Tuesday 15 November 2011

How Is The Spine Like A Guitar?

When chiropractic was first explained to me I knew that its principle was sound.
The principle to which I'm referring is LIFE itself.

The first chiropractor said..."Life is the expression of TONE".

What is tone?
Simply put tone is VIBRATION.
So it would be true to extrapolate that 'Life is the expression of vibration.'

To understand this better, think of the guitar mentioned above.
A guitar's strings vibrate when played.
The tone of the vibration is expressed through the wood of the instrument.

As a chiropractor who also plays a guitar, I know that to make music I must adjust
the vibration of the strings by applying pressure along the instrument's neck.

As a guitar player who also practices chiropractic, I know that to assist my patients to make the music of their lives, I must adjust the vibration of their spinal nerves by applying pressure along along the instrument's neck.

"There is a Universal Intelligence (vibrating) in all living things which is constantly and continuously sharing its qualities and actions with the instrument, thereby expressing through it as Life." ...(Chiropractic Premise)

True health and healing relates to this principle of  invisible Intelligence vibrating into visible life expression. What, how or why a human being chooses to believe, think, say, do or eat is entirely secondary to the Truth of this basic principle. (chiropractic's purpose and practice is entirely unique.)

For a human being to experience the true value of their life unique potential ;the fundamental vibration of what they are must be expressed in the key of their authentic TONE.

This is the chiropractic meaning of Life and the individuals journey to know TRUE HEALTH.
When a guitar is abused or ignored, it's music is painful to the ear.
When a spine is abused or ignored, it's music is destructive to the totality of the human instrument and therefore threatens the species as a whole.
"Get the Big Idea and all elso follows."...B.J. Palmer, the developer of the chiropractic profession.
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Both the spine and a guitar are best played when IN TUNE.

Tuesday 1 November 2011

Why Chiropractic Adjustment is the Ultimate Tune-up for your nervous system!

Remember this.. health is simple if not easy. It is disease that may become complicated. Cellular biologist Bruce Lipton reminds us that 5% or less of humans are burdened with congenital genetic mutations - which means the vast majority of us are living with the absolute possibility of experiencing true health and wellbeing.
So why don't we? Once again, the answer for this majority of us is not complicated.
The basic forms of care are only three and include: self care, health care and crisis care.
They are self-explanatory really when you think about each type.

Being a chiropractor, my speciality is the optimization of my patient's central nervous system through the detection and reduction of SUBLUXATION. Subluxation is a neural-spinal condition which compromises the body's communication via its central nervous system. The specific adjustment is the unique chiropractic skill used for the sole purpose optimizing neural health in the people who use chiropractic care as a regular component of their 'health care' arsenal.

To more deeply understand how a dysfunctional spinal system can disturb the nerves, think of a stringed instrument like a guitar. The strings run from the body out along a fretboard to connect at the neck. Each one is tuned to a 'tone' or note. A player exerts pressure on the string altering the vibratory tone  of the strings to make music. Your spinal cord is attached at point between the upper spine, skull and the sacrum. Each of us faces daily stressors of three types; physical, chemical and metaphysical (emotional). This repetitive onslaught of challenges results in misalignments of the core structures of the spine,,, affecting the intimate relationship to the delicate nerves as mentioned above in this newsletter. Spinal subluxation is similar to the change in the vibratory rate of a guitar string as it is compressed digitally.  Because our nervous system controls and regulates all the body's functions the health implications of subluxation are massive and significant.

An adjustment is indeed the ultimate 'tune-up' because when performed on an ongoing basis to a health person, unecessary buildup of noxious effects of these contant stressors is defused allowing the body to communicate and function properly. Regular spinal checkups are necessary thoughout life to ensure optimal health in human beings of all ages.

Monday 29 August 2011

"LET THERE BE LIGHT"

All are but parts of one stupendous whole,
Whose body Nature is and God the Soul.
                                                              Poe

Principles are all good!
Everything in the principled Universe has this attribute of inherent connectedness....
...It's all good.
Scientific inquiry is beginning to awaken to its true role,,,that to be useful it must
ultimately recognize or acknowledge principle as the source of the Cause - effect dance.
Quantum physics innately respects the ordered chaos that is invisible Source Energy
This Force is also referred to as ''Quantum".
Newtonian physics honours the principles of objects in motion...the meaning of mechanics operating... an apple always falling downwards from the branch.
Light always dispells darkness and never is the reverse true. The realm of shadow owes its existence to the radiance of light...
Water flows downward, never up.
The paradox of Time as the one nonrenewable resource in an eternal Universe...
All true healing is simply principle in action.
Anything less complete is inherently iatrogenic...

