AND HAVE TO" LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT ATTITUDE." They lack life.
It is important that people learn that when the body is not receiving 100% nerve supply it can't and will not function properly and sickness and dis-ease are the end result.
Likewise if you are seeking health it is important that you do everything possible and that includes checking the nervous system to see that 100% "Life-Giving Nerve Supply" gets to all parts of the body all the time so that Health is attained.
A Chiropractor does not treat the effects with shots, pills or dangerous drugs, but he will help you to attain better health with safe sound Chiropractic Corrective Adjustments.
This brings us to 2ND BASE..........
Chiropractic assists your body to.....
1. Restore health
2. Increase vitality
3. Maintain good health
4. Prolong your life
The Chiropractor considers it a privilege to turn on the life nerve supply in the body by correcting the cause, the misalignments, knowing that when he does, the body then begins to work as your Creator intended it to do.
One of the first things one must understand is that the nervous system is what makes you tick! (function)
The Science of Chiropractic works with the Innate (inborn) Intelligence within your body which is located in the brain. That same intelligence regulates and controls all the functions of your body, provided that the nerve supply is flowing freely and uninterrupted.
Chiropractic corrects the cause of the sickness or dis-ease (the Subluxation or misalignment that is interrupting the free flow of that vital Life Giving Nerve Supply). Once the integrity of the nerve system is established, the inborn (Innate Intelligence that built your body) takes over and heals the weakened and sick tissues of the body, thus maintaining the body in a state of Health.
Next, it is important for you to understand that Chiropractic is based on common sense and logic. For every "Cause" there is an "Effect" and for every "Effect" there is a "Cause". Misalignments of the spine do not just happen, changes have to take place within the body before sickness and dis-ease are present.
Doctors of Chiropractic administer no drugs or shots to the body, therefore they are not "doctors of effects" or treatment. They are "Doctors of Cause" and Doctors of Life."
Doctors of Chiropractic willingly work with the inherent or recuperative ability powers that already exist within your body. He adds nothing to, nor takes anything from, your body. This makes him a "Doctor of Life"! For he is concerned about locating and correcting the cause of your problem, not determining what symptoms you have.
Do you often wonder how you got sick? How you let yourself go and before you knew it you were "over the hill" so to speak, and sickness or dis-ease was upon you!
If you took care of your car like you take care of your body, you would not have much of a car. Probably you would be walking.
What we have to understand is how to maintain a good sense of well-being not just for health's sake but for your life's sake. For without health one does not truly have life.
HEALTH IS LIFE!!!
For one to have health, one must first understand just what takes place within his body. Next, you must understand how to maintain that vitality and health.
When things are going right and you are feeling good you think very little about your health. You must learn more as to how you can maintain this good health every day of the year.
It is logical that when you are sick your actual goal is to feel well again. But do you strive to feel good all the time once you are well? It is also logical that when you are well you should strive to stay well. You should search for ways to keep your body functioning properly so that not only can you maintain what health you already have, but build internal resistance for the future when your body needs that extra vitality to pull you through.
It is essential that you prepare your body and give back to it something in the way of interest for the use of it. For your body is only a vehicle in which your true Innate (inborn) Intelligence gets around in this earthly life.
If you take care of your body, then your body will take care of you. It is a knowledgeable fact that with regular Chiropractic care you regain and maintain better and lasting health.
When your body is free from the pressures that can build up and lower your resistance, then you will enjoy a good health building nerve supply.
People today in all walks of life are searching for, but few finding the answer to their health problems. Those whose minds are open and receptive to logic and common sense are going to be the generation of people that will enjoy better and lasting health. They realize that the Science of Chiropractic is part of that health team that can guide them on their journey to health.
Over 3,000,000 people every year are turning toward the natural side of life of which Chiropractic is a part. They are finding out that the shots, pills and drugs of this drug oriented society of ours do not have the answers in regaining or maintaining their health.
Millions of people have suffered needlessly, because of the monopolistic control of the AMA in the health field suppressing the truth about health and life.
Today the 'New breed', our younger generation, is realizing and bringing forth truths for the benefit of mankind about how the Science of Chiropractic can and will play an important role in the restoration of their health.
It is because of this concern of the younger generation, that mankind will know these truths. It is being done so that millions of sick and suffering people will know that there is a better and lasting way to health and that it can be obtained by Chiropractic assisting their bodies through the crucial stage of sickness and disease.
Yes, Health is Life --- and Life is Health ... enjoy them as much as you can for our visit on this earth is short. The journey through Life is a long and sometimes painful one if you are in ill-health. Seek out and find for yourself the truth about health and life. The life you save might very well be your own! Yes, "Chiropractic could save your life!"
Now you are ready to touch 3RD BASE
Some patients say to me that John Doe came to you only two or three times and he is well. He never had another back pain after you adjusted him. Why should I have to come back so often?
