Have you seen Dara Torres? She is the 41 year old olympic swimmer. She is amazing. One thing caught my eye. She was being treated by her chiropractor. So I googled her name and chiropractic and sure enough she uses a team with chiropractic and massage, and not for pain!
Guess what the most common thing I hear when I call patients that haven't been in for a while. Chiropractic doesn't work? No. I don't have the time? No. I don't hurt, I feel fine? YES! I have to be honest with you. If I waited for pain I would never get adjusted. I get adjusted every week so I won't get pain. But more important, so my body doesn't break down.
I am now 43 years old and I play soccer, baseball and football with my son, I do gymnastics and trampoline with my youngest daughter, and have to make sure I have enough energy to keep the boys away from my 16 year old daughter. If my body wasn't in good shape I would be missing out on all of this. My son is only 8 and my youngest is only 6. Do the math, I have to, no, I want to be able to do this for another 12 years at least. I also want to be able to golf for many years. If I waited for pain before I took action, my body would have already broken down to the point of causing pain. Silly. What's worse is I could just take pills to mask it. This is fine if you just want to feel good in the short term. But I have seen way too much degeneration in way too many spines to want to do this.
So next time you hear yourself say, I feel fine, I don't have any pain. Remember that if you do feel pain, you have already begun the degeneration process. If you are eating right and exercising, great, but why not take care of the structure that makes everything else possible. Your spine and nervous system!