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<\/p>\nIt\u2019s October and fall is just barely beginning to arrive in South Carolina. We\u2019ve had such a long, hot summer that I\u2019m glad to see the hot weather finally leave. With clearer air and cooler days, everything\u2019s getting more comfortable, and soon we\u2019ll have the colors of fall, too. All in all, it\u2019s my favorite time of year.<\/p>\n
Driving around Rock Hill I see some of the other trappings of fall starting to show up like pumpkins on the doorstep, and colorful trees. With Halloween around the corner some of the usual scary decorations are showing up around the neighborhood. Just today I saw a pumpkin with sharp, angry looking eyes and teeth, a skeleton hanging from one tree and a flying ghost, tethered with fish line to the branches of another tree. Yes, it seems like people are getting into full swing about trying to scare one another. Seeing that, ![\"scare\"](\"http:\/\/www.youneedchiro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/scare-150x114.jpg\")
reminded me of something that someone said just before getting an adjustment yesterday.<\/p>\n
The eleven-year-old girl needed a neck adjustment, so I asked her to step over to the special table for adjusting the top of the neck. That\u2019s when she hesitated \u201cGetting my neck adjusted scares me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy does that scare you\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, I don\u2019t really know, but it looks like it should hurt\u201d she answered.<\/p>\n
I said \u201cLet\u2019s think about it then. You just saw a six-month-old baby get her neck adjusted, and before that you watched your father get a similar adjustment. It didn\u2019t hurt either of them, did it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell no, but it still scares me\u201d she answered.<\/p>\n
I thought that we needed to clear up some misunderstandings, so I said \u201cYou\u2019re right to be scared.\u201d Then after a few seconds I added \u201cYou\u2019re just scared of the wrong things!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d she inquired.<\/p>\n
My answer was simple \u201cThere are lots of things in this world about which a healthy fear is a good thing. We should fear things that are harmful, like polluted water and air, artificial chemicals in our food, crime and other hazards that have crept into our culture.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what does that have to do with you adjusting me?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just coming to that\u201d I said. \u201cThe thing is that when it comes to our body, there\u2019s one really<\/em> good reason to be afraid, it\u2019s called a subluxation. When a spinal bone gets misaligned like the one in the top of your neck is, it can\u2019t do what it\u2019s supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n She stopped me and asked \u201cWhat\u2019s it supposed to do?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s easy. It protects your nerve system.\u201d I answered. \u201cNow remember we talked about how the nerves connect your brain to everything else in the body?\u201d<\/p>\n She replied \u201cYes, I remember.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWell, here\u2019s the thing, if your spinal bone isn\u2019t protecting properly, then it does just the opposite, it insults your nerve system. When subluxations happen, the messages from the brain can\u2019t get to the body parts properly and all kinds of things can go wrong. That\u2019s why I said that you were right to be scared.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSince you already know it doesn\u2019t hurt, it just makes sense that the thing to be scared of is not <\/em><\/strong>getting adjusted, right?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI guess so\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Then we got her on the table, did the adjustment and I heard her giggle. When I looked closer I noticed a big smile on her face.<\/p>\n Please click here for more insight on chiropractic for kids<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s October and fall is just barely beginning to arrive in South Carolina. We\u2019ve had such a long, hot summer that I\u2019m glad to see the hot weather finally leave. With clearer air and cooler days, everything\u2019s getting more comfortable, … Continue reading