Educated Pregnancy

Look around you and you will notice that most living things have curves. Flowers, fruits, the head of a bird, the underside of a dog – all of these are curved. The belly of a pregnant woman is a large curve; the baby nestled in the womb is curled up in a curved position. And a newborn baby, so accustomed to being curled up in the mother’s womb for 9 months, tends to revert back to the curved position any chance he can.

As the baby grows, we’ve been taught to provide them with tummy time; essentially placing the baby face down so that he can use his little neck muscles to lift up his head and develop the curve in his neck – the cervical curve. As he starts to crawl, he pushes up on all fours and hunches his back, much like a cat does when stretching, which begins to develop the curve in his upper back – the thoracic curve. As a toddler, it’s easy to notice the pot belly stance as he struggles to find his balance and develop the curve in his lower back – the lumbar curve.

In a perfect world, all Chiropractors would agree that Chiropractic is the detection and correction of the vertebral subluxation. And our profession would come together and combine our efforts to educate the masses that subluxations diminish a body’s ability to express the innate intelligence that exists within each one of us.

If we could just do that much – brand Chiropractic first, and worry about our indiviudal offices second – then we would be a stronger, more organized profession. And that would help us to reach, educate and serve so many millions more.

Think of it in terms of McDonald’s.