by Dr. Matthew | Jul 10, 2012 | Chiropractic Care
I have a 2-year-old son that likes to constantly talk. You really have to be careful what you say around the house. I was watching the Yankees play the Red Sox this weekend, and as usual, I like to get “involved” in the game. The new word my son picked up on was: “terrible”. The rest of the afternoon he was trying to figure out the true definition of the word. You could hear him using it in sentences, and then looking to my wife and I for approval. When we disagreed with what he thought was “terrible”, he would move on to another context of the word. It took him about 5 different tries, and a couple of minutes until he had nailed it. He was then able to call out “terrible” after every missed Yankee opportunity, the climax being when Derek Jeter missed a easy pop-fly!
It amazes me watching the little guy think. Then I realized this:
We, as human beings, are born with an inborn need to figure stuff out. We want to understand.
This need is built into our beings. I call it our Innate craving. We all crave the same basic things in life. The strongest of these is the Innate crave to survive. Luckily for you, your Innate Intelligence is very good at helping you survive.
And also luckily for you, Chiropractic’s sole purpose is to free up your Innate Intelligence, so that your Innate can do its job!
by Dr. Matthew | Jul 9, 2012 | Chiropractic Care
You see it all the time…someone on the side of the road, with a gas can walking away from their car. It’s obvious what happened, yet inevitably it will happen to all of us. Sometimes the obvious things are the ones that are missed the most. We get “caught up” in whatever we need to do, and we push it just a little bit further.
Health care is no different. We realize what the right decision may be, yet we tend to push it just a little longer. It’s a lot easier to pull over at a gas station, than it is to walk to one 2 miles away.
Matthew M Mix, DC
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by Dr. Matthew | Jul 6, 2012 | Chiropractic Care
I had to stop at the convenience store on the way to work recently. Just like usual, I end up going for $1 can of soup, and here I am picking up 4-5 things. Of course, I never expect this to happen, so as I had entered the store, I decided, “no need for a basket, I’ve got this.” To my astonishment, now I am dropping stuff all the way to the car. So, to lighten my load, I put my poorly chosen lottery ticket on the edge of my roof, and load all the other items into the vehicle. You can see where this is going right?
So, I hit the green light and proceed to accelerate down the highway…and what happens next? I see something in my rearview mirror fly into the air. I catch just a small glimpse, and yes, to my surprise, there goes the lottery ticket. I thought for a split second, “What’s the chance I’ll win anyway?” Of course, I turn around immediately, go back and get the ticket, and feel much relief that I at least have a chance of winning 49 million dollars.
Our health choices can be very similar to this scenario. You look at the time, and you think, “I’m already a little late to the Chiropractic appointment…will this one missed appointment really mean that much?”
YES! If you don’t play, you can not and will not win. You have to make the healthy choices, not because you are fearful of losing, but because the more frequent your health choices are, the better CHANCE you will reach that health goal you have for yourself. After all, you only live once, you might as well make the quality of this lifetime something to write home about!
Matthew M Mix, DC
by Dr. Matthew | Jul 5, 2012 | Chiropractic Care
Life is marathon, not a sprint.
I see this understanding among people that get great results while under chiropractic care. It’s the understanding that symptoms will come and go, however as long as we do the right things, we will get the right results. These are the people that get the best results, and the results stick.
They are not worried about the ups and downs of what they feel. They understand the principle of health and healing, and they are not afraid of the little bumps along the way.
The principle of health and healing is this:
All healing happens by way of an Innate Intelligence that is in you. There is an intelligence within you that is responsible for keeping you healthy, and healing you when necessary. There is no human being that could ever know what your innate intelligence knows. Chiropractors simply remove the interference from this inner intelligence, thus allowing it to work without interference. When this happens, your Innate Intelligence is able to do it’s job, without interference.
Then and only then can you heal.
by Dr. Matthew | Jul 4, 2012 | Chiropractic Care
That is what I do all day long….slip and check.
Slipping: This is what we do over and over again that brings poor results. Example: we pick the wrong meal to eat, and add unwanted calories and chemicals to our bodies. We sit incorrectly at the desk, which causes strain to the weaker areas of our body.
Check: This is what most people forget to do, or are plain too lazy to do! True, it requires work to check yourself, however the payoff is huge. You know you made a mistake, now what do you plan on doing about it?
If you have the knowledge, then you have the responsibility to do the right thing.
Slipping happens all the time, however are you checking yourself, to create a better, healthier result? If you like this idea, I suggest you look into the idea of Slipping and Checking in the “The Triune of Life “, by BJ Palmer. He references it to a golfer…constantly working on his swing to produce the flight of the ball that he would like. Even the best of the best golfer does this constantly, to produce a consistent, beautiful swing that gets the result he desires.
To all of my American readers, have a great Fourth of July. You will slip, just don’t forget to check.
