Friday, October 16, 2009

reflection revised

Everyone should have a regular chiropractic visit because it helps prevent back injuries, prevents other sicknesses and disease, and keeps the body in a state of homeostasis.
Back injuries are more and more common this day and age due to our lifestyle. Many people sit in front of a computer all day. This can put a lot of strain on the neck, and also the low back, if the chair is not comfortable or if proper ergonomics are not practiced. Proper ergonomics is very important. If someone sits in chair all day and they are slouched over, or their neck is protruding towards the computer or even if the height of the chair is incorrect and they are staining to reach the keyboard, there is bound to be problems. Problems can occur even at the end of one day, or over the course of a whole life time of doing the same improper motion with the body day in and day out. When the back is constantly put in an improper position, the vertebrae will begin to slip “out”. This is very painful to have your back “go out”. If the problem is not taken care of immediately, the muscles will begin to adapt to the new positioning of the vertebrae, and actually hold the bones out of place, making it that much harder to get the vertebrae back into proper alignment. When the back is not properly aligned, we are very susceptible to further injuries such as degenerative disks, herniated disk, muscle spasm and pain etc. So it is important to take care of the back to avoid these very serious and painful injuries. A monthly visit to the chiropractor will certainly help to prevent them.
All nerves are centrally located in the spinal column. They are distributed through the facets of the vertebrae and go throughout our entire body. They send messages to our body and back to our brain. This is how our entire body functions. As the vertebrae moves out of its proper alignment, it can pinch the nerves that are surrounding the bone, causing a lack of signal to be sent to the proper place in the body. So a pinched nerve can cause a headache, tingling in the arms or legs, carpel tunnel syndrome, sciatica, thorasic outlet syndrome, constipation, acid reflux, acne and the list goes on and on! With a five minute visit to a doctor of chiropractic, they can help your vertebrae move back to its proper alignment and alleviate the pain it was causing, not to mention any other secondary condition it may have been attributing to.
Its important to note that chiropractic adjustments do not cure anything. It helps to prevent sickness! Often times people think of only going to a chiropractor when their back is in serious pain, or after they have sustain a sports related injury. That is not all that a chiropractic adjustment is good for. An adjustment helps keep the body in a state of homeostasis; which is a state of balance where the body is functioning optimally and can fight of disease and sickness naturally because the body is healthy so the immune system can focus its attention in keeping the body healthy. When the body is in homeostasis, you don’t have to worry about seeing an MD, or filling your body with unhealthy prescription drugs, because your body is doing its job, naturally.
Chiropractic adjustments are great because they help your own body to naturally prevent sickness, disease and back pain. Everyone should be getting an adjustment from their local chiropractor regularly to allow their body to do what it was designed to do; keep you healthy, naturally!

1 comment:

  1. This paper explains why chiropractors are important and gives examples of how and why.

    First paragraph is a good summary but does not engage my interest fully.

    First paragraph is defiantly the thesis, but a little more detail might help engage interest and setup the rest of the paper.

    Paper stays on topic and is organized well.

    I think you could develop more about how adjustments help keep the body in homeostasis, you state it can but how does it accomplish this?

    Audience is anyone that may not know the benefits of a chiropractor.

    Paper is full of great information and reasons to visit a chiropractor. I especially liked the part about how visits can keep the body in homeostasis, I feel like this is something a lot of people might not know.

    I would elaborate more on the homeostasis part if possible and build a stronger thesis paragraph. I would cut the first sentence from paragraph two and three and put them in your thesis paragraph.

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