How do you know if you’re healthy? Most people answer this question, “I feel good.” Although we all want to feel good, there is so much more to being healthy than how you feel! The World Health Organization defines health as: “a state of optimal physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Webster’s defines health as: “a state of wholeness in which all organs are functioning 100%, 100% of the time.”
Health is not only how you feel; it’s how you are functioning. Thousands of Canadians die of heart attacks each and every year, unfortunately, the heart attack is often the first sign of heart disease that may have been developing for up to fifteen years before the first symptom, the heart attack, occurs. So you can’t wait until symptoms show up before you decide to act. Symptoms are a poor barometer of health and usually show up late in the disease process.
Think about it… Have you ever had a friend who was feeling great, had a PAP smear, a mammogram or a chest x-ray and was given bad news several days later? Cancer doesn’t develop in just a few days and yet they were feeling good.
Do you know someone who has diabetes? You know that as long as they are taking a proper quantity of insulin they have no symptoms and feel great. Meanwhile the disease continues to ravage their body over time producing circulatory problems, nerve system disorders, kidney damage, and eventually blindness.
The choice is yours; would you rather live By Design so your body functions at an optimal level or live the typical North American lifestyle and unknowingly allow various diseases progress to a level of crisis before you seek action?
You can’t wait until symptoms develop before you decide to maintain or regain health… it might be too late!
Dr. Michael Gibson has committed himself to helping others to live the best life possible. After graduating with a Bachelor of Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario, he received his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree and Masters of Science in Chiropractic Sports Science from Life University. He is the co-creator of Life By Design, owner of The Wellness Group, and co-owner of CrossFit 613. His passion for empowering families runs deep. After experiencing the loss of his sister due to illness, Michael’s purpose became reaching and teaching as many as possible the foundational principles of an extraordinary life. Since that time he has passionately pursued and been successful in living out his dream. He maintains a busy family chiropractic practice, a full speaking schedule and finds time to implement the principles and practices of Life By Design in his own life.