Sunday 14 August 2011

Summer 2011- Family Health Check

Here's the thing - health is like anything in life... this what we put in determines the value of what we get back out!
I saw an excellent video today. Tony Robbins was speaking on the topic of what it takes to take our lives to the next level. One point was that we don't need a reason to feel and to be happy. The proof of this he offered was this: It isn't uncommon to hear someone say that they're not having the best day and the reason for this is "I woke up this way"...So if its possible to feel bad without any true reason; well then the reverse must also be true, we are desinge so we can feel awesome for no particular reason! Does this seem weird to you? How about the related thought that we are born to feel excited and to be happy and creative...and all for no reason. The behaviours we have learned that have the power to convince us otherwise are no more than bad habits we've adopted for no reason other than we believed something we've been told along the way by our parents, peers, teachers and preachers and anyone else we allowed ourselves to be exposed to.
The purpose of our Summer Family Health Check is to demonstrate to you how your family can enjoy unbelievable health just by not messing up a good thing. Your body comes with all the standard equipment needed to create the like of your dreams. Well, are you creating a life with enough pull to over come the untruths and misinformation you have been sold about your family's health and wellbeing. Doesn't this sound appealing to you. I hope so!
Visit our website and set up your Health Check and I'll show you how it works when you make up your own reason for living. See you next time.

Bob Pike...Unreal DC...Doctor of Cause for your Health and Wellbeing

ps: I know I promised to review how chiropractors help keep children in optimal health as they grow through the various stages of their lives...stay tuned!

Sunday 7 August 2011

What is our first life challenge?

All of us have been born. This would be the first stress of a physical nature for each of us.
The first spinal area to check is the upper neck. My neck wasn't checked until I was 23 years
old!  We know mucn more now than we did fifty years ago about the possibility of trauma during the birth process (TBS). I was pulled into this world with the assistance of high forceps. When studying cranial adjustment the instructor noticed the indentations in my skull that were caused by the foceps decades earlier.
One of the issues around TBS is need to check the newborn to check for the presence of subluxation.
Subluxation is the chiropractic term for disturbance of nerve conmmunication due to spinal stress of one form or another. On of the most common symptoms of this common condition is headache pain, but is can be totally asymptomatic. The reason for this is that our body is designed so well that 90% of our stress adaptation is hidden from us. I think of this as the stress threshold and we each have a unique tolerance for the stressor we must face each day of our lives
You might be wondering if your child may or even you have a subluxation disturbance in your upper spinal area. The upper spine is the area I've been fortunate to receive special training in.
If you'd like to be checked; give us a call to arrange for a free consultation and I'll be able to assess you with my computerized thermograghic scanner and show you exactly what's going on in this important area of your nervous system.
Next time well look at some of the other challenges the pediatric chiropractor can help with. See you next Blog. I'll be back on my regular Blog schedule now.

Yours for optimal health awareness,
Dr. Bob Pike

Sunday 3 July 2011

What stops us from living?

I am here to be a chiropractor  I teach it to my community and to my patients.  I am here to perform specific adjusments to improve spinal function. These adjustments reduce "subluxation" of the spinal system which can disturb nerve impusles as they are transmitting vital information and lifeforce messages to every cell, tissue and system of our living bodies.

The protection of the integrity of this delivery system is the most basic element of health.
Without them we can't move well.
Without them we can't digest what we eat properly.
Without these impulses circulating in their purest form our potential is comprimised.
Our living systems enter a state of less than optimal existence known as DISORDER.

It is this state of disorder which 'stops us from living'.

How is this possible?
Most of us don't grasp the principle which life proves in the first few months of our lives in mother's womb. From two cells, trillions are created as our body is built according to a pre-existing design.
Is this design visible? No. How does the invisible become a visible living form capable of self regulation, self organization and self healing?

What is true health care actually about if the above is true?
For a chiropractor the answer is to optimize the flow of this invisible force as a delivery system of all that is needed.
Is it important we know how to eat? Absolutely.
Is it important we know how to move? Yes!
Is it necessary to breath properly? Ummhmm.
Is how we use our mind to think and our heart to feel and express emotion something we need to learn  practice and train on?  If we want to really live these are vital to us. But they aren' health care, they are lifestyle choices.

Is it acceptable to live any lifestyle while our life energies are subluxated and altered from their true state?
Is is accetable to play an untuned guitar or piano? Well IS IT?

What make us lose our tune?
Would STRESS be too simple an answer?

'Stay tuned' next time as I delve into this matter of maladaptation to life's curveballs.

Yours for health and Well Being...from inside-out,

Dr. Bob Pike

Thursday 30 June 2011

"That Something" A Full Functioning CNS Creates!

How do we understand HEALING?  Would it be accurate to say that healing includes everything which needs to happen at the same time, all the time, for a life time in order to Live fully? How about describing LIFESTYLE? 

Thursday 2 June 2011

I Love Thinking About This Stuff!

We live on a living planet...the dominant theme here is LIFE.
Health has to be about increasing access by the forces of Life Expressing through its vehicle.
What the hell does that mean?

In the last blog I stated that Chiropractic is a BIG idea.
I don't really care what we call the idea.
Chiropractic schmiropractic.
It's about the invisible becoming visible HERE & NOW.
Big enough??
Why can't we fully perceive the invisible until it manifests?
Is our brain set that way for a reason?
The best way for human beings to appreciate the science behind the Life Principle is...
by observing conception and the process of gestation as a human form
is created by the forces determined to express through this awesome form.
What the hell does that mean?

