| Most people assume if they are pain-free, they are | | | | but we assume if we feel fine, that everything is OK. |
| healthy but this is not true. The spine acts as the shock | | | | We have car accidents once every ten years on the |
| absorber of the body and if it's out of alignment, it | | | | average and think, if we don't have pain right away, |
| breaks down relentlessly, whether we feel it or not. | | | | we don't have a problem. The aches and stiffness we |
| Doctors call this wear and tear process arthritis and it's | | | | have when we rise from bed in the morning, we |
| preventable. | | | | pretend are normal. We go through bouts of neck and |
| How we feel has little to do with how healthy we are. | | | | back pain and if we recover, we like to think we're |
| We could have heart disease developing for many | | | | healthy. We live in denial, as our spines actually rot |
| years before developing our first heart attack. We can | | | | away. Doctors call this relentless process degeneration |
| even have cancer and have no symptoms at all, till the | | | | or arthritis. It's quite common and is due to bones out |
| very end. It should come as no surprise that the spine | | | | of place from the various stresses and strains we |
| is the same as the rest of the body. By the time we | | | | endure over a lifetime. |
| have neck or back pain, the problem has usually been | | | | Whether we have pain or not, it's important to get our |
| developing for years! All the pushing, pulling, slips, jerks, | | | | spines checked regularly for proper alignment. Doctors |
| jolts, and heavy lifting misalign the spine, until one day | | | | of chiropractic are most qualified for this specialized |
| we have back or neck pain. Cumulative damage is | | | | examination. If necessary the bones of the spine can |
| one of the most frequent causes of back and neck | | | | be gently "adjusted" back into position. This process is |
| pain. | | | | virtually painless and very safe. By staying in good |
| There are three main curves in the spine that act to | | | | alignment, we can maximize our health and avoid spinal |
| absorb all the shocks we endure over a lifetime. Much | | | | decay that can occur over a lifetime. By caring for our |
| like the leaf springs under a truck, these curves in our | | | | spines, we also avoid drugs that have serious side |
| back absorb the shocks of life. Like springs, after a | | | | effects and surgery that is always dangerous. Even if |
| time the spine can wear out. Unfortunately, when this | | | | there is arthritis in the spine, its progression can be |
| happens there are no good replacement parts for this | | | | stopped or at least slowed down with safe, gentle |
| part of the human body. | | | | chiropractic care. |
| Even if we are pain-free, our spines might be crooked, | | | | |