Did you know...

• The word "Chiropractic" has Greek origins, meaning "to do by hand"!?!
• Your nervous system is the master controlling system of the whole body!?!
• The first chiropractic patient didn't have back or neck pain...his hearing was restored!?!
• Your nerve impulses travel at almost 300 miles per hour!?! (Imagine what happens to a car travelling at that speed if it encounters an obstacle in its path...)
• Your body doesn't differentiate between excessive physical, emotional and chemical stress - it all gets stored as tension!?!
• That health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being, not merely the absence of symptoms!?!

How does Subluxation Occur?

Often the first subluxation occurs at birth. Think of that fragile spine being twisted and turned as the doctor pulls the infant through the birth canal. Studies have show that some doctors can use up to 80lbs of pressure on the baby's neck assisting childbirth - can you imagine how much trauma that can cause? Forceps, vacuum extraction, learning to walk, riding bikes, climbing trees, etc. are often other causes of subluxations. Adolescents who participate in sports may also experience problems. As adults, there may be auto accidents, work injuries, poor posture, or stress that affect the spine. Many of the activities of daily life can cause subluxations. The way we run, walk, sit and sleep are always affected by gravity, and the spine bears the most of this and can become subluxated if it has a excessive stress put on it. Subluxations, like viruses, can happen at anytime. Certain foods, drugs and other chemical substances may also react with your body and create subluxations. Dehydration is also a key cause of spinal dysfunction. Stress and other emotional triggers and chills can also affect the functioning of your spine through the physical tension they cause. Many subluxations however are caused in childhood and show up as problems later in life. Like the early stages of tooth decay, heart disease or cancer, vertebral subluxations can adversely affect your health, even if you don't have obvious symptoms.

In short, subluxations occur when your body receives a physical, chemical or emotional stress that it cannot adapt to.

Basic or Initial Intensive Care

This level of care is designed to stabilize your spine and begin to improve its function as soon as possible. When beginning care, adjustments are relatively frequent to maximize their effect. Healing often takes time, much like if you dropped a brick on your foot, when you take it off, you still need time to heal before it starts feeling better.

Intermediate or Reconstructive Care

Continuing adjustments on a slightly less frequent basis to return the function of your spine to as near as possible to normal. This is the level of care that usually produces the major changes in the function of your spine and nervous system as chronic or underlying subluxations are corrected. Generally, the longer your spine has been working incorrectly, the longer it will take to change. This stage will enable you to make more supportive changes regarding every aspect of your lifestyle.

Advanced or Wellness Care

The lives of most people include ample opportunities to create subluxations. Wellness care involves regular spinal checks and adjustments to continue the improvement in the function of your spine and correct subluxations as you create them. Generally people in this level of care experience greater energy levels, improved ability to concentrate, they become sick less often, they are more able to adapt to stresses and they are overall more healthy and happy; functioning at a higher level.