I love what I do!  I have to start off by sharing that today.  I feel so fortunate to help people function better.  However, along with that blessing comes frustration. 

 

I am frustrated by how many people in our community, let alone our country, are suffering.  Politicians and scientists are now reporting that by 2025 the cost of healthcare in our country will exceed our GDP...this means we could be taxed 90% of our income and it still would not fix the problem.  We are facing a huge issue here.  This is both amazing and scary to me! 

 

We know currently over 60% of our population has been diagnosed with a chronic disease, and over 70% of the population lives with chronic pain daily.  My frustration is over the health system we have created.  Look at those stats above and ask yourself if our system is working.  I do not think that it is.  When I watch TV, listen to the radio, or see billboards or open a magazine or newspaper, I see ad after ad selling more medication.   Go to your MD and typically the options are medication A or medication B.  Allopathic medicine's tools are drugs, surgery, and radiation.  I do not blame these people; this is what they know, what they went to school to learn.  And they are doing what they do to help others.  The problem is, this is not working.  Continuing to do more of the same thing and expecting different results is one definition of insanity.

 

In Chiropractic we call this an "outside-in" approach to healthcare....add more things to the body (chemicals typically, sometimes supplements) in an attempt to create a healthier person.  If this approach worked effectively, we would be the healthiest country in the world because we consume half of all medication made here in the U.S.  Unfortunately, this does not work.  The evidence is our number 37 ranking in overall health for industrialized countries. 

 

There is another way. Below are a few of the report cards we have received at Health Quest in the past month.  The difference is that we do not claim to treat anything.  In fact, I really have no idea why one person's headaches go away and another's do not.  What we are really good at doing is removing interference to the central nerve system.  What I do know is that when the innate intelligence each of us has is given a change to express itself, that person is healthier physically, mentally, socially and spiritually.  We see it every day in our office and it is happening in chiropractic offices around the world every day.  There is another way.  Please enjoy these wins from our office and take a moment to reconsider what you have been taught about health and where it comes from.

 

5/18/09 D.B. "I have no regular pain, no ache, no debilitating pain.  I don't take any meds now and am able to function in all my activities, chores, and fun!"

 

4/16/09 W.C. "I have lost over 20 lbs. My anti-depressant dose is halved.  My hormone replacement is halved."

 

4/16/09 - E.W. "I have stopped taking flexirol (muscle relaxer) since being under chiropractic care."

 

4/15/09- M.D. "I would not be working if it was not for Chiropractic care.  I no longer take medication because I understand my body can heal itself."

 

4/12/09 - R.B. "I have decreased some meds and stopped some.  I can do work at home and out and about like I did 20 years ago.  I am not so tired and I have a much more positive outlook especially with doing and enjoying things with my family and helping friends less fortunate than I am."

 

4/15/09 - J.L. "No longer do I need Temazapam to sleep and I am using less vicodin...this used to be 1-2/day, now it is 1-2/week."

 

5/04/09 - V.R. "I do not take medication unless I have to.  The quality of my life has improved 100%.  I am able to do more.  I am getting happier."

 

4/16/09 - B.P. "I am enjoying being able to smell again-food-yeah! Horse manure-yuck!"