This is not to say that there isn’t a great deal more involved in examining a spine, but -
After you know what to look for it’s easy to tell if a spine is out of alignment.
If I am out in the mall, for example, and I see someone walking towards me I can tell that his spine and pelvis is out of alignment before I am close enough to recognize his face.
How?
* I look at how his head is tilted to one side and his neck leans the other way.
* I look at his shoulders and check to see if one is higher than the other one.
* Then I look at his hips or belt-line to see if one hip is higher than the other.
* When he stops walking and stands still for a moment I can look to see if one foot flares outward more than the other one and if he tends to stand with his weight more on one foot than the other.
These are all obvious signs of mis-alignment in the spine or pelvis.
Now, does that mean he would be in pain due to these misalignments?
Not necessarily, but he sure is a good candidate for back problems.
Mis-alignments don’t all hurt. At least not right away. Some, over time, may only cause things to not work quite right.
Because that happens over time - most of us rarely connect the dots
But, back to our friend in the mall - His back is in an unstable & weakened state. It is very easy to upset it.
One wrong move and it’s going to be like someone just pushed his pause button.
Could be today, tomorrow, next week - unless you can see around corners - who knows?
But why wait? Check yourself in the bathroom mirror. If you see your shoulders or hips are not level - why not do something about it before it does something about you?
Maybe you might want to check things a little further - Download the Backdoconline Consultation Form in the side bar under "Links". Fill it out and submit to learn more about your back.
Who do you know who looks like he is out of alignment that you can send this to?