What is Subluxation?

Vertebral subluxation is a mis-alignment of one or more spinal vertebrae which interferes with the spinal cord and/or spinal nerves. Such subluxations are caused by physical, mental, and chemical stress.

The purpose of the nervous system is to control and coordinate the function of every system, organ, tissue and cell in the body, thus maintaining a 100% state of health and wellbeing. The nervous system is responsible for sending messages to and from your brain, keeping communication open between the "boss" (your brain) and all of the hard workers (your body and its systems). A subluxation can alter or prevent the flow of impulses from the brain to the rest of your body. Over a period of time, vertebral subluxation can cause "disease," or lack of health because it prevents your body and its various systems (nervous, respiratory, circulatory, digestive, immune, etc.) from performing at their highest potential.

Adjustment Chiropractors correct Vertebral Subluxations by delivering a safe, gentle and specific force known as a chiropractic adjustment. Delivered to a Vertebral Subluxation, an adjustment corrects neurological interference. Different techniques may be utilized for an adjustment, depending on the Chiropractor's preference and the needs of the patient.The purpose of the adjustment is simple. A good analogy would be a garden hose and a rock. Consider the hose a nerve and the water flowing in it a nerve impulse. If a rock happens to move and obstructs the hose, the water will flow poorly out the other end, or will not even flow at all.

The same theory can be applied to the nervous system. If nerve impulses are obstructed to vital organs and glands, they begin to function improperly, and may produce a state of "disease". An adjustment, in physiologic terms, removes the blockage of nerve impulses caused by subluxation or other stresses to allow the body to function naturally.

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