The Need for Continued Chiropractic Care in Salt Lake City
“Why won’t
my spine stay in? Why won’t it stay
aligned? Is there something wrong with
me?” For most patients, the faulty
reasoning in these questions is easy to conceptually resolve. For others, some greater basic understanding
of their physiology is needed.
Some
patients mistakenly believe that if they’re ‘out’, or, misaligned, they just
need to get adjusted once in order to resolve it, and the need for their next
treatment is far off into the future. A
healthier understanding begins when we consider the various causes of your
misalignments.
If we rule out the obvious
incidents (accidents, falls, or some other sort of trauma), we’re largely left
to analyze your day-to-day habits. Do you
work at a desk? Do you spend a good
amount of time driving? What about phone
time? Whether you answered yes to any of
these questions, or whether there exists another cause for you, there is an
inherent common denominator in your seemingly endless pattern of
misalignments: Gravity.
We’re all guilty of slouching and
not maintaining a continuous proper posture.
It is a seemingly innocent problem when only done once in a while, but
unremitting habits is where we get into trouble. A primary reason for your muscle tone is to
resist the forces of gravity. And when
we don’t have proper posture, our compensating musculature will cause our spine
to lock up, as our bodies conservatively seek stability.
So when you get adjusted and
aligned, consider the uphill battle your body is up against when we fully weigh
in the vast amount of time and muscle memory that existed up until your
adjustment. We are creatures of
habit—largely without even being aware of it!
If we are to train your spine to remain aligned rather than misaligned,
we need to do just that; TRAIN IT! You
don’t go the gym and work out once and feel satisfied that you’ll be fit
forever! Likewise, you don’t brush your
teeth once and figure that you’ll now be cavity-free for the rest of your life!
Please also consider that you don’t
usually do things symmetrically. And as
we create our own imbalances (right vs left; front vs back, etc.), gravity wins
again. Do you now see the value and need
for Chiropractic Care in Salt Lake City on a Wellness level?
It may seem somewhat daunting at first to think you are in continuous
need of chiropractic adjustments, but as your body/spine becomes more and more
trained, your treatment frequency will lessen.
Don’t misunderstand, I am by no means saying that the need for
treatments goes away, but I am saying that you can be confident that your body
has arrived at a higher level of health.
Now just keep it there!
Dr. Kelby Martin
