Garage Logic Applied

By Dr.'s Andrew & Kristi

We often hear...

“I’m feeling pretty good now so I think I’ll wait to come back until it starts hurting again,”

Let’s apply some simple “garage logic” to this statement and talk about our automobile. If I was driving a 1974 Ford Pinto, attempting to just keep it “limping along” through one more winter before I haul it to the dump, this kind of thinking may be appropriate. “What? The belts are worn and the alternator isn’t kicking out the amps that it should?” I may shrug my shoulders to my trusted mechanic and proclaim, “I don’t care, I’ll deal with it when it falls apart, it’s just a ’74 rust bucket.” Unfortunately, this is how many of us treat our bodies and God didn’t give you a Pinto, He gave you a Mercedes!

We may feel like a “broken down, rust-bucket” at times, usually because we’ve been treating and caring for ourselves like that ’74 Pinto.

Put it this way: If I gave you a Mercedes on your next visit, how would you take care of it?  Would you wait until the oil light comes on to check the fluids? Of course not, this is a car of value, of worth. Would you get the oil changed when the hard knocking under the hood gets too loud to bear? Of course not! That would destroy the engine and the cost of repair would then be terrible.

Would you wait for a tire to pop before you check the pressure, wait for the door to rust through before repairing a ‘ding’, or ignore that slippage in the transmission until it no longer shifted into reverse?

This is a car of value, of performance! You would care for your new driving machine as an investment, washing it regularly, getting regular system checks even when there are no ‘symptoms’, and you’d never take it for granted. After all, this is an awfully expensive vehicle.

Does it at least make sense to apply this same logic to our bodies?

Do you wait until the oil light comes on (back pain) before getting checked?

Do you use that ‘hard knocking’ under the hood (headache) as your sign of trouble?

Have you been treating yourself like a ’74 Pinto and then wonder why you seem to perform like one?

You are a Mercedes!

You are a high performance, priceless piece of art, needing to be cared for like a jewel of great value. Keep your engine purring with good, wholesome nutrition even if it costs a few dollars more. Keep the body new with regular adjustments so the symptoms of decay don’t ever have a chance to set in. Chiropractic is about performance. Keep your high performance vehicle in tip-top shape instead of chasing symptoms. Get in for regular “tune-ups.”

Drs. Andrew and Kristi De Saro have a family chiropractic practice located in Richboro, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Andrew specializes in chiropractic for pediatrics and pregnancy, and Dr. Kristi specializes in performance enhancement for the athlete.

Please contact their office for further information by calling (215) 364-6636.