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Wellness
Most people understand that preventing disease makes a lot more sense than trying to recover from a chronic disease process. We hear a lot about prevention but most of us feel overwhelmed and are doing very little to protect our health. It's true there are alot of voices sometimes telling as contradictory things to do to maintain our health.
Which one do you follow? Unfortunately a large percentage of the population feels frustrated and end up doing very little to nothing. At Keefe Clinic we attempt to stay balanced and offer direction that is attainable. Eating properly, most people realize that's important yet are unsure what that fully means. We all know exercise is important but sometimes finding the time can be difficult. Rest and relaxation or stress management is something we all understand is important to reduce the potential of health problems. Positive mental and spiritual attitudes we've heard is important. A healthy nervous system is one most of us are totally in the dark about. These five components are what we call the five laws of health. We have a pamphlet on each one of these components if you're interested in further study.
A Healthy Nervous System
What does it mean to have a healthy nervous system? Did you know your nervous system controls and coordinates everything in your body? Did you know your stomach could not digest food properly if the nervous system was not regulating and controlling it? Did you know that your heart would beat erratically if the nervous system was not controlling and coordinates it. Did you know without your nervous system's proper function you couldn't even sleep, breathe, move are have a normal existence?
We don't hear much about the importance of the nervous system, frankly because there's no pharmaceutical drug to make the nervous system function properly in each of these areas.
Your ability to be aware of yourself and your environment, to be able to think or reason is dependent on a properly functioning nervous system. Even to have a healthy sense of well-being depends on a cascade of chemical reactions that take place within a healthy nervous system. In a sense, physically, you are your nervous system. I don't mean that you're just physical; I mean that your ability to be self-aware is a function of your central nervous system. So doesn’t it make sense that if you take care of your nervous system, then you take care of your health? And did you know that the most common stress to your nervous system is misalignments of your neck and back?
Initial care for these misalignments is an intensive program of adjustments to obtain maximum balance to the spine. But due to the limitations of matter and malformations due to genetic weaknesses, a perfect spine is not possible. So after a corrective program we recommend some type of ongoing care. Though each patient is responsible for determining how they're going to take care of their health we have recommendations that we encourage patients to consider. One of those is our once a week wellness program.
Why Once A Week?
After a corrective program the problems that are corrected tend to stay corrected unless you hurt that section again. The problems that are left in the spine are usually related to subtle malformations that don't allow certain joints to completely lock in place. These joints are particularly sensitive to the normal stresses and strains that we put our bodies through on a 24-hour basis. Coughing, sneezing, sitting postures or poor sleeping postures are just a few of the stresses that our bodies deal with everyday. Add to that a lack of regular exercise, faulty diets and the effects on nerves and muscles of stress. These factors can cause the loss of alignment and a buildup of stress (without pain) on the nerves that are responsible for controlling our bodies. The more often that you line up your spine the less stress that will be on your nervous system. The more that your nervous system is free of stress the higher energy level that you'll experience. Your resistance will be higher, in fact it has been shown that chiropractic patients who get regular chiropractic care have an immune system that functions 200% more effectively than the average person’s on the street. A recent study indicated patients who receive regular chiropractic care have a higher sense of well-being and a greater ability to cope with stress. Your body will be more relaxed and thus sleep better. Better sleep will lead to a sharper mind and higher energy levels. Pretty soon you have an increasing domino effect toward better and better health.
The Choice Is Yours.
Your health is your responsibility. Good choices or bad choices, you have to pay the Piper.
I believe in wellness care and have followed once a week adjustments for over 30 years. I can tell you from personal experience it makes a huge difference. That's why we offer a 50% discount to encourage patients to choose the highest level of health. You can decide to come in less often. Or you can decide to wait until your body hurts or have some other symptom before you seek care. The choice is yours. We hope you pick wellness. And quite frankly so does your body.
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Table of Contents
- Natural Law Series
- A Healthy Nervous System
- Rest
- Diet
- Exercise
- Attitude
- Acid-Alkaline Balance
- Acid Reflux
- Aspirin
- Beating Addictions
- Chiropractic and DNA Repair
- Chiropractic
-The Science,Philosophy and Art - Cholesterol
- Chocolate
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Digestion 101
- Emotional Freedom Techniques
- Epilepsy
- Food as Medicine Series
- Heart Problems
- Homeopathy 101
- Houston We Have A Problem
- How Loud Do You Scream?
- Humidity
- Is Your Insurance Co. Killing You?
- Kidney Stones
- Kids and Chiropractic Care
- Magnesium
- Nitric Oxide & Sexual Response
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Pathways to Wellness or Disease
- Peeling The Onion
- Phantom Organ Response
- Reflex Systems
- Salt and Good Health
- Something About Mary
- The Chiropractic Adjustment
- The Colon
- The Deception Of Perception
- The Digestive System
- The Prostate
- The Truth About Cholesterol
- Tips On Quitting Smoking
- VEGA Testing 101
- Weight Loss
- Wellness
- What A Pain In The Neck
- What Is FibromyalgiaI Syndrome?