How many of the people that you know or walk by every day have some sort of chronic disease?
According to the most recent stats, 6/10 or 60% of Americans have one chronic disease, and 4/10 or 40% have 2 or more.
What are some examples of chronic diseases?
- Heart disease
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- COPD/Asthma
- Chronic Pain
A chronic disease is generally anything that lasts longer than 3 months to a year that requires consistent monitoring, treatment, or testing.
How much of that chronic disease is preventable?
Research indicates that 80% of chronic diseases are preventable with simple lifestyle changes, such as tobacco cessation, improved diet, moderate exercise, and maintenance of a healthy weight.
You read that correctly, 80% is preventable through lifestyle modification. Most of these diseases mentioned above do happen over time due to a combination of genetics, environment, and lifestyle choices such as diet and activity.
That means you have the power to minimize your risk! Which is so exciting!
Now, why is this newsletter focused on chronic disease?
As chiropractors, we are concerned with much more than just neck or back pain. We want to raise awareness about everything related to health, and particularly how chiropractic care can impact your health. Many people are unaware of what we really do.
Chiropractic has been shown in research studies to:
- Decrease blood pressure
- Decrease the amount of insulin needed for diabetics
- Boost the immune system
- Improve reflexes and neurological activity
- Improve heart rate variability
- Decrease pain and reliance on pharmaceuticals and injections
- Slow the rate of degeneration and aging
Our Mission
We’re on a mission here at Topsail Chiropractic, as you can probably tell. We want to serve as many people as possible with Chiropractic care and improve the overall health of our community. You know people, friends, family members, co-workers. How many of them would be better off being under chiropractic care? All of them, either a little or a lot!
Let them know that they can come with you to an appointment, call or message us, or you can give us their contact info and we will gladly call or even zoom them to see if we can help. We will check their spines and make sure no power from the brain is being cut off to their organs and bodies. Let them know that because they know you there is no charge for this!
It feels great to see other people’s lives change!
