Spinal Disease
by Dr. Ben Lerner

"The illiterate in the 21st Century will not be those who can't write, but those that can't learn, unlearn, and relearn." -Alvin Toffler

Disease is what is happening to our bodies today, or more specifically, disease is what's causing abnormalities in our bodies today. After twenty years in the health care industry, it is blatantly obvious that this is where the real denial sets in.

When looking at an X-ray of your spine, we note the forward head posture, loss of normal curvature, the wrong angles on an atlas, or scoliosis. It is here that you as a patient think, "this isn't as bad as seeing cancer or heart disease". This thought is absolutely wrong, for these conditions are the same, if not more important to your health and well-being.

Research done within the medical industry has found that loss or increase of spinal curves, as mentioned above, increases mortality (speeds up death).1 Spinal conditions like scoliosis are really spinal disease, and have a proven mortality rate of 15 percent, and may take up to 14 years off of your life if left uncorrected.2 Contrary to medical misinformation, scoliosis correction, the restoration of spinal curves, and correction of other forms of vertebral misalignment are effective and predictable through certain specific types of chiropractic care.

1 "Spine" Volume 30(21), November 1, 2005 pp. 2388-2392 revealed work done by Shimizu, Kentaro MD; Nakamura, Masaya MD; Nishikawa, Yuji MD; Hijikata, Sadahisa MD; Chiba, Kazuhiro MD; Toyama, Yoshiaki MD.

2 J Bone Joint Surg Am-1981 Une 63 (5): 702-12 Weinstein SL, Zavala, DC, Ponseti IV