Austin Chiropractic & Acupuncture Clinic Blog

Squat Like a Toddler

If you ever want to observe perfect biomechanics, watch a toddler pick up a toy from the floor.  You'll never see them bending over, moaning in agony like an old man.  They drop their hips, maintain a perfect center of gravity while lowering themselves, then pop right back up with the ease of an Olympic lifter.

Interestingly enough, they never attended an 'ergonomics' class to acquire such perfect form.  Their little bodies are innately designed to do it - and at one time in your life, your body worked like that too.  You were able to lift, bend, sit, walk, run, sleep and with perfect, innate biomechanics.  But somewhere along the way, your body picked up bad habits and compensated movements that now create pain and physical limitations in your daily life.

Reduction of Blood Pressure in a Patient Receiving Chiropractic Care

Quantity Counts

A bottle of water can put out a candle flame, but it won't put out a raging forest fire – it’s the right tool, but not nearly the right QUANTITY to get the job done.  The same can be said for the amount of chiropractic care you may need for your particular problem.

The purpose of frequent adjustments is to keep your nerve system clear long enough so your body can grow into a new, healthier state.  For many (especially if you have long standing, chronic health issues) that means a higher quantity of sessions in the beginning to help your body overcome the ‘fire’ going on inside you.  Note, adjustments don't do the healing... it's the time you remain subluxation free that does.

When Your Back Gets the Boot

You woke up this morning, tried to get out of bed only to discover your back is completely locked up - like a steel parking boot has been slapped on it, rendering your whole body UN-driveable. Maybe you should have paid more attention to the warnings signs that were piling up over the past several months.

Neglect is the enemy of normal function. That little twinge in your back you felt a few days ago, the morning soreness you've been getting more often, think of them as 'parking tickets' warning you to get in compliance with the laws of spinal maintenance or pay a heftier penalty down the road. When you continue to ignore ticket after ticket, don't be surprised if one day you find your entire spine seized and locked out of commission. That's what happens when subluxations go unchecked and uncorrected.

Roller Coaster Chiropractic

It's not uncommon to see clients who get great results from chiropractic stop their care once they feel good, only to return with their original problem or something worse.  Many repeat this cycle over and over again - traveling up and down the feel good, feel bad roller coaster of temporary relief, without truly getting healthy.

Chiropractic used correctly goes beyond the wavering cycles of symptomatic care, to pursuing the higher standard of optimal function.  Whether you feel good or bad, a body that exists in a sustained subluxated state is less likely to repair itself when injured or perform to its best when under demand.  If, however your body is allowed to reach its full potential with regular adjustments and a perpetually clear Nerve System, the sky's the limit to what you can achieve.

Pushed or Prescribed

Big Pharma may have just taken one of the greatest rock voices in our generation. According to his wife, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden was acting unusual. “When we spoke after the show, I noticed he was slurring his words; he was different,” his wife added. “When he told me he may have taken an extra Ativan or two, I contacted security and asked that they check on him.” Later they would find Chris dead from an apparent suicide.

Ativan (lorazepam), a prescription medication used for anxiety and insomnia, lists among its possible adverse effects the following: "Can cause paranoid or suicidal ideation and impair memory, judgment and coordination." Maybe just enough of a reality shift to cause someone so talented, in the prime life, with a loving wife and children, touring with close friends, adored by millions to just end it all. It makes complete drug sense...

Innate's in Your Corner

Life can feel like a boxing match.  The stress of daily responsibilities, mental fatigue and the loss of health can beat you down.  But there's one thing in your corner that helps you overcome it - your innate intelligence.

While uncertainty dominates today's world, certainty prevails INSIDE your nerve system. Regardless of the battles you have in your life - physical, mental or spiritual - you DO possess a remarkable INNATE ability to adapt and conquer them.  Chiropractic was founded on the principle that as long as your nerve system remains patent, your inner wisdom can spar with any challenge.  Some call it 'Nature' others 'Chi' but whatever the name, that power has been with you from the moment you were born, orchestrating all the steps required to keep you alive and well, successfully maintaining your existence.