We love that you are someone who looks at health as a progressive action. Health isn’t something that is lost and needs to be regained but an action that is taken with regular consistency. But what about your friend or family member who isn’t in this frame of mind? How can we help them see a better way of going about it?
The answer in short, is to leverage their mind. Let’s talk about how this can help others…
ALL humans work on the principle of pain versus pleasure (yes, even you and I). We’ll take actions to avoid pain or to encourage pleasure. Of the two, for people who don’t like change or newness, the avoidance of pain is a greater motivator than the seeking of pleasure . With this said, the pain has to be completely intolerable before we take action. At this point, the cost of not taking action is worse than the cost of taking action and they move.
How do we get people to see this scenario without them having to actually experience it? By walking them down the road of what could, would, or may happen…
Not taking care of your spine properly means arthritis. Arthritis is painful when you move, it’s painful when you are still. The joints ache, the muscles hurt, and there is nothing that can be done to change the scenario. Golf becomes a challenge, picking up and playing with grand children is agonizing. Walking the dog becomes a chore. Household chores become burdens. Arthritis lasts fort the rest of your life. Do you want that?
The decisions that are made now influence the rest of your life. Taking action now can prevent all of that pain later.
Not taking care of your nerve system means the risk Alzheimer’s Disease, ALS, Parkinson’s 
Disease, and/or Multiple Sclerosis. Tell me about these diseases, are they temporary or permanent? How do these folks look? How do they get around? Do they take part in activities? Do you want to become sedentary, miserable and eeking out the rest of your existence?
Can you feel the pain of all that? Your friends and family will also. This is how you need to talk with your friends and family to help them feel the repercussions of not taking care of themselves. Ask them, Do you want that pain or do you want to prevent that pain?
Help them see that health is a process, not an event. There is no standing still with their health. They are either working to develop a “disease” that will become painful or they are working to prevent “dis-ease” that makes life pleasurable.
Chiropractic is work that can help prevent the mentioned diseases. Connecting with your innate gives you a lifetime of pleasurable experiences.
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