Colorado Springs!

If you have not seen Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs I suggest you put it on your list of things to see. Even at the beginning of May the snowcapped mountains were a sight to be seen.
This past week I was very fortunate to be part of an elite group of chiropractors at a seminar/retreat called Total Solutions. This retreat brought some of the biggest chiropractors in the profession to speak and the charging force of participants behind them in the field, forging the way to a world of better ‘Health Care.’ The past week was one that can only be told in person to truly understand how great it was. When you hear me speak of it you will understand what I am saying. I am so grateful for the people I have met there and look forward to many long term relationships starting from it. I hope to share that opportunity with many of you sometime soon. Until then let’s take a short trip on what health care really is.
Let me clarify ‘Health Care’ vs. ‘Sickness Care’ because unfortunately the current model of health that our society is living in, is sickness care. Currently the United States ranks almost dead last when compared to 32 other industrialized countries in 34 different health related categories. Yet, the U.S. spends far more than any other country in the world on what is being called health care! What does that tell you? It tells me that what we are currently doing, is not working. We some how have been convinced that short term medicine, or ‘sick care’ should be used on a long term basis. Please do not miss understand what I am saying. Sick care in very necessary for crisis intervention, and absolutely irresponsible for long term change and health.
Sickness Care is currently growing at twice the rate of the GDP which makes it very difficult for individuals to get care, and simultaneously reducing the quality of care by physicians. Fortunately there is light at the end of the tunnel. There is a group of individuals who have been speaking about these very issues for the last 117 years and are all around you. They are chiropractors and have been educating individuals about wellness care since the very beginning back in 1895 when D.D. Palmer founded chiropractic. The best part is that wellness works and quite clearly is not going anywhere. Every day there are more and more drugs and surgeries being recommended and more and more people getting sicker and spending more money doing it. At the same time there are many who have learned of chiropractic and the naturally congruent healing potentials that it possesses.
I could tell you about just a small portion of the great research about chiropractic and the associated benefits on issues such as increasing the immune system, cardiac function, vision and improved daily function. I could also tell you about the research showing how chiropractic patients benefit from decreased blood pressure, triglycerides, stress, infantile colic and ear infections and many chronic health issues. But, I will not do that all today and will save these issues for upcoming blogs. If there is ever something specific you are curious about or unsure of please email me so I can blog about it. If you have the question I can guarantee you there are thousands of others with the same questions. My email is DrCynowa@CWChiro.com.
Have a great week and look forward to an update on the new office and a blog about a health related issue by next Wednesday!