Last summer, I had an opportunity to visit the suburbs of Wichita, Kansas. The neighborhood that we stayed in was older than most that I’d seen in recent years. If the trees could talk, they could have told stories of every house from its construction. They likely looked at each other while the homes were being built and smiling, wondering if this was yet another passing fad. The sidewalks are stamped with years dating to the early 1900’s. There is history in the scent of the breeze as it moves the leaves from one house to the next.
The house that we stayed at was likely termed a mansion back in the day. The front door was wider than most that I see on contemporary homes and the hinges were ancient (albeit functional) for such a large door. The knocker on the center of the door likely gets ignored except by the occasional youth that desires to use it “just for the fun of it." The newer “wireless” doorbell grabs the attention of the present. Inside, the home shows its age, but not in a decrepit way. From the craftsmanship to the molding and to even the corners of the room, I found real wood that had been protected with a varnish of sorts that likely predates me. The pocket doors that separate “the servant’s quarters” from the rest of the house are akin to the secret walls of A Sherlock Holmes novel that only opened when the secret book in the library was tilted, nearly imperceptible unless you saw them open. Every room was enormous, with the exception of the kitchen and the bathroom. Dumbwaiters were located on each of the three floors, falling to the basement. The brick walls insulated the home better than most.
Interestingly enough this home was bought by a family member of ours for “a steal." It was so “old” and on the market for so long with no one interested.
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Someone once said that when looking for a home, you should make sure that it has good “bones,” which is another way to say you should look at the structure to see just how functional it is. Because no matter how old the home, if the “bones” are good, there is something to work with. There is a great deal of truth there, not just regarding homes, but regarding your health.
Your health is greatly impacted by your structure. If your structure is healthy then you have the best opportunity to function well, no matter how old you get. It’s a concept that people have got distracted from in our society with all the amazement of technology.
Your chiropractic care is about making sure that your structure - your bones - maintain good motion and alignment. Many people (and more all the time) are realizing that living to a ripe old age and still having a healthy functioning body is a worthy agenda to tend to.
Seek out your chiropractor. Make a plan to stay healthy. Make a plan to have healthy structure. Make a plan to last longer than most.
How are your bones?
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