by Chiropractors Brighton on July 15, 2010
Pain Is A Warning Signal!
Pain brings our attention to something that is not working as it should and is the warning signal that our body uses to tell us it has reached a limit of some kind. It is the body’s built in alarm system to alert us to the fact that some type of change is required.
Pain is good thing, but try to tell someone that, who is in pain! Pain brings our attention to our body. That’s a good thing. It gives us the opportunity to make changes to our lives that do not work for our “highest good”. It’s when we misinterpret the pain or take drugs to make it go away that causes long term problems. By doing this we silence the message, but don’t attend to the problem or it’s underlying cause, in the same way that we would ignore the oil light that comes on, on the dashboard of our car to let us know that the oil levels have dropped too low. If we silence the oil light by smashing it with a hammer, the problem remains and eventually the car will let us know – usually by refusing to go any further! This also happens to our body when we continue to take pain killers etc to silence pain by not attending to the cause. Of course it makes sense to use pain killers before we can get help for the cause of the problem, but long term repeated use predisposes us to even greater problems.
Many people begin chiropractic care because of a painful symptom but your chiropractor’s primary interest is in the underlying cause of the pain, which may or may not be at the point of pain where you are feeling it. Our Chiropractors are also very interested in the physical, mental/emotional and chemical stresses which may be contributing to your pain.
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by Chiropractors Brighton on July 14, 2010
I have always had a curvature of the spine since I was small but a few months ago I started getting very bad pain in my lower back that was preventing me standing up easily, hurt when I sat down and made it very difficult to get around. I had read that back pain can go away after about three weeks but after around two and a half I decided to go to the doctors to see if there was anything they could do. They advised me that they would refer me to a physiotherapist but that it could take up to four weeks. Not wanting to feel like my hips and back were locking up every time I stood I decided to look for alternatives.
I know other people that have used chiropractors and decided I would give Chiropractic Life a go as they were near to my home and I had nothing to lose. I did my research beforehand so that I was fully prepared and knew what to expect. I will admit to being a bit skeptical as I was not sure how the adjustments would work and I had also heard some less than favourable reviews about chiropractic care.
I always make up my own mind so armed with this information and a pinch of cynicism, visited Chiropractic Life. I received such a friendly welcome and each member of staff made me feel as though they really cared, as opposed to the rushed, one in one out feeling you often get when visiting the doctor. Glenn carried out an initial assessment and made a special effort to schedule an appointment in for that day so that I could start treatment immediately. Later that evening I was surprised to receive a call from the clinic to check how I was feeling. They said that sometimes the pain can move or feel worse before it gets better but my back pain started to ease from my first adjustment.
I am so pleased with the results. It is hard to say if it was purely down to this or if my back would have started to heal itself anyway but I believe the care I received played a massive part in my continuing recovery. I did also see a physiotherapist twice, who after a week said he had not expected my back to be better so quickly, which I believe can be attributed to the care I received at Chiropractic Life. Not only did my back pain ease but I also noticed that I felt more relaxed and stress free after my visits. It is nice to know you are taking care of your body and I will be having regular check ups to ensure my progress.
Jane Everest
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by Chiropractors Brighton on July 13, 2010
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by Chiropractors Brighton on July 12, 2010
What Are you Thinking?
Cutting-edge science has proven that YOU are the master of your own health. How empowering is that!
An interesting study was done on hotel maids by Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer. Eighty eight maids were divided into two groups. One group was educated on how much exercise they got when they climbed stairs, made beds and went about their job. The other group was the control group and was told nothing.
By simply telling forty four of the maids that what they did each day involved some serious exercise, Langer was apparently able to lower the women’s blood pressure, shave pounds off their bodies and improve their body-fat and “waist to hip” ratios. Their bodies were doing the same work. Their minds had been simply made to think of it as “exercise”.
Apparently our mind/body responds to images and stimuli whether it is “real” or not and that’s where the value of visualisation comes in and the importance of keeping positive pictures in our minds – especially of our health, but unfortunately most people think sickness, rather than health. Even if you are healthy, your body can become diseased simply through the inappropriate unconscious control of your mind/emotions.
But with healthy belief systems, you can use your conscious mind to create a life of health, happiness and love and avoid unnecessary drugs and medical interventions.
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CALL NOW to schedule your free (no obligation) consultation to see if we can help you. You’ll be glad you did!
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by Chiropractors Brighton on July 10, 2010
Kristy At Work!
I have had problems with my shoulder and left arm for about three years, symptoms being pain in the shoulder blade and running down into my left arm into my fingers. After a trip to the doctors I was referred to a physiotherapist. The treatment there helped for a while but once finished it soon came back. I also noted that when stressful situations arose it seemed to aggravate the issue even more and I would also get bad headaches.
I decided to try chiropractic treatment in 2009 after a friend was receiving some for her back injury. I hadn’t been to a chiropractor before and wasn’t sure what to expect but everyone at the practice put me at ease and were extremely friendly and helpful from the start.
After the x-rays and initial assessment I was told that my neck was not as curved as should be and as a result the spine was pinching the nerves that run down into my left arm and shoulder. Following this assessment I started a block of 12 treatments over 6 weeks. After a couple of weeks my arm and shoulder felt as though it was part of my whole body again rather than a separate entity.
After my initial treatment I am now having adjustments every 4 to 6 weeks, I’m pleased to say that it has really helped with the pain and tingling I was feeling; as well as that I am sleeping a lot better and I’m getting a lot less headaches than I was before (I didn’t think that this could be related). It’s amazing to me to think of the effect that chiropractic care has had on my wellbeing as a whole as well as the initial injury.
Kristy
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by Chiropractors Brighton on July 7, 2010
From the brain, down the spinal cord, out the spinal nerves, to every cell, tissue, muscle, gland and organ in the body
When you were at school you learned that there are five senses – touch, hearing, smell, taste and sight – all these senses allow you to interact with your environment safely. Your nervous system is in control of all these senses. Your Chiropractor is interested in your Nervous System because it controls virtually every cell, tissue, muscle, gland and organ in your entire body! Doesn’t it make sense to make sure your nervous system is free of interference so that every message from your brain to your body and back to your brain again can travel unimpeded to give your body the right messages to stimulate true healing and restoration? Consider if at the traffic lights something happened and the wires became crossed and there were red lights when there should be green, green when they should be amber, amber when they should be red – the roads would be in chaos. That is what happens when there are interferences in your nervous system – your body is not getting the right messages, or is getting delayed messages and your body is not working as efficiently as it should and dis -ease occurs. This is the reason your Chiropractor is more interested in your nervous system than the pain or illness you are experiencing because your Chiropractor knows there must be an interruption to normal flow of energy from the power house of your body – the nervous system. Your Chiropractor’s job is to remove those interferences to allow your body to heal itself naturally (as it was designed to do).
Take Advantage of our Complimentary Consultation Today!
Visit our clinic for a personal consultation with one of the Doctors of Chiropractic to find out how your nervous system may be the key to getting you well! Chiropractic Life is passionately committed to your success and provides specialized care for many health problems not commonly associated with the spine.
CALL NOW to schedule your free (no obligation) consultation to see if we can help you. You’ll be glad you did!
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Dr Richard McMinn - Chiropractor Brighton
Dr Helen Martin - Chiropractor Brighton
Dr Glenn Fredericksen – Chiropractor Brighton
