Why Should I See a Chiropractor?
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Chiropractic is the largest non medical healing art in the world. This natural healing profession, (no drugs, no surgery), attracts millions of patients each year. Chiropractors offer a unique service other doctors can't - they can remove spinal subluxations!
What's a spinal subluxation you ask? Subluxations are misalignments of the spine that end up resulting in some type of nerve interference. Subluxations occur for many reasons. Falls, bumps, injuries, sleeping "funny", poor posture, accidents, working out, playing sports and a million other "life happens" things cause subluxations. Everyone has "subluxated" themselves at one time or another. |
Ok...I get it but why should I see a chiropractor?
The whole premise of chiropractic care is to remove nerve interference by adjusting the vertebrae of the spine. Nerves and the spinal cord travel down, inside and thru the spine. If the spine does not flex or bend properly, the paths the nerves travel will be affected. Chiropractors assess the motion of the spine and then realign it using spinal adjustments in order to restore proper nerve flow. Proper nerve flow is essential to overall health.
The whole premise of chiropractic care is to remove nerve interference by adjusting the vertebrae of the spine. Nerves and the spinal cord travel down, inside and thru the spine. If the spine does not flex or bend properly, the paths the nerves travel will be affected. Chiropractors assess the motion of the spine and then realign it using spinal adjustments in order to restore proper nerve flow. Proper nerve flow is essential to overall health.
Yellow : Nerves exiting spinal column
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What's so important about my nerves?
You have 33 pairs of spinal nerves that have to exit the spinal column. The key is to make sure there isn't any external pressure on the nerves. If there is, whatever those nerves feed will not function correctly. Those 33 pairs of spinal nerves control EVERYTHING you do, consciously or not. For example: the same nerves that control strength in the legs also control bowel and bladder function, intestinal motility and reproductive sensation. The nerves that control muscles that cause extension in your mid-back also |
feed your heart and lungs. So that's why it's so important to make sure that your spine is aligned properly and that your nerves can freely run down your spine and do their job without pressure from surrounding tissues, discs and vertebrae.
So Wrap it up for me Doc...
Usually people start going to a chiropractor because they're experiencing pain. Because your nerves control everything that goes on in your body, it's typical for patients to find that once their spine is aligned and their body becomes more balanced, they'll find other ailments they had will disappear. Once your body is aligned properly, your nerves have the room to do their job correctly and your body will function at a much higher level.
Usually people start going to a chiropractor because they're experiencing pain. Because your nerves control everything that goes on in your body, it's typical for patients to find that once their spine is aligned and their body becomes more balanced, they'll find other ailments they had will disappear. Once your body is aligned properly, your nerves have the room to do their job correctly and your body will function at a much higher level.