Well that is fine for John, but is he really healthy?
Come to find out that John has had two operations since he failed to come back for his Life restoring adjustments and he was off sick twice for more than a week at a time. Was he really healthy? NO!!
He just didn't have any symptoms so he thought he was well. He didn't come back after the 3rd adjustment so I never had time to tell him the complete story - that if he would have stayed under my care regularly, he might have missed the two operations and not have missed the time off from work like he did.
And now, Mrs. Smith you think you have been coming too long. Well, you now know that you are feeling better than you were when you first came in and we are going to keep you from getting like John Doe.
You didn't get sick overnight nor will you get well overnight.
It is the Chiropractor's job to keep "That hard bone off of the soft nerve" and in order to do that, he has to see you regularly so that he can assist your body in regaining and maintaining your health.
Your Chiropractor can only help you as much as you give to him your complete cooperation. Only with your cooperation can he help your body to regain health in the shortest possible time and thereby saving you pain - discomfort - time loss from work and money wasted previously for treating the effects instead of getting to the cause.
It took weeks, months and yes, sometimes years for your body to get into the physical shape that it's in today. Don't expect your Chiropractor to work miracles and get you well tomorrow from something that you have been suffering with for years.
Results in your case depends upon your cooperation.
1. Most people feel better after their first adjustment of at least they notice a change for the better. But there are those people who notice no change and even some people who experience some temporary soreness after their first adjustment. What are the reasons for this?
A. You most consider the age of the patient.
B. You must consider the length of time that person has had the problem.
C. You must consider how much internal damage has been done since the person has been treating the symptoms and effects and totally ignoring the cause (nerve interference which can only be corrected by Chiropractic Adjustments,)
D. You must consider the adaptability and the internal resistance of that individual.
2. No two people will respond the same way even if they have the same or similar symptoms.
A. You must remember that no two people are alike and that the same conditions present or symptoms present within that body will respond in different ways.
B. For what you did with your body, all your life begins to show up later in life. The wear and tear - the resistive level.
C. No two cars that come off of the line at Ford Motors or General Motors are 100% alike. There are some flaws in workmanship in each.
HAVE YOU BEEN TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF?
If you have never been checked regularly by a Chiropractor, you have truly cheated yourself out of some of the best years of your life. It's a bit late in the "Game of Life" to just be using corrective care when you really should have been checked regularly by your local Chiropractor since birth and have maintenance adjustments all your life.
It is good that you are starting under Corrective Care now, for it is far better to keep the power on than to continue to go down hill and waste valuable time.
If you had been under Chiropractic care since birth, you would not have been sick like you have been and would not be to the point in your Life when it's a crisis, a matter maybe of life and death. Crisis therapy wouldn't be necessary if people would take better care of themselves.
Do you want your Children's health and life to be a carbon copy of your own? If you do not, then you had better get their spines checked regularly so they can maintain a more abundant Life Giving nerve supply which in turn will produce stronger-healthier bodies.
Chiropractic is not a cure all - but it has proven time and time again that when corrective adjustments are administered to a sick body and the nerve interference is corrected, sick people get well and the body heals itself.
HEALING IS AN INSIDE JOB!!
Yes, that's right, "Healing is an inside job" . . . Many people think of instant tea . . . instant coffee . . . and now they're wanting instant health!
Most people say, "I can't understand, I only got sick yesterday and now look at me. I can't go to work and I'll lose part of my pay check this week," and they go on and on feeling sorry for themselves and wanting others to do the same.
SYMPTOMS ARE NOT THE FIRST STAGE OF SICKNESS, BUT THE LAST STAGE
It took weeks, months and maybe even years to get into the shape you are physically in. Your symptoms or condition just didn't start yesterday like you think they did. That is when the body's resistive level could not adapt to the changes that had come over your body and finally the body gave up and now your symptoms are exposed.
When you first notice these symptoms you should have taken heed and get to your Chiropractor immediately - - - these pains and aches are Mother Nature's warning signals. You can only expect from your body what you put into it.
If you have put money in the bank for several years you can write checks or withdraw the amount that you have saved, but the bank will not let you draw more than you have saved. They keep a record of your deposits and withdrawals and that's what your body does also. It keeps a record of your account so that it knows daily deposits and expenditures you have been making.
How is your Health Bank Account . . . ?
That depends on the kind of deposits or demands - withdrawals you have been making.
Yes, "Healing is an inside job." What have you been doing today so that you can have a Healthy body today ... tomorrow and in the future?
Are you overdrawn . . . in the "Game Of Life"?
"It is good to have money and things that money can buy , but it's good too, to check up once in a while to make sure you haven't lost the things that money can't buy." George Horace Lorimer
If you don't take care of yourself properly . . .then who will?
Remember: Just because you have no symptoms that is no guarantee of being healthy.
Are you really playing the "game Of Life" right . . . OR DID YOU JUST STRIKE OUT?