Back in the day, I used to play Ultimate 3 days a week on a year-round basis. It was, and still is, a passion of mine. But life got in the way of play, and for quite some time, I didn’t have the pleasure of playing like I used to.

But like most “weekend warriors”, I longed to get back “into the game”.

So after riding by the park one Saturday afternoon, observing a game in progress, and finding out the days they played – I resolved to begin again. The next step was to dig out the old bag of cleats and pertinent items. Finding everything was a small success in itself.

So I jumped in head first, 3 days a week, rain or shine. The result? Sore! Which slowly subsided as my muscles acclimated. But I got ankle and foot pain like never before, that would become excruciating and force me to stop sooner than I desired!

Be tough! Play through it! It will get better! Right? Hmmm, didn’t happen.

So I paid closer attention to my cleats. They were quality and had served me well for a long time. I had played on them for years, and literally had over 1,000 miles of Ultimate time in them. But in truth, they were worn out, lacking proper support, and even had a missing lug.

One practice with my new cleats and I can tell all is going to be well.

And the lesson?

I had never had that foot or ankle pain before, I was wearing the same cleats, I did not have an injury. So why the pain? Why now?

After a little pondering, I knew.

Because the body adapts very well to anything that happens to it slowly, and over time. The cleats didn’t wear out over-night, it took years, with the worst changes coming over the last several months when I used to play.

But now I hadn’t played in years, and my foot wasn’t “used” to that problem. So now it was easy for my body to “sense” what was wrong because it was immediately new and different, without months of gradual onset like it had been before.

And the same is true for all conditions, and all of our bodies. It’s easy to fall in the trap of ignoring the little things that aggravate us slowly over time, and to only pay attention to something “new” or “worse”. But that’s a definitive prescription for self destruction – because you’re really destroying yourself by not paying closer attention.

The worst thing you can do to yourself is to be “used to” a problem.

As a chiropractor I can help you pay attention to your health, your nerve system, and your frame in a way that will allow you to easily “sense” what is right or wrong again with your body.

And that gives you more power and control again over what happens to your health.

Dr. Brad Pennington

http://www.bradpennington.com/

303-820-3336

Is still one. If you can understand that, then you can understand what is happening to our dollar and our economy right now. Let’s say you have zero dollars. I loan you $100. I’m really nice so I keep the interest rate low, even just 1%.

Now you owe me $101. Not bad.

Now where will you get the extra $1? You don’t have any other dollars, and the ONLY place you can get them is from me. So borrow another $100. Now you owe me $202.

Where will the extra $2 come from?

Borrow another $100. Starting to see the insanity?

That’s how it works with our Federal Reserve System. Which is NOT Federal, it’s PRIVATE! They are a group of private individuals who are stealing ALL our money from us.

How? Our government “debt” is owed to the (private) Federal Reserve. AND, every penny of all “income” tax goes to pay this debt to the (private) Federal Reserve. ALL of it. None of our “income” tax “runs” the government. It is going to a group of private individuals who are stealing it from us.

And it gets worse. The (private) Federal Reserve is promoting this incessant printing of money, so the actual value of each dollar goes down as more are printed. And, they are confiscating our precious metals. All the gold and silver that used to be in reserve to back up the value of our paper, went where? And all the valuable metal that used to be in our coins has been removed and is now, …where?

Each and every one of us should do something about this.

Now what does this have to do with health? Well, if you are smart enough to understand this, then you can certainly understand that health will NEVER be created, restored, or maintained by the use of drugs and surgery.

Chiropractic care actually creates health. Exercise creates health. Proper nutrition creates health.

Do you have a chiropractor? Every human should.

Dr. Brad Pennington

www.bradpennington.com

303-820-3336