ADJUSTMENTS/ MANIPULATION
Chiropractic care is an important part of any treatment. If you look at a house and it's electrical system, this is a good example of how the nervous system works. Have you ever had the circuit breaker blow in your house and you can't get electricity to that part of the house? The lights go out and the electrical flow is stopped. Well, it is similar with the spine. When you have a subluxation - a vertebrae that is out of alignment in the spine then there is a nerve that is being pressed on and short circuiting the "electrical" or nervous system impulse to that part of the body. You have nerves that pass through your vertebrae and provide "electricity" so to speak to different organs and glands in the body. If one of these nerves are being pinched off then it can cause the organ or glands to not function at 100%. Here is a prime example: have you ever had shooting pain down your leg and possibly into your foot? Well, that would mean that there is a vertebrae out of alignment in your low back causing that "electrical" current to go haywire and causing the pain down your leg.
When we look at the body, even in terms of weight loss, it is important to address anything that would impede the glands that affect weight loss and how they function. Getting adjusted helps with the nerve flow to these weight loss glands.
Adjustments, or manipulation as they're sometimes referred to is the minor movement of vertebrae in the spine. The objective of this movement is to realign vertebrae that have moved out of place for a number of reasons ranging from normal daily activity to trauma such as a car accident.
When these vertebrae are out of place, it has an overall systemic effect from muscular to the central nervous system. Without proper alignment and flow of all nerves and systems in the body from the brain, we can't function at our peak.
An adjustment is often a pressure from the chiropractor utilizing the hands or an instrument to move a vertebrae back into place. This happens with a quick movement and is often without discomfort. You may hear a noise that sounds like you're cracking your knuckles referred to as joint cavitation. It is the release of gases such as oxygen and nitrogen from the joint.
Overall, adjustments are an excellent way to keep the body functioning at its highest level. When the body is in alignment, the body is able to respond and perform as it was designed to.
