Did you ever notice how the holidays seem to stress us out more so than other times of the year?
There are meals and gifts to buy and long lines at the stores. We rush around for the last minute items that we forgot during our normal shopping. Then for the items we missed, very few stores are actually open. A couple years ago we realized our Turkey baster broke. Well as time would have it we forgot to pick up another one and there I was on Thanksgiving morning running around the valley looking for an open store. I finally found one at Stop and Shop. Though NFC isn’t going to be open this weekend for official hours, feel free to call my cell phone at 860-966-7142 if you need me and we’ll figure it out that you can get an adjustment.
The other thing I notice about holiday stress is that some end up sick. In past years we’ve received calls that folks don’t want to come in because they have a cold, sniffle or cough and they don’t want to get us sick or pass it around. First of all, that is exactly the reason why you need to come in, your system is weak and you are sick! Getting adjusted will strengthen your immune system so you recover faster. Second, don’t worry about me and my family, we don’t get sick. Plenty of people come in when sick and we don’t catch anything.
Did you ever notice how one person in your family “catches” a cold, but not everyone does every time? That sometimes the sickness doesn’t get passed around?
That’s what lead D.D. Palmer to discover Chiropractic back in the 1890’s, he asked that very question, “why is it that not everyone gets sick? The answer was so simple. It’s what you have on the inside that matters. That’s where Chiropractic comes in. Chiropractic keeps your insides strong so you can better prevent these “sicknesses.” And, by keeping your nerve system clear you better respond to the stresses of life.
These holiday stresses aren’t going away, but how you approach and handle them makes all the difference in the world. If you are stressing over them, will your blood pressure go up or down? Right, it will go UP. Will you sleep better or worse? Right again, you’ll sleep worse. When you don’t sleep will you heal well, or poorly? Right again, you’ll heal poorly. But when you receive regular adjustments you keep your nerve system clear. When your nerve system is clear will you stay calm? If you are calm, will your blood pressure go up or down? Will you sleep better or worse? Will you heal well or poorly? Is getting adjusted healthier than living with the stress and freaking out all it?
So the moral is to maintain your schedule during the holidays. It doesn’t matter how, even if you think coming in may be adding to your stress, it isn’t; it’s helping you and you’ll know that after your adjustment. Wednesday I’ll be sending out a special edition of “A Simple Truth,” be sure to look for it.
Thank you.
We love you!
