What does forgiveness have to do with the chiropractic care you receive? A lot! Everyone knows and can relate to the expression of “a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.” Why do we use that analogy? Because any harbored anger or resentment literally has a negative, deleterious effect on your physiology and the functioning of your body. It wears on you, accelerates your aging, and weighs you down.

When we feel “weighted down” we are actually holding tension in our body. Muscles are tight and unbalanced, we are limited in our range of motion with our neck, shoulders, low back – and it’s a vicious circle that over time layers up with more and more levels of tension. Chiropractic brings balance to these muscles and your body’s function, yet you can take a proactive approach by practicing the art of forgiveness. A simple apology, a phone call, a letter can relieve so much stored up tension – it’s like receiving several chiropractic adjustments with one act of forgiveness.

Forgiveness can even be done in solitude. A letter to someone that you never deliver can still create a feeling of peace about that individual or circumstance. Journaling your feelings and emotions, looking for reasons that past negative experience have actually helped you become stronger, more capable, (whatever it may be) can wipe away the cloudiness of your life.

Mark Twain said it best: “Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds upon the heel that crushed it.”