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About
Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic care has been practiced for centuries, but did
not receive the name "Chiropractic" until the early 1900's. Its origination in
the United States is attributed to the works of D.D. Palmer in the late 1800's.
In fact, chiropractic celebrated its centennial in 1995.
Chiropractic is a drugless, hands-on approach to healing. Doctors of
Chiropractic understand that disease within the body is initiated by a blockage
of nerve impulses from the brain cell to the tissue cell. Every tissue, organ,
and gland in your body receives nerve impulses from the brain to control
function. There also exists a feedback loop from the tissue cell back to the
brain. This allows the brain total control over all bodily cells. For example,
for your heart to beat properly, it must be controlled 100% by the brain and
nervous system. For your lungs to work properly, they also must be controlled
100% of the time by the brain and nervous system. The same goes for muscles,
the bladder, the intestines, the reproductive organs, etc. Every tissue in your
body, when working optimally and properly, is controlled 100% of the time by
your brain and nervous system.
When a misalignment of the vertebrae in your spine occurs, also known as a
"subluxation," it exerts pressure on the small nerves that pass between each and
every spinal bone and between the skull and upper neck. This "pinches" or
stretches the nerves initiating disease. The organ affected by that particular
nerve begins to loose 100% control by the brain, thus is begins to malfunction.
For example, if your heart is only getting 50% of the normal impulses from the
brain, do you think it is working at its best? You may even develop symptoms,
such as murmurs, palpations, and angina should these aberrant impulses
continue. Of course, any organ in the body can be detrimentally affected by
pinched nerves and loss of control by the brain.
The symptoms of nerve stress are numerous, but the most common are
headaches, back pain, muscle pain, tingling, numbness, lack of muscle strength,
fatigue, and many internal complaints such as indigestion, asthma, heart
palpitations, constipation, diarrhea, and menstrual irregularities to name a
few. Basically, nerve irritation sucks the life out of your body and promotes
illness. Almost all illnesses can be attributed to an interference of the
mind-body connection. The role of chiropractic is to "reconnect" you and enhance
self-awareness, by removing the interference between the brain and body.
It is vitally important to have your spinal column examined by a Doctor of
Chiropractic to determine if subluxations are present. You do not have to be in
pain to have subluxations. Symptoms are a warning signal that your body is
desperately seeking attention. You do not need to reach this dire situation by
implementing preventative, natural, and conservative chiropractic care.
Bringing fast relief for your symptoms is a major priority in our office,
but we also emphasize the long-term benefits of chiropractic care. Our patients
are educated to realize the importance of wellness care, and keeping their
bodies "tuned-up" for their entire lives.
A regular schedule of chiropractic care can instill a stronger immune system,
better musculoskeletal performance, and overall improved health.
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