The Four Essentials of Health!

 

Health is something you are given at birth and it should be maintained throughout your lifetime.  Unfortunately, we are never taught what we need for health and what specifically needs to be maintained.  We are all born with a genetic health potential.  If we understand what can interfere with that potential we can avoid such interferences and keep it at its highest level.

 

To understand the essential of health we need to understand the essential of life.  Many things could come to mind in different categories such as physiological, psychological, or social.  However, in terms of basic physiological essentials for survival we can name four.

      

FOOD                         WATER                      OXYGEN                   NERVE IMPULSE

 

 

What makes these essential is that if nay of them were to stop, you would die.  If any of these were interfered with, your health would not be at its optimum potential.

 

 

Food:   Food is the fuel and building block for growth and reproduction of cells and tissues.  It consists of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates.  If any of these were to stop you would die.  If their balance is interfered with your health potential would not be at its optimum.  For example, if you ate high fat or sugar foods (French fries, doughnuts, etc.) what would be the possible condition of your arteries in 10-20 years?  If you said closed with fat, you are probably right.  Result: lowered health potential.

 

 

 

Water:  (Fluids) – Seventy- five percent of your body is water.  It is used in almost every body reaction.  It is used in almost every body reaction.  If you drink unhealthy fluids (caffeine, alcohol, additives, preservatives, dyes, etc.) or not enough fluids, your body’s health potential is decreased. 

 

 

 

Oxygen:  Oxygen is also used in almost every reaction of the body and is carried by the pulmonary (lungs) and circulatory (blood) systems.  Interference to these systems could stop oxygen and result in death.  We should exercise and breathe deeply to increase our oxygenation to cells.  Researchers say that oxygen deprivation can cause almost anything from fatigue to cancer.  If oxygenation is not at its optimum, neither is your health potential.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nerve Impulse:  Nerve impulse is the most commonly overlooked essential for life and health.  Nerve impulse is an electrochemical charge transmitted by the brain through the nervous system to the body.  It is the life force that keeps us alive and “charged.”  All body function is dependent on this life force or brain impulse.  Cells must be electrically charged in order to vibrate and function.  If your brain stopped (generation the electrical impulses) you would die.  In fact in order to be legally dead brain impulse must stop.  If you severed the nerve to your heart, would it stop?  How about your stomach, lungs, or hands?  What if you just interfere with the normal nerve transmission?  Would these organs and tissues function at their optimum potential?

            One of the major causes for such nerve interference is a misalignment of the spine commonly termed by Chiropractors as “Subluxation.”  Subluxations can interfere with the nerve, the spinal cord and reflex nerve pathways resulting in abnormal function and a lower health potential.  If your spine is subluxated you cannot be at your optimum health potential regarding of how good your food, water, and oxygen is, because you are still interfering with one of the essentials of life and health.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Chiropractic is the largest, most regulated, and best recognized of the complementary and alternative medicine professions.  It is the third largest doctoral-level health care profession after medicine and dentistry. 

 

• There are more than 60,000 active Chiropractic licenses in the United States.  All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands officially recognize Chiropractic as a healthcare profession.

 

• Tens of millions of Americans routinely opt for chiropractic services and this number is rapidly growing.

 

• The practice of chiropractic is based on sound scientific principles.
  The existence of the nervous system as the primary control mechanism of the body is an undisputed scientific fact. Its relationship with the spine is the focus of the practice of chiropractic. The spine develops in utero to provide two primary functions: (1) allow for freedom of movement and (2) house and protect the spinal cord. When the vertebrae of the spine become misaligned through trauma or repetitive injury, two major consequences will result: (1) the range of motion becomes limited and (2) spinal nerves emerging from the spinal cord are compromised. DCs use the term "subluxation" to describe such disruptions. Interruption of nerve flow can eventually lead to pain, disability, and an overall decrease in the quality of life. Conversely, the removal of that interference has been shown to have significant, lasting health benefits. Through the adjustment of the subluxation, the doctor of chiropractic endeavors to restore normal nerve expression. The body is then able to respond appropriately to any imbalance in the system, thus relieving symptoms and restoring health.

 

• Doctors of Chiropractic receive extensive, demanding professional education on par with medical doctors (MDs) and osteopaths (DOs).  To receive the doctor of chiropractic degree, candidates must complete extensive undergraduate prerequisites and four years of graduate-level instruction and internship at an accredited chiropractic institution. Comprehensive knowledge of all systems of the body and diagnostic procedures enable the DC to thoroughly evaluate a patient, address disorders relating to the spine and determine the need for referral to another health care provider.

 

• The Doctor of Chiropractic is an effective source of preventative and wellness care.  The anatomical focus of the DC (Doctor of Chiropractic) on the human spine has created the perception of the DC as just a “back doctor.”  Although this perception is not entirely incorrect, it is very incomplete.  Doctors of Chiropractic are a highly appropriate resource in matters of work-place safety, stress management, injury prevention, postural correction and nutritional counseling.