Tip Of The Iceberg
By Dr. Rob Davis
Have you ever studied a diagram of an iceberg? From above the surface of the water, your eye can only see about 10% of the iceberg’s total mass while the remaining 90% remains out of sight, lurking below the surface. An iceberg is a good metaphor for the way we should understand the total picture of our health. The symptoms we experience represent only 10-15% of the issue that is causing those obvious symptoms to appear. To understand the whole picture, uncover the web of dysfunction, and discover the path to true healing, we have to delve below the surface.
Symptoms can also be compared to the check engine light on your car. If you’re on a road trip and the check engine light comes on, you’re alerted to a problem with your vehicle. Would taking a piece of duct tape and covering up that check engine light solve the problem? Absolutely not, it would only prevent you from seeing the blinking light that’s alerting you to a bigger issue. In fact, covering up the check engine light puts you in greater danger in the long run because what started out as a small problem will get worse and worse if you continue on your road trip and don’t address the problem. Pretty soon, you’re sitting on the side of the road with smoke and steam rolling off your engine. This is what it’s like when we take medication to mask our symptoms. Covering them up doesn’t change the fact that there’s a problem. To really figure out the issue with our car, we must go to a mechanic and have them look under the hood. To figure out the issue with our body, we need to untangle the web of dysfunction that’s causing the symptom to surface.
In a car, there are a multitude of reasons why the check engine light appears. It could be a fuel issue, a spark plug issue, a battery issue, or something else entirely. Think of your health symptoms as your body’s check engine light. In the same way that a check engine light comes on for a variety of reasons, our symptoms can result from a variety of health issues. This is one of the most important concepts that I teach my patients – the root cause of symptoms is different for every single person because their web of dysfunction is completely unique.
There are three main reasons why a “one size fits all” strategy does not work for solving chronic health problems. The first reason is that two people could be experiencing the same exact symptoms for completely different reasons. The second reason is because a doctor with preconceived notions tends to miss important clues that reveal what’s really going on beneath the surface. The third reason is because it tends to produce doctors that are symptom-reduction oriented rather than results oriented.
Every time I walk into a room with a patient, I check my ego at the door because I want to solve their problems, not mask them. I am result oriented, and I am solution oriented. I’m committed to getting results for my patients, and I will exhaust all of my resources to do it.
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Dr. Robert Davis is a Chiropractic Physician trained in Functional Neurology. He has been in practice since 1998.
Dr. Rob Davis, DC is the Best Selling Author of Breaking the Cycle, How to take control of your health when traditional medicine has failed. Call 239-482-8686 to schedule your 7 Point Brain, Body and Gut Exam ™ Today!
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