Dentists and Chiropractors

I suppose when the first dentists opened their offices way back when, their first patients came in with excrutiating pain.  Forget about flossing tips, caps over asymptomatic cavities or scraping off tartar, "back in the day," I suspect, you went to see a dentist cause you had a hurting mouth.

Now, of course, it's a different story.

We now see a dentist way before any problem of decay can get so bad to the point of pain.  Regular check ups are promoted by dentists and we, their patients, for the most part, follow these recommendations.

The key to dentistry is prevention.  If a tooth problem does develop, it is usually caught very early before any pain, infection or other serious pathology.

Chiropractic needs to be considered in the exact same way!

Don't come and see me after you have already blown out two spinal discs, suffer from severe muscle spasms every day and have shooting pain down both legs.  I mean, well, if you do, I will do my best to get you feeling better, so actually, please do come and see me.

However, what I'm trying fo' say is how much better would it have been if we caught the problem months or even years before, when the problem was small!  What if long before the sleepness nights and handfuls of pain medication down the throat, you came in for a simple spinal check up?  And at the time of the check-up, even though you were "feeling like a champ" we discovered early signs of osteoarthritis, an uneven pelvis, a slight lumbar scoliosis and mild vertebral disc inflammation? 

And then, what if, we made a plan to stabilize the spine by correcting vertebral subluxation so your body could be in better balance and heal more efficiently?

Yup! The dentists got it right.  Prevention is what it's all about!

Hope all of us chiropractors can start to follow their lead.