Doctors are Teachers

Doctor, as a title, originates from the Latin word (gen.: doctoris) which means teacher. The word is originally an agentive noun of the verb docēre (‘to teach’). It has been used as an honored academic title for over a millennium in Europe, where it dates back to the rise of the university. This use spread to the Americas, former European colonies, and is now prevalent in most of the world. Abbreviated “Dr” or “Dr.”, it is used as a designation for a person who has obtained a doctorate-level degree. Doctorates may be research doctorates or professional doctorates.

So what does it mean that a doctor should be a teacher? Well to me I would like someone that actually shows me what is wrong with my body. Symptoms are what most people base health off of, but symptoms are one of body’s last lines of defense. Symptoms arise after the underlying problem has been in the body for some time period. So when a Doctor only treats the symptoms and doesn’t work with you and educate you on what is actually causing the problem; your true health has been lost. Treating a headache with headache medicine will take the pain away but will it actually cure the problem? NO! The headaches are not coming on due to a lack of 800mg ibuprofen. The headaches are a warning sign from your body that something is not working properly in your body. So if your doctor just prescribes you a medication for everything the next time you see him ask him what he is doing to correct your problems? I bet you see a very confused look on someone’s face.

The major difference in Chiropractic and Medical paradigms is that chiropractic sole purpose is to locate the problem that is creating the symptoms and work on fixing that problem.  Remember symptoms are not the problem but are the bodies warning that there is an underlying issue. So at Koenig Family Chiropractic we use technology used by NASA space missions and we take specific x-rays to check the integrity of the spine and Nervous System. The Nervous System controls every single cell, tissue and organ in your body. If the integrity of this system is compromised at all then the body is not working at its optimal level.

So now think of your own personal “Doctor/Teacher”. If he/she has not stepped up and worked with you to educate you about True Health and fixing your health problems then its time to say enough is enough and find one that does more than treat individual symptoms and one that will treat your body as a whole.