SOMEWHERE DURING THE AGES OF MANKIND’S EXISTENCE, WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT WE CAN GAUGE HOW GOOD OUR HEALTH IS BY HOW WE FEEL. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS MISCON-CEPTIONS MANKIND HAS LEARNED TO ACCEPT.

ACHES, PAINS, AND SYMPTOMS IN GENERAL ARE NOT A DEFINITE INDICATION OF AN UNHEALTHY BODY; NOR IS THE LACK OF SUCH, AN ACCURATE INDICATION OF A HEALTHY BODY. FOR EXAMPLE, LET US SUPPOSE YOU STOP AT A RESTAURANT AND ORDER A HAMBURGER. THE SANDWICH HAPPENS TO BE SPOILED. ON YOUR WAY HOME YOU BEGIN TO VOMIT. YOU SAY YOU ARE SICK (UNHEALTHY) AND MUST SOMEHOW STOP THE VOMITING.

IN THE SITUATION ABOVE, ARE YOU ACTUALLY UNHEALTHY? THE ANSWER IS “NO.” IF YOUR BODY IS HEALTHY, IT SHOULD CLEAR OUT THE POISON, (TOXINS FROM THE SPOILED MEAT), FROM YOUR SYSTEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. IT WOULD BE UNHEALTHY IF YOUR BODY COULD NOT CLEAR OUT THE POISON BY VOMITING, DIARRHEA, OR BY RUNNING A FEVER. THEN THE POISON COULD ATTACK SOME OTHER PART OF YOUR BODY AND CAUSE EVEN MORE SYMPTOMS OR DAMAGE.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SITUATION, LET’S TAKE A PERSON WHO IS SUBLUXATED. A SUBLUXATION IS A BONE OF THE SPINE THAT HAS SLIPPED FROM ITS NORMAL POSITION AND IS INTERFERING WITH THE BODY’S INNATE INTELLIGENCE, (THE LIFE FORCE THAT FLOWS OVER THE NERVOUS SYSTEM). INNATE INTELLIGENCE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING ALL OF THE BODY’S FUNCTIONS. THEREFORE, A SUBLUXATION KEEPS YOUR BODY’S LIFE FORCE FROM BEING TRANSMITTED OVER THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, AS IT SHOULD. BECAUSE OF THE SUBLUXATION, THAT PERSON’S ENTIRE BODY WILL SUFFER.

THE PERSON WHO IS WALKING AROUND WITH A SUBLUXATION IS BEING ROBBED OF THEIR VITAL INNATE INTELLIGENCE. THIS COULD RESULT IN THE BODY FUNCTIONING POORLY AND BECOMING WEAK. THE WEAKNESS AND IMPROPER FUNCTION HAPPENS SO SUBTLY THAT THE PERSON IS VERY OFTEN UNAWARE THAT IT IS HAPPENING. IN THIS COMMON SITUATION, THE SUBLUXATION MAY HAVE EXISTED, FOR MONTHS, – OFTENTIMES YEARS, THUS WEAKENING AND HINDERING THE BODY’S FUNCTIONS. WHEN THE BODY CAN NO LONGER CONTROL THE WEAKENED PARTS ON ITS OWN, IT BEGINS TO GIVE OFF SYMPTOMS OR WARNING SIGNS.

AS AN EXAMPLE, TAKE A PERSON WHO HAS JUST BEEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A COMPLETE CHECK-UP AND WAS PRONOUNCED HEALTHY. ON THE WAY HOME, HE RUNS OUT OF GAS A HALF BLOCK AWAY FROM THE GAS STATION. HE PUSHES HIS CAR TO THE GAS PUMP AND WHILE STANDING THERE CATCHING HIS BREATH, HE FALLS OVER WITH A HEART ATTACK. HE HAD NO SYMPTOMS BUT WAS DEFINITELY UNHEALTHY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME IN ORDER FOR HIS HEART TO GET SO WEAK THAT IT STOPPED WORKING WHEN PUT UNDER A STRAIN.

THE ANALOGIES ABOVE ARE BUT FEW OF THE MANY WE COULD SHARE WITH YOU. WE HOPE THIS HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND WHY CHIROPRACTORS REFER TO SUBLUXATlONS AS THE “SILENT KILLER.”

OUR POINT IS VITAL AND MUST BE MADE VERY CLEAR. SYMPTOMS ARE A VERY DANGEROUS WAY OF DECIDING WHETHER YOU ARE IN GOOD HEALTH. SYMPTOMS, OR LACK OF SYMPTOMS, ARE AN EVEN POORER WAY OF DETERMINING IF A CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENT IS NEEDED OR NOT.

THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO KNOW IF YOU NEED TO BE ADJUSTED OR NOT AND THAT IS TO BE CHECKED ON A REGULAR BASIS BY THE PERSON TRAINED IN THE SCIENCE AND ART OF LOCATING, ANALYZING AND REDUCING VERTEBRAL SUBLUXATIONS – YOUR CHIROPRACTOR.