What is Chiropractic Care?

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A Vertebral subluxation is a misalignment of a bone in your spine called a vertebra.  This misalignment puts pressure on the nerve, which in turn reduces the transmission of the mental impulse.

A Vertebral Subluxation are causes by three different types of stress: Thoughts, Traumas, and Toxins.   An example of a Trauma often includes falls, accidents, repetitive microtraumas.  Emotional stress often leads to tension/ tightness of muscles in the back which also contribute to vertebral subluxation.  Lastly, Chemical stress includes anything that affects muscle tone and directly the position of the vertebra examples of this include food, alcohol, and drugs.

Most of the time you will not know.  Most subluxations are painless and can be there for years with no symptoms.  This whole time, the subluxation is causing damage to the surrounding body tissue.  This is because nerves in the body do not have feeling until the terminate where the nerve endings are. Sometimes subluxations can cause discomfort this is because the vertebra that is being affected is putting pressure on the tissues that has nerve endings directly connected to the vertebra.

A Chiropractor is a trained professional who uses objective findings to locate, analyze, and correct vertebral subluxations. These corrections of the vertebral subluxation is called an adjustment. This takes the pressure off the nerve and lets your innate intelligence work at its best by letting your body adapt to the world around it better.

As often as you are subluxated.  When you first start getting adjusted many patients find they need to be adjusted more often.  With time and continued care spinal muscles will get stronger and they are able to hold the adjustment longer and the frequency will be reduced.

No. You should get adjusted in any area where there are subluxations.  Often times an area that needs an adjustment does not correspond to an area that is bothering you. Staying well adjusted keeps those other areas from bothering you along with allowing you innate intelligence to work at its full potential.

Any age is the correct age to start care.  Anyone with a spine needs subluxations removed this includes children.  Kids need their subluxations removed from their spines as well. They are still maturing, and a subluxation free spine can help them grow up stronger.