The Six-Pack Rule for Your Spine

People blow my mind sometimes. I've been a chiropractor for a while now and it never fails that a few times per year someone who initially came in for care barely able to walk ends up getting better — sometimes even better than they were before their injury — and then they stop coming in to see us. Six months, a year, maybe two years later I hear from them in crisis mode once again and confused as to why this is happening again.

As frustrating as this can be for the person going through it, we have to understand that if we do not stay on top of keeping our spine healthy we will not achieve or maintain the results we've been experiencing as we're caring for it regularly. It should make total sense!

If we attain 'peak physique' because we were disciplined with exercise and diet, what do you think happens when we stop doing those things entirely? Do you maintain peak physique? No shot. It's no different with your spinal health. If you stop going to the chiropractor because you feel good and then issues come back, there really shouldn't be any surprises, because just like how you expect to lose your six-pack abs when you forego working out and start eating McDonald's every day, if you aren't taking care of your spine your issues are likely to remain recurring issues.

We educate our community on this principle constantly and yet there are some who still fall into this trap. It's disheartening for me personally because there are definitely times where it seems like all the work is for naught. I know this will come off as a rant, but I hope that someone who reads this will let it be a push to start taking responsibility for their own health outcomes and start looking for ways to be proactive in their health.

Love y'all.