October 2005October 2005
What is Right for You?
Chiropractic is a branch of the healing arts which is based upon the understanding that good health depends upon a normally functioning nervous system, especially the spine. Your spinal column is a series of movable bones which begin at the base of your skull and end in the center of your hips. Thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves extend from the brain down through the spine. The nerves leave the spine and form a complicated network which influences every living tissue in your body.
The examination of the spine to evaluate structure and function is what makes chiropractic different from other health care appraoches. Accidents, falls, stress, tension, and countless other factors can result in a displacements or derangements of the spinal column, causing irritation to spinal nerve roots. Chiropractic methods believe that reducing or eliminating irritation to spinal nerves helps the body operate more efficiently and comfortably. The conditions which doctors of chiropractic address are as varied and as vast as the nervous system itself.
There are as many people skeptical of chiropractic claims as there are believers, much like the topics of angels, psychics, and whatever else modern culture can come up with.
Only you can decide what is best for your body. Learn more so that you can make wise decisions for yourself.
Websites in favor of chiropractic treatment: www.chiro.org www.chiroweb.com
Websites against chiropractic treatment: www.healthwatcher.net/chirowatch.com
Books against chiropractic treatment: Chiropractic: The Victim's Perspective by George Magner, Chiropractic the Greatest Hoax of the Century? by Ludmil Adam Chotkowski, Spin Doctors: The Chiropractic Industry Under Examination by Paul Benedetti.
This is not intended as medical advice which should be obtained directly from your doctor.
More Time For the Things That Matter
Do you spend more time cleaning your living room than enjoying the space?
Allow yourself to take a break. Give yourself two minutes to just sit and enjoy. Spend the first minute relaxing and the second minute planning the rest of your activites. It can profoundly improve your mood, mental health, or organizational abilities to give yourself these little moments to "get it together."
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