Chiropractic is a natural method of health care with the proven ability to relieve back pain, increase vitality, and promote well-being.
For over a century, doctors of chiropractic have successfully helped millions of individuals recover from spine-related health problems.
As a result, chiropractic has earned its place as the largest drugless and non-surgical health care profession in the United States.
The human body possesses a natural ability to restore itself, which depends on a healthy nervous system. Life’s events such as automobile accidents, sports injuries, repetitive work, and home stress are just some of the factors that can overwhelm the body’s ability to adapt.
The joints of the spine ‘lock up’ when these sorts of events occur, limiting range of motion. Spinal joint restriction and/or misalignment results in irritation and/or pressure at the spinal nerve.
Chiropractic care can correct these structural distortions, known as subluxations, restoring the body to its optimal form and function. Subluxations may cause these local symptoms around the joints of the spine, back, and neck:
- Pain
- Tenderness
- Swelling
- Tingling
- Numbness
- Spasms
Many times these sensations extend further into the shoulders and arms, around the rib cage, or into the hips and down the legs. Subluxations can even lead to headaches, stomach and digestive problems, and loss of overall health
Impaired nerve coordination causes the whole body to suffer. Vital instructions flow between the brain and the body by way of spinal nerves. These instructions inform and direct the body as to when, where, and how it needs to heal itself. By irritating nerves, subluxations interfere with the essential brain/body exchange, thereby compromising the normal function of the body’s organs and tissues.
Chiropractic care clears the path for the body to maintain its own health.
Subluxation cause problems in the body by:
- Causing a narrowing of the space between the bones through which the nerves pass, often resulting in irritation of the nerve itself.
- Disrupting the normal flow of energy along the nerve fibers, distorting the signals that travel along the nerve.
- Irritated nerves can also cause muscle spasms that can further distort the alignment of the vertebrae.
- The surrounding tendons and ligaments can become stretched out or scarred, leaving the spine with either a permanent instability or restriction.
These changes get progressively worse over time if they are not treated correctly, leading to:
- Chronic pain
- Inflammation
- Arthritis
- Muscle trigger-points
- Bone spurs
- Loss of movement
- Muscle weakness and spasm
Good health depends, in part, upon a normally functioning nervous system. In order to be truly healthy, it is vital that your nervous system be functioning free of interference from subluxations.
Regular chiropractic care can minimize this interference and improve the way you feel.
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