Health Benefits of Chiropractic Adjustments
"What is Chiropractic?"
The modern Chiropractor works both directly and indirectly with the nervous system. Every function of the body is under the control of this system. Every organ, tissue, and cell is controlled by nerve impulses traveling from the brain to all parts of the body.
In fact, the nervous system is the master system which controls all other systems of the body, including: the glandular, reproductive, digestive, eliminative, respiratory, and circulatory systems.
Every science of healing has what is known as an avenue of approach is the spine. For example, in the field of medicine, a hypodermic needle injects drugs through the skin; a pill is swallowed and goes into the stomach. They are the avenues though which the drugs gain access to the body.
In the field of Chiropractic, the avenue of approach is the spine. The spine houses and protects the spinal cord, the "switchboard" of the nervous system through which nerve fibers pass from the brain to different parts of he body.
For every effect there must have be a cause. If a person is ill, then the conditions of pain, regardless of name applied to it, is an effect for which there must have been a cause The nerves leave the spinal cord through openings between movable spinal bones called vertebrae. When vertebrae, through injury or posture problems, become misaligned they interfere with the normal function of these nerves. This misalignment causes pain and malfunction of the nervous system and is called a "subluxation." The subluxations then becomes the causes of pain.
The objective of Chiropractic care is to determine, through examination and x-ray, the exact degree of spinal misalignment producing this subluxation. Proper "adjustments" are given to remove these subluxations and thus resolve the cause of pain and malfunction.
What Are the Benefits?
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Restores mobility and functional position of any displaced bones of the spine |
Relaxes abnormal contraction of spinal muscles |
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Relieves irritation and pressure on nerves |
Relaxes tension of spinal alignments |
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Normalizes nerve stimulus throughout the body |
Induces general body relaxation |
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Acts to normalize functions of vital organs |
Acts to restore good health |
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Acts to rehabilitate any diseased parts |
Acts to prevent disease |
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Relieves local strain of spinal joints |
Promotes longer life |
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Relieves congestion and adhesions in spinal joints |
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