In the 1980’s insurance decided to include chiropractic care in their plans. However, since they held the money, they made the rules. They offered to pay for care for things like back and neck pain. It was pretty well accepted by that time that chiropractic did wonders for those types of conditions. Unfortunately that is not what most early chiropractors delivered. They treated people with health problems like asthma and irritable bowel. It just so happened that the best way to improve the function of the nervous system (which can fix anything it has any control over in the body) is through work with the spine. If your “check engine” light on your car’s dashboard turns on, you would suppose that something may be wrong under the hood. You could then run a diagnostic test and find the cause of the problem. Next you would get to work to fix the transmission, or brakes, or whatever is amiss. On the other hand, you could get that pesky light to go away if you tapped out the bulb with a hammer, or covered it up with electrician’s tape. Unfortunately the cause of the problem would remain unresolved and future problems could be much more costly or even dangerous.If your back hurts, you can put on an icy-hot patch or take four ibuprofen. That might mask the pain. However, I am trained as a doctor of chiropractic to find the cause of the problem. Pain is the “check engine” light of the body. It is a symptom of something else. Removing the symptom is not the same as removing the cause. DC’s remove subluxations, which are misaligments of the spine that can interfere with the function of the nervous system. Removal of these subluxations is critical to optimal health. Post a comment if you want to know more. Or email me at DrG@DrGwilliam.com
Back in 1492 there was a man who was seen as revolutionary and a little crazy because he had ideas that were not in agreement with all of the great authorities of the day. He thought that maybe, just maybe, if he sailed West, he might not fall off the edge of the earth. Now, everyone knew that the earth was flat. Those ships that went away had to go somewhere–it is only logical that they went right over the edge. Christopher Columbus decided to go against the grain and step outside the box. As a result, we found out that the earth was round and there was a whole other continent out there.
Western society has groomed us to believe that healthcare is found in the next drug. We are told to get a piece cut out of us if part of our body isn’t working right. Health is not found in the medicine cabinet or under the surgeon’s knife. The person with the most perscriptions is certainly not the healthiest. But many of us still look for the next pill as soon as we get “sick”. We don’t get headaches from low ibuprofen in our blood stream. That is just ridiculous.
Your nervous system controls all that happens in your body, much like the conductor of an orchestra. If every musician (i.e. body part) follows the direction of the conductor, beautiful music (i.e. health) is the result. Chiropractic care is not just about back and neck pain (although it works wonderfully well with these conditions). It is the best way to remove interference to the nervous system, allowing the human body to fix itself.
