DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE HEALTHY AND HAPPY?

"Do you really want to be healthy and happy?" 

Most people who read this question will think it's rhetorical or silly.  You are probably thinking that, of course, everyone wants to be at the peak of health and happy.  Why wouldn't they?

Well.  That is a very interesting point.  Why wouldn't they? 

BUT, DO ALL PEOPLE WANT TO BE HEALTHY AND HAPPY?  The answer is NO!

How can I make that statement?  It is based on people's ACTIONS and CHOICES, not their words.

How many people do you know (including yourself) who have said that they wanted to lose weight and get healthy, and yet they never started exercising or eating better?  How many people KNOW they need to drink 8 glasses of water daily, but only drink 4 or less?  How many people know they are in desperate need of sleep and rest, but instead decide to go drinking and partying until early morning?  How many people know they sit, sleep, and lift incorrectly, but never change their habits?  How many people know they need to quit smoking, gambling or doing risky behavior, and yet don't?

It is really easy to SAY how much you want something.  But, it's much harder to ACT on those wishes and make the changes necessary to achieve it.

In our fast-paced society of instant gratification, most of us do not want to take the time to do what is essential to get healthy and happy.  We want results right NOW!  We want to be thin, athletic, beautiful, successful, well-loved, popular, and peaceful right now, without doing any of the work.  SO, how much do you REALLY want to be healthy and happy?  Apparently not enough to do the hard work necessary to achieve it.

Also, some people unconsciously DO NOT want to be healthy and happy!  How can that be true?  How many people have such low self-esteem that they often sabotage their health and happiness to reaffirm their own inherent lack of worth?  How many people stay in abusive relationships because they feel they won't be loved by anyone else if they left?  How many people seek sympathy and attention so much that they create or exaggerate their sickness or illness?  It is certainly not uncommon.

I have met many people over the years (including many patients) who have been advised to change their unhealthy habits because it was literally killing them, and yet they never sought help to change it.

TO BECOME HEALTHY AND HAPPY, PEOPLE MUST FIRST DECIDE THEY ARE READY TO CHANGE.


Most of us are very uncomfortable with change.  It is not familiar and safe.  However, true health and happiness can only come when one is ready and eager to change their old, destructive habits, addictions, and choices.

Often, people have to be pushed to the very edge before they are ready to change.  How many times have you heard of someone finally making the choice to exercise and lose weight after they had their first heart attack, cancer or diabetes diagnosis?  Some people aren't ready to change until they are told death is imminent.  Only then, can some people have the will to change.  But, some do not even then.

Are you ready to be healthy and happy?  Are you willing to take whatever steps necessary to get, and stay, healthy and happy?  Are you willing to accept others' help, recommendations, and suggestions?  Are you willing to read books, listen to tapes, talk to people, and ask for help?

This is so important. If you are ready to be healthy and happy, realize that each of the choices you make on a daily basis add up to a cumulative effect in the long term.  It does NOT happen over night.  It can take weeks, months, or even years, before true recovery and restoration can occur in your body and mind.

Remember that health and happiness is a journey, not a destination.  No one ever reaches that state when all the work can just stop, where you can "coast" for the rest of your life with the level of health you have attained.  It is an on-going journey that can never end, unless you are ready to lose it again.

Do you really want to be healthy and happy?  I have learned over the years to only believe peoples' ACTIONS, not their words.  IF you truly want to be healthy and happy, you must be ready to WORK HARD. 

What do you need to do, or stop doing, TODAY that will make you healthier and happier TOMORROW? 

Please ASK others to support you in your quest and let them help you in your journey of transformation!

CAN PAIN BE A HEALTHY SYMPTOM?

How often have we been in pain and sought ways to remove it from our bodies?  How many times have we taken pain pills and muscle relaxers, rubbed lotions and potions on our bodies, iced it, heated it, or ignored it?  If you are the average person, then you IGNORE IT for as long as you can, hoping that it will just go away, and then resort to pills when you can't ignore it anymore.

No one wants to be in pain.  However, can it ever be a good thing to have pain expressed in the body?  Can it ever be a healthy sign?  People who have numbness in their limbs, especially their feet, can feel no pain, and yet they could be setting themselves up for danger.  How? 

Pain is the body's healthy mechanism to alert you that something is WRONG.  It is an alarm clock that rings loudly and insistently to wake you up, so you will correct whatever is the problem.  However, if you ignore this alarm clock long enough, you can eventually "sleep" through the blaring sounds, not realizing how loud it really is, or you can "tune" it out altogether!  And, for the person who has numb feet, stepping on sharp objects or cutting themselves can be a very dangerous, pain-free experience.  If you don't know something is hurting you, then you don't know there is a problem to correct.  Without taking that splinter or tack out of your foot, you could set yourself up for a terrible infection, which could then lead to gangrene and death.

What if you have headaches or pains somewhere in your body?  How about asthma or stomach problems?  What about a fever?  Could these symptoms be healthy responses of your body to alert you that something needs to be addressed?  Many people are afraid of having fevers.  However, even at a high level (over 100 degrees), fevers are HEALTHY mechanisms of your body to KILL off the invading organisms that are hurting you!  If you take pills to artificially reduce that healthy heat, then you are setting yourself up for more sickness, longer.  Pain tells you that you are doing something wrong, something is out of alignment and nerves are pinched, or you have allergies to some substance.  It is not given to you without good reason.

The problem with using pain as the sole alarm system of the body is this:  over 90% of your nerves CAN NOT tell you pain!  SO, by the time you do feel pain, it may have been weeks or years after the problem started!  And, just because the pain never starts doesn't mean the problem isn't there!  How many people have you heard had absolutely no symptoms before they had their first heart attack or their cancer diagnosis?  The level of pain is the least accurate measure of someone's health.

Chiropractors detect and correct vertebral subluxations, misalignments of the spinal vertebrae which impinge on nerves, causing inflammation, degeneration, reduced motion, and reduced function.  We find the areas of the spine where there can be painless, as well as painful, blockages to the normal nerve flow of the body.  We perform chiropractic adjustments on these subluxated areas, which then release the body's innate ability to heal itself.


Pain is not comfortable.  However, it is a normal, healthy sign that something is wrong and needs to be corrected.  If you do NOT have pain, it does not mean you are healthy.  Don't just rely on pain to determine the level of your health.  Get a full chiropractic exam today to see if you are functioning at your highest potential!