Chiropractic is a philosophy,
a science and an art.
The foundation upon which it is built is the realization
that health is the body’s normal state and good
health is perfectly natural.
Chiropractors know that the body possesses an internal
wisdom ( innate intelligence ) that continually strives
to keep the body in a state of good health. This innate
intelligence controls our heart rate, blood pressure,
digestion and all vital bodily functions.
It is also the guiding, healing force which allows
our body to self-heal and self-regulate, permitting
us to adapt naturally to the influences of the internal
and external environment.
The ability of the body to maintain good health is
dependent on its ability to adapt to the environment.
Ensuring this capability is one of nature’s
most remarkable communication networks: the nervous
system.
The nervous system is comprised of the brain, the
spinal cord and the nerves. The brain sends mental
impulses to each of the more than 100 trillion cells
in the body, instructing them on how to function properly.
These mental impulses are transmitted from the brain
via nerves passing through the spine.
Vertebrae in the spine can become misaligned and will
interfere with the body’s natural communication
process. These misalignments are referred to as subluxations.
Vertebral subluxation result in the interference of
the nerve pathway to cell, tissue or organ.
Without a normally functioning nervous system, the
body’s ability to self-heal and self-regulate
will become impaired, resulting in poor health and
disease. Chiropractic seeks to identify, analyze and
correct or adjust subluxations.
The Doctor of Chiropractic restores the body’s
nerve function by adjusting
the misaligned spinal vertebra into its correct position.
With nerve function improved, bodily processes are
permitted to become more natural and healthy. Subluxations
can arise from three types of stressors
- chemical, emotional and physical.
Chiropractic’s aim is to ensure that the body’s
natural health-ensuring processes are allowed to function
without nerve interference due to misaligned vertebrae.
Chiropractic does NOT provide ‘sickness’
care, ‘disease’ care, or ‘symptom’
care. It provides HEALTH CARE. As a philosophy,
Chiropractic recognizes that the body has a natural
ability to express its health potential to the fullest.
As a science, Chiropractic deals with the relationship
between the spine and nervous system and its effect
on the body’s innate ability to express and
maintain good health. As an art, it entails knowledge,
skill and dexterity to locate and correct subluxations
that impair and rob the body’s ability to maintain
optimal health and wellness.