The Big Picture of Health

If you're sick of being sick, you may need to understand health a little bit better! Firstly, it's not your fault. We're taught from a young age to see the doctor when we are sick. We go to the ER when we fall and bleed badly or break an arm. When we have tonsillitis, we make an appt. with the doctor for some antibiotics. Every parent knows this and often demands it (now who's the doctor?)! So, here's the problem. For most of us, the extent of our health knowledge is, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." If it was that simple, Washington would be the richest state in the world and we would have far less grapefruit because Florida would be figuring out how to switch crops. Anyway, there is a lot more we need to do for health than just see our doctor when we are sick.

Secondly, it is your fault! If you believe that your health is one of the most precious possesions you have, you need to treat it as such. There is so much information available for you to make educated decisions on healthcare. I've seen people study cars for a year or more before deciding to make an investment that for most will be 5 years or less in their possesion. Think about the planning that goes into buying or building a house. Most people move residences at least 6 times in their lives. Our health is ours forever.

I'm here to tell you that most of us have been duped! For over a hundred years now we have been led to believe that crisis care, the care you receive when you've made a mistake or had an accident, is actually healthcare. It's absolutely not. If you've read my profile, you understand that self care and healthcare consists of things you do before you get sick or lose your health. These things are things that guard and preserve your health. The analogy with driving would be do you obey traffic laws, look carefully at what is going on around you and use common sense when operating your car or do you just drive as fast as you can, ignoring all rules of the road and other peoples' safety, wreck your car and then limp to the mechanic and ask him to fix your wreck? I know there are a few that will say the latter, but for the majority of us, we would rather be prudent and act safely. Please do the same with your health. Big pharma has invested billions (yes, with B not an M) yearly to make you think of healthcare as drugs and surgeries. This is crisis care though. This happens after you've wrecked your body. I'll talk more about self care and health care in the future, but just know already that you have a lot of personal responsibility here. Some things to think about are diet, nutrition, exercise, meditation, prayer/spiritual health, gyms, massage, chiropractic, accupuncture, vacation, safe driving courses, etc. More to follow...