I was eating lunch yesterday at one of my favorite cafes in Ventura, when I overhear a lady at the next table say “My back really hurts – I caught a draft in my back by sitting near an open window!”  Oh my, said her friend, and promptly reached into her purse to produce her large bottle of  Extra Strength pain reliever to help her friend with her back pain.  “I always carry these with me for my back pain” she exclaimed.

I honestly didn’t know that these old wives tales were still around and still believed.  We’ve all heard statements like this before – perhaps you have even used them in your conversations. 

But really, how much sense does it make to say “You caught a draft” I can visaulize a good cartoon of someone with a catcher mitt sticking out of their back – to “catch” that draft as it wafts by.

What about the similar phase, “I caught a cold”.  How do you catch a cold?  The phrase makes it sound like you would actively go out looking for a cold virus to snatch on to it and “catch” it.  How absurd!

In reality, we don’t “catch” a cold virus, or a bout of back pain – WE EARN THEM!

Yes, you “earn” your back pain from all the accidents and injuries that you have had in the past, the lack of exercise and the poor dietary choices we make.  The same is true of “catching a cold”.  We “earn” the bold by not getting enough rest, or exercise, being stressed out, eating improperly and not keeping our nervous systems operating properly (meaning not getting regular spinal adjustments which removes nerve pressure from your nervous system so your body can operate at full function).

The next time you say, or think, I caught a draft or a cold, think about it!  What did you actually do to earn it?  If you are ready to take care of yourself, it is vital you get a spinal adjustment to remove nerve interference.