Mike Cooney

Several years ago, I had an interesting experience with a chiropractor. I was living in Columbia, Maryland, and there was a community fair near the lake. Many local businesses set up booths to promote their wares, crafts etc. One of the booths was the local chiropractor. In his booth, he had two scales. The idea was that you put one foot on each scale, and the computer would calculate and display the difference in weight on each foot. A perfectly balanced person would display “0,” since there would be equal weight on each foot. The chiropractor invited me to try and so I mounted the scales. Not suprisingly, I was out of balance by about 15 pounds. The Dr. looked at me carefully and told …