Yosemite holds a very dear place in the heart of my wife (Diana) and myself, and to our children as well. When I as 19 and Diana was 18 we went against our parent’s admonitions and got married. We had no money so we spent a week driving around the lower half of California for our honeymoon, spending 4-5 nights in Yosemite. And it was then and there that our love for our nation’s second oldest national park was solidified. Every couple of years we have made the pilgrimage back to the land of waterfalls, Sequoia trees, lakes, rivers, meadows, and granite domes. One such dome that borders the famous Yosemite Valley is called Half Dome. It is justly named because one half of the dome was sheared off by a glacier which left the remaining half. After having gone to Yosemite for over 20 years, I finally decided to make the 8.2 mile one way trek from the valley floor to the top of Half Dome with my 13 year old son, Ricky. We took off at dawn on a Friday and made great time. 8.1 miles after we had started we came to the dreaded cables. You see, the national park rangers have set up the last 900 feet of the climb with steel cables running through posts set into holes in the side of the dome. At the base of each pair of posts is a 2x4 piece of wood so you can rest during the climb. This is all done by the park service for the weary hiker because the last 900’ is at a 40% angle of ascent on a sheer granite wall. Undoubtedly weariness has contributed to deaths as people have fallen from the cables. So let me tell you that when you first come to the base of these cables and look up as they disappear over the hump of the dome into oblivion, you wonder in your mind, or aloud as the moment may take you, “What the he?? am I doing here?” As I said, I was with my 13 year old boy, so I could do little more than to say, “Ricky, put on your gloves. Let’s climb. And then tremble up the wall of death.
Needless to say I survived the cables and then went on to lead two more teams to the top. Getting to the top of anything can be a very great goal to achieve, most particularly when it comes to health. Nice segue, huh? There is no greater feeling than knowing not only that you are healthy but also that you are doing all that you can to remain healthy. Throughout life there are hills and mountains for all of us to climb, and some will lead us to ask “What the he?? am I doing here?”
From a chiropractic perspective, there are three basic reasons why the he?? you are here in my office, the three benefits of subluxation correction. In your mind you may fall more or less into one of the following categories, but in reality you are in all three right now. First, less pain. Second, slowing of spinal joint and disc aging and degeneration. And third, improved overall health (due to improved organ function, improved blood supply, and less inflammation).
We all want to feel better right now. We all want to have our spines last a lifetime (spinal degeneration is the largest cause of disability). But mostly, we all want our bodies to work properly with a minimum of breakdown and disease. These are all goals of our programs of Initial Intensive, Reconstructive, and Wellness Care.
Needless to say I survived the cables and then went on to lead two more teams to the top. Getting to the top of anything can be a very great goal to achieve, most particularly when it comes to health. Nice segue, huh? There is no greater feeling than knowing not only that you are healthy but also that you are doing all that you can to remain healthy. Throughout life there are hills and mountains for all of us to climb, and some will lead us to ask “What the he?? am I doing here?”
From a chiropractic perspective, there are three basic reasons why the he?? you are here in my office, the three benefits of subluxation correction. In your mind you may fall more or less into one of the following categories, but in reality you are in all three right now. First, less pain. Second, slowing of spinal joint and disc aging and degeneration. And third, improved overall health (due to improved organ function, improved blood supply, and less inflammation).
We all want to feel better right now. We all want to have our spines last a lifetime (spinal degeneration is the largest cause of disability). But mostly, we all want our bodies to work properly with a minimum of breakdown and disease. These are all goals of our programs of Initial Intensive, Reconstructive, and Wellness Care.