Philip Cordova

According to various polls and questions asked of the public, more than 50% (sometimes 60%) of the population indicate they would consider visiting a chiropractor.

For the last forty years, the percentage of people that actually do so has remained the same. While more people are seeing chiropractors than ever before, consistently only 10% of the population does so.

If you ignore a back problem, it will likely not go away on its own. Sometimes you can get through an episode when it's early in the condition with some over the counter medications and rest. So you'd think. If the underlying problem is never addressed, the back pain problem is there to resurface again at a later date.

Usually when the pain returns, it hurts a little bit more and lasts a little bit longer.

If you've started to notice that your health is declining and it's time to do something about it, you're probably wondering where to start. You know you don't feel good, you know you're not doing enough healthy things for yourself, but it can all be a bit overwhelming. Even if your primary goal is to drop a few pounds and just feel better... which action should you take first?

One school of thought is to take massive action.

Uh oh, it's happened again. You can feel the initial "twinge." That is, you can feel the early warning sign that you low back pain problem is about to come back again. You knew you should have been keeping up with your chiropractic visits and the exercises your doctor gave you, but you just haven't done it.

You feel great most of the time, but you've learned that when you get this feeling, things are about to go downhill.

Once you see someone doing it, it's hard to avoid it any longer. You've seen it, you may have even done it. You stand on one leg. I'm not talking about standing on one leg like a flamingo, but rather standing where you are putting all of your weight on one side of your body.

Eventually, that side gets tired and you switch to the other side.