Who Created Your Beliefs?

Beliefs are like a pair of glasses.  We each view our life through our own glasses.  The way we see our life is by the beliefs that have fogged our glasses. 

Who creates each of our beliefs?  I believe it more than ever before, that our beliefs are created and established early on in life.  They are created by our parents, our caregivers, our teachers, and others that are around us growing up. 

Some examples of beliefs are listed below.

o   That health comes from a pill

o   That life is a downward spiral from birth to death

o   That there is a God

o   That anything is possible

o   That nothing really matters

o   Vote Republican or Democratic

Since it was not each us who created our own beliefs or the fog on our glasses; than at some point in our life, I think that it is safe to say, that we have to evaluate the fog on our glasses. 

I can think of a couple of times in my life that I have had to realize I had foggy glasses and needed some cleaner to clean away the fog.  The first time that I cleaned the fog was when I began working in a doctor of chiropractor’s office.  I saw people get better without drugs or surgery.  Another time that I was able to clean away another layer of fog from my glasses was when I realized that I was not the one in control of my life or others.  That my Creator was in control of my life.  A third time that this happened in my life was during a conversation with a family member.  I actually witnessed how our words as a parent can truly create who our children will become possibly detouring them for all that they were created to be.

I look back in my life and truly am blessed for all those people that were put in my life.  I also am thankful that I have had the opportunity to put some of my beliefs to the test.  I am thankful that I have been open to making change if those beliefs that were passed onto me as a child where not creating the results that I wanted in my life. 

We are each created for a purpose.  Don’t let the fog on your glasses stop you from your purpose!

Dr. Pam Tomaszycki, D.C.

Women, Mothers, and Mothers To Be (Part 3)

In order to be the best mother possible, you must consider the things to prepare your body for a healthy pregnancy, labor and childbirth.

There are some things that each woman would consider when pregnant, like eating right and having the correct prenatal vitamins.  Getting the right amount of sleep.  Keep moving and even exercising during pregnancy.  Mentally preparing during the pregnancy for what is to come.  (Note: I wrote about this in Part 2).

 

What about physically preparing the body for the changes that will occur during pregnancy?  And the changes that are expected to happen during delivery?  And even the demands on the mother’s body after childbirth as she takes care of her new baby.

 

Chiropractic care is very beneficial before pregnancy and throughout the entire pregnancy as well as after delivery.  Below I will discuss the benefits during each of these phases.

During pregnancy the spine, pelvis and body will shift to accommodate the baby as he/she grows.  However if there have been injuries or damage to the spine before this time in life, then it restricts the body’s ability to accommodate the babies growth.  The mother will possibly begin to experience discomfort.  The baby’s position will be compromised.  

Let me expand on what I mean when I mention injuries and/or damage to the spine before pregnancy.  Physical injuries can happen throughout a person life beginning at childbirth, then when learning to walk, or ride a bike, playing sports, automobile accidents, falls, and much more.  These events can jam and jar the spine.  If they are not corrected when they occur, they will heal in wrong and add layers of damage to the spine.  Let’s use an onion, for example.  If you take an onion and cut it in half, you will see the layers.  Imagine that each layer represents and injury that you have had throughout your life.  The more injuries you have had in your lifetime, the more layers of the onion you will have over your spine and therefore the more layers of weakness.  So the best time to correct these injuries is before pregnancy.

However these injuries and misalignments can also be corrected during the pregnancy.  Chiropractic care is safe for the pregnant mother and the baby in utero.    Mothers that I have had the opportunity to adjust over the past fourteen years comment about how much easier their pregnancies were while regularly undergoing chiropractic care. 

Chiropractic can be helpful after delivery to continue to correct the misalignments that can occur due to living life, the care of the newborn baby, the care of the home, and more.  The lifting, bending, twisting while caring for the baby can cause misalignments.  When nursing the baby, sometimes the posture of the mother is not always ideal which can cause misalignments in the spine. 

 

As a chiropractor, these misalignments are more specifically called subluxations.  A subluxation is when the bones of the spine misalign and choke the nerve.  The spine was designed to protect the nerve system.  When the injuries and misalignment occur, the spine does the exact opposite and begins to interfere with the nerve system.  The nerve system controls how your body functions.  The brain is the master controller and the wires or nerves link the brain with all the other parts of the body.  Every cell, tissue, organ and system of the body is controlled through the nerve system.  So by getting chiropractic care, it allows the nerve system to function better every time and therefore the body to function better. 

 

This leads me to the thought about getting your newborn baby checked right from birth.  The first spinal injury can happen during the delivery process.  If the baby is born in the hospital the doctors usually hold the baby’s head in order to pull to get the baby’s left and right shoulder out.   This force usually causes the baby’s first subluxation.  There can also be subluxations caused during cesarean delivery as well.  Correct the subluxations as they occur, throughout the child’s life, and the child will live a healthier and happier life.  When the child is healthier and happier, the parents are also happier.

Dr. Pam Tomaszycki, D.C.