What is wellness? Wellness means something different to
everyone. In order to achieve wellness we must first identify what
wellness looks like, feels like, sounds like, and tastes like to us.
Everyone has different ideals and needs. Wellness looks different to an
8 year old than it does to an 80-year-old. To a healthy athlete,
wellness would probably feel different than how it would feel to someone
who is critically ill. The first step to optimum wellness is realizing
and understanding what it means to you. By knowing your own wellness
picture, you can realistically set goals and have a plan for achieving
your own optimum wellness.
A plan to optimal wellness has many facets. There are many
aspects of our wellness ideals that all together make up our individual
picture of optimal wellness. To every person, these aspects are
different, and are in different magnitude and quantity given their
condition in place and time. To be optimally healthy, rather than to
just be well, means to have these particular aspects of health set in
place by having realistic goals and following them daily. These aspects
of health are sometimes known as keys, keys of health. Like physical
keys, that open doors, the keys of health unlock and unleash different
aspects of optimum health.
Certain keys unlock many doors to health, like the
Chiropractic key, that balances the many essential functions of your
body. Chiropractic is the key that we at Gillette Family specialize
in. This particular key is so imperative to optimum wellness, because
it directly affects the function of your nervous system. Your nervous
system, contained within your spine, not only controls your muscular
function, but also functions such as your visual acuity, heart rate,
kidney function, and hormonal balance, to name a few. Chiropractors are
trained to help your nervous system regain balance through specific
spinal adjustments. Adjustments are safe, gentle, and specific in
direction and case. As with our individual pictures of optimal
wellness, an infant would not be adjusted the same way their parent or
grandparent would. Through a series of specific adjustments,
Chiropractors can free the information that is often blocked or
disrupted, and allow it to properly perform its essential function
without the use of drugs or surgery.
It is most important, however, that you realize that
Chiropractic, although opens many doors to optimum health through
balance of your nervous system, is one of many other essential keys. To
truly achieve your optimal wellness picture, it is imperative that you
follow other keys of health in your daily life. Some of these other
keys include proper nutrition, adequate rest, and a positive mental
attitude. These keys as well, are specific to the individual, as is
Chiropractic at Gillette Family.
Achieving optimal wellness is a process of realistic goal
setting, and self-discovery individual to the person. Optimal wellness
is a choice, you can be healthy or you can be optimally healthy. The
first step in choosing and achieving optimal wellness is realizing your
own goals and making a decision to follow your plan. The second step is
to go see your Chiropractor to make sure your nervous system is
functioning properly, and stays that way. Your Chiropractor can play a
critical role in guiding you in your own process of achieving individual
optimal wellness.
We at Gillette Family Chiropractic Center are committed to
helping our patients achieve optimum wellness one individual at a
time. Allow our family to help your family.
