"American vending machines are more deadly than sharks"

Wait...what?  Yes I heard someone reference  this statistic the other day, so I immediately turned to the world wide wonderweb to research it a bit on my own.  And the verdict is...? Its true! 

In fact in the U.S., your local vending machine is four times more likely to kill you than a shark.  Of course, this primarily refers to accidents involving tipped over vending machines on potential customers who are are trying to influence the performance of the machine in a less than legal or acceptable manner. These are definitely "provoked" vending machine attacks.  Sharks on the other hand are much less predictable and mostly unprovoked. 

 I read another statistic in my research that claimed that "nearly all shark attacks occur within 150' of the shoreline."  Sounds deep, dangerous and  potentially preponderant-- up until one realizes that is simply because  nearly ALL people swim within 150' of the beach! One could probably also conclude that "nearly all vending machine deaths occur in the office break room."  So what is shown here is this interaction and potential outcome is based primarily on location and opportunity.

Your health can follow a similar path.  Are you creating opportunities and locating yourself to become healthier? Are you "provoking" healthy habits and choices?  The list is as long as you want to make it: eat healthy, sleep well, drink more water, exercise enough, think and be positive, etc...  As a provider of chiropractic care here at Alex City Chiropractic, we will of course  include "have your spine checked for misalignment" to this list.  If you're not doing any or all of these things now, you can certainly start!

So the obvious conclusion I reached after my exhaustive seven minutes of research for this blog? If I stay out of the ocean at the beach and it's vending machine infested water, I will probably be completely safe from reaching any untimely demise there, and I'm not about to get close enough to that hammerhead in the break room to lend him any change for a Snickers bar-- no matter how hungry he looks!!!

Stay adjusted my friends!!

Doug Roberts, D.C.