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Wellness requires you to be a proactive agent for
your body. You need to treat it well and not wait until
you hurt before you decide to take care of it. As we've
said before health is not merely the absence of disease
any more than wealth is an absence of poverty. Let’s
remember health is not simply “feeling fine,” for we
know that problems may progress for years without
causing any symptoms whatsoever. As you know by now,
heart disease for example, often develops unnoticed for
many years before it strikes: in fact, the first symptom
of heart disease that many people experience is a heart
attack or death.
Now let us be clear that we are not
under the illusion that everyone who creates a wellness
lifestyle will be immune from pain, sickness, and
disease. There are many people who do everything right
and still get sick and die. Some will argue that there
are many people who do everything wrong and live long,
seemingly healthy lives. However, since we have no way
to predict who is who, we have to do our very best to
reduce our risk and promote our health.
Over the years in private practice,
we have seen how neglecting their health has drained
people of thousands of dollars, sometimes to the point
of bankruptcy. We have seen people who have saved up and
waited their entire lives to take a dream trip or to
send their kids to college, whose savings and dreams
were siphoned away to pay for health care expenses. We
have seen people with work injuries like carpal tunnel
syndrome or neck/back pain who have been unable to work,
unable to drive, and even unable to sleep without
pain. We have seen family members whose entire lives
become dominated by the necessity to care for another
family member who is sick or in pain. The effects of
long-term illness or disability on a family can be
devastating; in many cases, it happens to families who
are already over-stressed, under-loved, and emotionally
maxed out.
On the other hand, We have seen
people who have been unemployed due to their pain or
health condition choose to adopt new healthy habits:
within a short period of time they are back at work
making money, taking care of themselves and their
families again, and are able to put away savings for
their retirement.
We have heard every excuse you can
imagine as to why people believe they can’t afford the
time or money to invest in their health. But the truth
is that you must invest in your health today, or disease
may bankrupt you in every way later. If you don’t have
the time and money to improve your health while you feel
good, what makes you think you will have the time and
money to improve your health once you have lost it? As
Anthony Robbins once said, "you can make time for
wellness now or you can make time for sickness later."
The choice is yours.
With regards to your wellness, the
three main ideas that we really want to drive home . . .
- Health is not merely the absence of disease.
- The body has an innate intelligence that runs a
series of complex systems that rely on proper
balance and coordination in order to function
correctly.
- By living a wellness lifestyle you can enrich
your life with vibrant health.
Call us at (215)340-9949 to receive
relief now. |