If you are like most people, you probably think of "throwing your back out" or "sleeping wrong on your neck." You may even have been referred to a chiropractor by your primary physician or someone else because your "hip is out of place." If only the chiropractor could put your back "in" and get your neck in the "right" position or put your hip "back in" then you will be good to go. Of course we see many people in our office for these conditions and we help many people without the use of drugs or surgery. However, if we stop there, is chiropractic anything more than a more expensive, natural aspirin?
Of course it is. That is why we are making a critical shift in the way we practice right here in Tiffin.
This shift is one away from emergency back and neck care, and towards family wellness.
Why are we doing this? We are doing this because there is a desperate need for it, and because we can better serve our patients and our community through this process. According to the Mayo Clinic, Nearly 70% of Americans are taking at least one prescription medication. The studies they did found that opioid painkillers were the 3rd most commonly used medication.* We find these numbers alarming and borderline insane, particularly when you consider that 128,000 people die every year from properly prescribed medication.** They are not dying from overdoses, not from being misdiagnosed, but from taking a medicine exactly as their doctor prescribed it. Don't read what I'm not writing. The field of medicine is absolutely necessary and has helped many people, but it is being VASTLY over-utilized. The primary role of a doctor should be to educate people how to NOT NEED medication. In other words, how to be healthy.
The human body operates with an innate wisdom that attempts to maintain a state of health. This wisdom is contained with the body's Central Nervous System - the brain and spine. Every day stresses affect the body's ability to regulate and heal itself. In chiropractic, we refer to this as nerve interference. If you're committed to being a healthy person, you must have a healthy nervous system; to have a healthy nervous system, you must have a healthy spine.
Let's now revisit the word "chiropractor." The stresses of the world affect everyone and everything that is alive, including your children. Our primary role as family wellness doctors is to keep your nervous system functioning optimally, allowing your body to better deal with the various stresses that lead to disease. Regular chiropractic care, regardless of what you are feeling, aids your body in expressing the true vibrant wellness that every person has within them. We do not cure anything, the body is the only thing that is capable of healing. We simply remove stress that prevents the body from regulating itself.
Please ask us about how we can help your family maintain a state of wellness.
In Health,
Dr. Joel Ardner
* https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/nearly-7-in-10-americans-take-prescription-drugs-mayo-clinic-olmsted-medical-center-find/
** https://ethics.harvard.edu/blog/new-prescription-drugs-major-health-risk-few-offsetting-advantages
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