CHIROPRACTIC: INSIDE and OUT

            Ever stop and think for a moment as to what takes place in your body each and everyday without you even thinking about it? You exercise 7,000,000 brain cells. Your heart beats 103,689 times. Your hair grows .017170 inch. Your blood travels 168,000 miles. Your nails grow .000046 inch. You breathe 23,040 times. You move 750 major muscles. You shed billions of skin cells. You replace them. You inhale 438 cubic feet of air. You speak 48,000 words. You eat 3-1/4 pounds of food. You turn in your sleep 25-30 times. You recognize and destroy potential deadly bacteria and viruses. You drink 2.9 pounds of liquid. You loose 6.2 pounds of waste. You perspire 1.43 pints. Ever stop and wonder how two tiny cells came together and became this miraculous creation called you?

            The major premise of chiropractic recognizes that each and every one of us is truly a miracle. From the moment of conception, an inborn or innate intelligence has followed a blueprint to create who you are today. This same intelligence that told your fingers and toes how to grow in perfect proportion to the rest of your body, still works and resides within you today.

            Focused in the brain, this intelligence utilizes an information highway, known as the nerve system, to coordinate the billions of activities necessary to adapt you to your environment, harmonize body function and maximize your life experience. What would happen if this intelligence, filled with vital life messages, could not reach the proper destination at the proper time? According to Deepak Chopra, M.D., “All disease results from a disruption of the flow of intelligence.”

            One such disruption can take place when one or more of the 24 vertebrae of the spinal column misalign, causing a disturbance in the information traveling between the brain and every cell, organ and tissue in your body. Chiropractors call this disturbance a vertebral subluxation and when present, start a cascade of events, known as the vertebral subluxation process, dramatically affecting your health potential.

            Rarely will vertebral subluxations be caused by one event. One major traumatic event such as an automobile accident, a sports injury and / or fall may result in a vertebral subluxation. Most vertebral subluxations though, are caused by repetitive stresses such as postural, emotional and/or chemical stresses that act on our bodies each and everyday. This is the primary reason chiropractors recommend regular spinal checkups as identifying vertebral subluxations early, like cavities, can prevent future physical and fiscal challenges.

            What if a vertebral subluxation blocked messages that helped your heart, lungs, liver or kidneys function properly? What if your digestive organs or hormonal systems were in disharmony? Do you think this would cause you to live your life at less that your highest potential? Do you think this disturbance could allow conditions such as asthma, headaches, sleeplessness, sinus troubles, allergies, and/or low back pain to manifest in your body? Ask yourself what would be possible for you and your family if you lived your life, free from the damaging affects of the vertebral subluxation process.

            The chiropractic objective is to locate and correct these vertebral subluxations while coaching you on sound lifestyle choices so you to can live an extraordinary life. The body needs no help, just no interference.