As good as you can be, or not?

As good as you can be, or not?

When people think about their current level of health and fitness most are not happy.  Most people would prefer to be better than they are now, but don’t know how to get there.

Did you know that your body can regenerate many of its parts within a seven year period?  Our blood cells renew every 120 days; our skin cells take 2-4 weeks; the liver takes 6 weeks and the skeleton takes 2 to 7 years to totally regenerate.  It is amazing how the human body can maintain and heal itself.  This is not a process that occurs by chance.  It is an orchestrated event, and you get to play the role of maestro or conductor.

That means that the body you have now will not be the body you have in seven years.  Obviously, right?  But, will your body in seven years be as good as it can be or will it be a weaker, lesser version of what it can be?

I have found that most people can not answer that question with confidence.  They are hoping they end up healthy.  They are hoping they don’t get sick and ill or require surgery and drug therapy.  They are not certain about what steps they must take to ensure that they become as strong and as healthy as they can be.

In most instances, health and disease are not mistakes that just happen – they are caused and created events!  For the most part, our way of thinking and our actions greatly dictate how our body will age over a seven year period.  Will we stay healthy or not, will we become stiff and arthritic, will we have headaches forever, will we become weak and disabled… these are not issues that are independent of our actions, but more a direct reflection thereof.

When I learned how well the human body can repair, regenerate and heal itself when the conditions are right for it to do so, I was very excited.  I gained a tremendous sense of empowerment.  I could be a participant instead of a spectator when it comes to the fate of my own health and aging process.

I began learning everything I could about how to properly manage my own health.  In doing so, I found that we need more than the 1,2,3’s and a,b,c’s of personal health care, we need to find the motivation within ourselves to make the right decisions, to become responsible, to be consistent, and to stick with it.

As a Doctor of Chiropractic I feel as though I have a responsibility to all of you to share what I know.

I am happy to announce that we have scheduled a very important event June 3rd.  We will be conducting a new Health Seminar entitled Stress Management and Anti-aging.  I will be sharing with you how stress (chemical, physical, and emotional) can be your greatest enemy.  It is a medical fact that stress, in its many forms, is the single largest determining factor of health and aging.  This is perhaps the most important health seminar that we will conduct this year.  From which, you will see the BIGGER picture and get what is called the BIG IDEA. 

You CAN get a handle of how your body ages, heals and regenerates.  You CAN play an active role in what will be your future health status.  You CAN be… as good as you can be. 

Speak up and educate others,

Dr. Craig