Why do so many of us use these capacities to doubt the magnitude and meaning of what is BEING HERE & NOW.
It's not about any particular religion...There are many.
It's not about any scientific method...There are many ways of seeing and measuring the one and the many.
It is about what is noticing all this and why.
See you next time.
Thanks for spending the time here and now.
I appreciate it.

Dr. Bob Pike
Chiropractor




Next time we get into the physics of life expression as a function of whole health

Monday 23 May 2011

The Chiropractic Idea...It's big.

There's a saying about the fate of new ideas. They face a vicious cycle of ridicule, opposition and eventual acceptance as being self-evident. Chiropractic is at the third stage. At this time 2% of the world's population uses the chiropractic approach in their lifestyle as a part of their personal care strategy.
The simple explanation of our profession's unique role is this: Our Science: The brain is a master control of the trillions of cells and systems making the body's functions operate in the state of natural order. Nerve impules are sent at 300 miles/hr to and from the brain in response to the body's feedback through the central communication network - the spinal cord. Interestingly, both the brain and the cord are protected by bone. The fact that the verterbral bones forming a cable around the cord may misalign and disturb these nerves explains why chiropractors are mistaken for 'back' doctors.
Our Art: The art of chiropractic is the specific adjustment done for the purpose of restoring optimum connection within the spinal transmissions between body and brain.
If you have difficulty accepting the size of this idea, this means you are yet unfamiliar with our philosophy:  All health and healing is from above - down and inside-out.  (ADIO is the relevant chiropactic acronym!) You may have noticed the recent focus on brain health. Consider this...can a brain without complete connection to the body remain in a healthy state? In chiropractic we have a term for this condition. It is SUBLUXATION.
Stay tuned to this blog as I will demonstrate the chiropractic theory of dis-ease as a provable one. Nerve connection = order. Loss of nerve connection (subluxation) = disorder. In this blog we'll expand on this vitalistic paradigm of health and wellness explained in scientific terms that are known and accepted.

To the best in all of us,
Dr. Bob Pike, www.pikechiropractic.com, http://www.facebook.com/PikeChiropracticKeswickOntario

Tuesday 10 May 2011

The Triad of Health

There are lots of triangles in the sacred geometry of the Universe. Three is a recurring theme, for example, the milking stool, the tricycle and the push-scooter where one leg compliments the two wheels in order for speed and momentum to be possible with some control. The principle in physics is W=FxT (work equals force times time)
The Triad of Health shows up in several different dynamics as this blog will illustrate. Today let's look at the different dynamics behind one of your body's articulations or joints.  Take the elbow. If you want to have a drink of water from the glass you are holding in your hand several principles must coincide to produce the act of elbow flexion and bring the glass up toward your mouth.
There are three different components or forces involved if we simplify it: passive, active and interactive.
The bones of the upper and lower arm are passive and meet at the elbow joint, a sophisticated hinge-type articulation, similar to the knee in some ways. The term passive means bones cannot initiate movment on their own. They are functionally inert, making bone a passive player in the joint mechanism.
Muscle moves bone. But a muscle on its own isn't capable of either contraction (shortening) or relaxation (lengthening) without a nerve impulse to inform it which action to perform. Muscle is the active component of joint motion.
Interactive forces are signals broadcast from the brain to the muscle. It isn't possible to describe the interactive component of movement without some appreciation of the body's Innate Intelligence. For example, to contract one muscle and bring a glass of water to the mouth, the brain must simultaneously send an impulse to relax the opposing muscle allowing it to lengthen. 
In chiropractic, the triad we use to address the sophisticated interactivities within our body looks like this:
Matter - Force- Inteligence. That's it for today.
Next time we'll explore the chiropractic model of health as order and dis-ease as dis-order. The meaning of subluxation will be much more clear now that we more fully appreciate the Triad of Health.

To the best in all of us,
Dr. Bob Pike

Saturday 7 May 2011

What's in a name, or password for that matter?

This is my first blog entry.
The experience of facing the empty page with nothing but past esperiences and the unlimited potentials of my life to either express or not is both daunting and exhillarating.
Today is sunny and warm.
I choose to go out into these elements after an extended time of dim coolness.
Stay tuned for the next entry in which I will outline the triad of life at the core of true health and healing.
Understanding the mysterious synchronicities which coincide as true health or its apparent absence and communicating occasional insights is one of my passions.
I hope and intend for this sharing to be mutually beneficial in a huge way.

Thursday 28 April 2011

PCHC's 1st Blog

Thank you for joining in the converstion.

We would like to invite you to attend The Truth Workshop being held at Pike Chiropractic Healing Centre on Tuesday, May 3rd at 7:15 - 8PM.  This is a free event, open to patients and friends in our community.

Call ahead @ 905.476.6475 to reserve your seats!

Looking Ahead - PCHC is celebrating our 20th Anniversary on Saturday, June 25th starting @ 11AM.
We would like to show our appreciation to all our patients, friends and community.  We will be having an OPEN HOUSE  with a complimetary BBQ.  We look forward to seeing you there!