The gift of chiropractic

Chiropractors lead the way in an approach to Healthcare that focuses on helping each individual express their optimum well being. Fundamental to the chiropractic approach is the belief that good health depends upon having your spine and nervous system working at their best.

Although people start chiropractic care for many different reasons, your chiropractor's primary goal is not simply to alleviate the pain that is often experienced in and around the back. Instead, your chiropractor strives to ensure that your nervous system, which can be likened to a "communication superhighway”, is able to relay information back and forth between your body and brain. This is of vital importance because your nervous system, which is housed within the spine, controls and regulates all of your body.

In focusing on working with the body's own natural recuperative powers, your chiropractor chooses not to treat diseases, or use drugs and surgery. What your chiropractor will do is detect and correct subtle misalignments of the spinal bones, which are called subluxations. Your chiropractor focuses on subluxations because they are the most common cause of interference to the flow of information across your nervous system. Furthermore, subluxations result in a compromise of the body's innate ability to express its optimum potential.

Your chiropractor will use a series of adjustments in order to reduce spinal subluxations. An adjustment, which involves the gentle and specific application of a force to the spine, allows the body to restore normal spinal and nervous system function. The sooner a subluxation is detected, the more readily it's effects can be minimised, so that the proper development, recovery and adaptation of the body can proceed.

Of particular concern to chiropractors is the observation that negative patterns, if established early in life, may limit a child's potential throughout life. For this reason it is especially important that children are subluxation free.

If you are already health conscious you will be aware of the important role of many aspects of the chiropractic lifestyle. You will likely know that regular exercise, a good diet, minimizing stress and maintaining a balanced mental attitude are all important for achieving and sustaining your best. You should also know about that important part of the equation upon which all others depend.......the nervous system.
 
The nervous system is the master control system to all cells, tissues and organs in the body. The health and proper function of your spine is essential to this system. The other components of the chiropractic lifestyle are obviously best pursued when spinal and nervous system function are at their best.

For example:

• Despite how nutrient dense your diet is, you cannot expect to fully digest and absorb all available nutrients if your nervous system is not functioning optimally,
• Despite how many times you go to the gym, or run, or swim, you cannot expect to reach your optimal strength, speed or flexibility in the presence of nervous system interference,
• Despite how much you rest, you cannot expect to fully recuperate or relax if your nervous system is not working properly.