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"In all disease, look
first to the spine." Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC) |
Chiropractors believe in whole body
wellness. The term 'wellness' means many different things to different people.
Your Chiropractor believes that wellness is the state of health where your body
is free of interruption or interference to any part of your nervous system,
enabling you full expression and enjoyment of life.
Gray's Anatomy says
the nervous system is the master system in the body and controls and
coordinates all other systems such as respiratory, digestive, muscular, immune
and so forth. The nervous system includes the brain, spinal cord, the spinal
nerves that exit the vertebral column through openings on the sides of each
vertebra, and all the peripheral nerves that branch off to serve organs,
tissues, blood vessels, muscles and more. Information from the environment,
both external and internal, goes through the spine to get to the brain.
Information and decisions made in the brain travel through the spine in the
same manner. It is a two-way flow of information.
The intention of the
chiropractic adjustment is to remove any disruptions of this flow of
information that are caused by slight vertebral misalignments that we call
subluxations. Chiropractors are trained to
locate these subluxations and then to remove
them, thereby restoring the normal flow of nerve energy in both quality and
quantity. The idea is that if the nervous system, the master system, is healthy
and functioning, the other systems under its control will also function in a
more optimal fashion.
Chiropractic is based on the belief that the same
innate intelligence that can grow a single cell into a complex human being,
made of billions of cells, can also heal the body if it is free of disturbance
to the nervous system. For example, if the area of spine that supplies nerve
flow to the stomach is subluxated, then information going to the brain
regarding the stomach and its digestive function will be distorted and the
brain will not be receiving accurate data on its condition. Likewise, decisions
made in the brain and conveyed along the nervous pathways will be disrupted and
the correct responses will be unable to be made. It is essentially the same for
all your organs, tissues, blood vessels, muscles and so forth. When a
chiropractor removes this interference, then the nervous system functions more
optimally and the body is able to heal itself via the two-way communication
system. |
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The doctor of the future will give no
medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet
and in the cause and prevention of disease. Thomas A.
Edison
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