Monday 12 August 2013

Putting your money where your health and minutes are...

Now, before any of my patients start to freak out and think that I have traded careers to become a financial advisor - don't stress...

...what I am going to do today though, is challenge the way you spend money on items that affect your health...

...now, I have friends out there who will spend themselves an extra $2,000 - $10,000 dollars to get themselves the sports or special edition version of one of these:


...but then won't spend an extra $600 - $1,200 to get the top of the line version of one of these:


...now, I understand that the bed doesn't carry the social status that may come with the car but I'm going to make this really simple - which one do you spend more time in??

...realistically, most of you will spend less than 90 minutes a day in the first one, but will spend somewhere between six to ten hours in the second one. Which, to me in numeric terms, means the bed will have four to seven times the amount of effect on your body than the car will (unless you're being struck by one, obviously).

...but more than the bed - how many people do you know who will refuse to spend more than $200 - $300 on one of these??


...now, the humble office chair is inhabited by most people anywhere between six to sixteen hours a day...which, working on the same calculations above, means it should have four to eleven times the amount of effect on your body as the car does...

...and finally, who refuses to spend more than a couple of hundred dollars on a pair of these??


...we're in a pair of shoes anywhere between twelve to eighteen hours - that's a cumulative effect that is eight to twelve times that of the car...

...now, I'm not telling you where to spend your money...but the next time you're about to buy something, consider how often you will wear / use it, and how much effect that may have on your health...and then hopefully, spend accordingly...

...as always if you need to know more: the.chiro@mail.com