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Chiropractic is one piece of the wellness puzzle
Scan the shelves at any pharmacy and you’re likely to find hundreds of pills promising to cure your sickness. Then look at the state of health in the United States and you’ll see that those pills aren’t making anyone well. People are taking more medication today than at any other time in history, but ironically are the unhealthiest they’ve ever been. The reason is simple; health doesn’t come with a prescription. True health is a result of balancing the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of your life—also known as wellness.
Wellness is an active process of making healthy choices over time to create a more fulfilling, successful lifestyle. It is not a quick-fix or a fad. It is about finding a balance that works for you so that you can live to your fullest potential.
Moving towards a state of wellness begins with a conscious decision to become accountable for yourself. Once you realize you have the power to control your thoughts and actions, you can begin to use that power to make the right choices that will lead you towards creating a healthy lifestyle. Remember, wellness is not something that can be achieved for you—only by you.
If you’re uncertain how to begin your journey to wellness, a good place to start is with your physical body. A healthy body is essential to becoming and staying well, because without it, you aren’t able to develop the other areas of your life. It is important to know that no matter what physical state you are currently in, it’s never too late to start. You can reach a state of optimal physical health through eating well, getting plenty of exercise, maintaining a healthy weight, getting proper sleep, avoiding harmful habits, and through regular chiropractic care.
Chiropractic is, and always has been, about helping people live healthier, fuller lives. Chiropractors focus on the nervous system, which controls all other systems in your body, such as respiratory, digestive, muscular, and immune. The best use for chiropractic care is to keep the nervous system healthy and functioning at an optimal level so it can keep all your other systems healthy, which prevents you from becoming sick in the first place.
Everyday wear-and-tear on your body can create slight misalignments in your spine, which can block and disrupt nerve flow so the nervous system can’t properly communicate with the rest of your body. When this happens, your brain isn’t able to tell your body how to keep itself healthy, which is why you get sick. Because this is a physical problem, it needs a physical solution. Chiropractors are trained to locate and correct these misalignments to restore normal flow of nerve energy, allowing your body to heal itself as it was designed to do.
As the president of Parker College of Chiropractic, located in Dallas, Texas, I have the honor of contributing to the future of wellness through the education of our students. At Parker College, we integrate the wellness philosophy into our curriculum to prepare our future doctors of chiropractic to be a leader in the health care profession and an expert
Fabrizio Mancini, D.C., F.I.C.C., F.A.C.C., F.I.C.A. is a leading voice for wellness and was inducted into the Wellness Revolution Hall of Fame in 2007. He is the president Parker College of Chiropractic in Dallas, TX. Visit www.parkercc.edu for more information.
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