Congratulations USA Hockey

Hockey counts goals for the win.

There’s much consternation for Canadian hockey fans over their silver medal at the Olympics.  Many are feeling that Team Canada skated better and was the better team throughout the whole game, only to lose in overtime 2-1.  And as the American players admit, mostly due to the American goalie who stopped 41 of 42 shots.  Amazing. 

I watched the last two periods and overtime and I’d agree, they did own the rink and skated better and outshot the American team.  But in hockey, what counts for the win is pucks in the net. Results. You can skate, shoot, have no penalties…. Etc… but what counts is the result.  The result was Americans got gold and Canada Silver due to how many pucks got in the net.

It’s a great life lesson, sometimes you do almost everything right but get no result.  It’s because there’s something that’s not quite right. So, the whole result is not great. 

This is true in your health.  You can do “most” things right and have a health disaster that seems like just bad luck.  It’s not.  We have an impressive capacity to adapt to stressors.  Dietary, physical and emotional stressors have negative costs on our health.  Most of which we adapt to.  But, the system isn’t forgiving of every stressor.  Some or even one, can cause a health problem that may seem random and just by chance ( the phrase s—t happens, comes to mind), but there’s always a cause.  We just aren’t always able to identify it.  But, very few health problems are chance. Getting hit by a bus or an asteroid is chance.  Heart disease, allergies, headaches, etc… those have causes.  

And, if they have a cause, they usually have a solution.  Beginning with, remove the stressor. 

We specialize in removing the physical stressor an injured spine causes in the nervous system function.  But, we understand that the emotional and chemical (diet) stressors can do this as well.  That’s why we do workshops on how to shop, cook, eat, keep toxins out of our environment etc…  will all help you stay healthy.  

It’s out of our lane to counsel on emotional stressors, but adjusting the spine and optimizing the nervous system helps you deal with emotional stressors like your job or finances or kids or spouse.  As it happens, we’re all a bit imperfect and living with each other’s imperfections is stressful. We can’t eliminate the stress for you but we can make you more resilient and adaptable to the stresses.

Congratulations to Team USA Men’s and Women’s Hockey.  It’s been awhile since USA has won gold in Olympics. The last time, I was just out of high school. And a double win for both men's and women's teams. Yay!

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