If you have little kids, you know if you leave them alone for too long, something bad is bound to happen. Worse yet, if they haven’t made a peep for some time---that’s when the most destruction is going down! You have to peek in on them every now and then to make sure they’re not getting into trouble.
If you leave your spine neglected for too long, inevitably it will get in trouble too. Vertebrae get out of line, nerves become irritable and before you know it, your health is a total mess. When your spine’s away from chiropractic supervision---subluxations will play. Kids can get into messy trouble if you don’t check in on them often. Funny how spines do the same thing too. It’s probably a good idea to keep a close eye on yours.
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The weight of a dime, 8-10 mm of Hg, that’s all it takes to drain normal nerve transmission to a trickle. Stretching a nerve by as little as 6% can also decrease it’s signal strength by 70 %. So what does it mean for you?
Your nerve system transmits the data of life. Depending on role, thickness and sheath covering, some nerves can relay information from your brain to your body at speeds exceeding 200 mph. If those impulses are communicating vital instructions like ‘how many times your heart needs to beet,’ or ‘how should your immune system respond to a pre-cancerous lesion,’ you want those messages traveling at the highest possible speeds – with no interference. If those signals get blocked at the spinal level because of misaligned vertebrae (subluxations), damage to your health becomes eminent. Sustained pressure and stretch on spinal nerves may not manifest symptoms immediately. Detrimental effects usually grow silently until a crisis occurs. That’s why it’s important to keep your spine in proper alignment with chiropractic care---so your good health doesn’t stop on a dime. A glass of water can put out a flame, but it won’t put out a raging fire---right idea, but it’s lacking in appropriate quantity. The same can be said for results and chiropractic care.
The purpose of multiple adjustments is to keep your nerve system ‘clear’ long enough for your body to grow into a new, healthier state. For many (especially if you suffer with long standing, chronic health issues) that means frequent sessions to assure your innate intelligence has unrestricted nerve pathways and the proper TIME required to accomplish healing. One day at the gym or a single Paleo meal won’t make you fit and healthy. Exercise and proper nutrition can get you healthy, but they need to be repeated regularly to see real change. Likewise, desired chiropractic results come from time, repetition, and a sustained clear nerve system. One and done usually doesn’t do… What do Daylight Savings Time and a Chiropractic Adjustment have in common? Both give you more LIGHT---get it? The primary purpose of Chiropractic is to locate and correct subluxations. If you break the word down you get: SUB = less, LUX = light, and ATION = a condition.
Subluxation literally means a state of less ‘light’ or energy caused when misaligned spinal bones restrict flow of impulses through the nerve system. A chiropractic adjustment corrects this misalignment, eases pressure off nerves, and extends the time Life energy streams through you---giving you more daylight to heal yourself. When you receive an adjustment from your chiropractor, be confident your innate healing ‘light’ is shining brighter and longer. Life springs forward when you’re under regular chiropractic care. When rough air approaches, pilots put on the seat belt warning light to assure your safety during a turbulent flight. When Life gets bumpy, chiropractic care can keep you strapped in and safe too.
During excessive physical, mental or chemical stress, our bodies react normally with a fight-or-flight sympathetic nerve system response, followed by a parasympathetic calming to relaxed levels---all perfectly orchestrated by your innate intelligence, via a clear nerve system. But if your nerve system is interfered with by subluxations, your ability to adapt successfully to stress becomes weak and compromised---putting you at high risk for long term illness and disease. From fender benders to mental exhaustion, we all encounter occasional turbulence in life. It’s impossible to avoid it---but you don’t have to succumb to it. If your nerve system is kept clear with regular chiropractic care, you’ll be buckled-in and able to handle those situations in a more positive way. Safe driving is best accomplished when the roadways are clear. When they become congested (as with a blizzard), travel is impossible until someone opens them. The same can be said for the roll of Chiropractic
You want to drive from point A to point B = LIVE The roads are clogged with snow = SUBLUXATED Nerve System The plow guy plows it clear = Chiropractic ADJUSTMENT You can go back to driving as usual = LIVING At the end of the day, the plow guy isn’t going to drive you from point A to point B. He can only clear the roads so you can get there yourself. Chiropractic and healing are no different. Clark Griswold stands with bated breath and extension cord in hand as a childlike giddiness overtakes him. The family drum roll commences; he makes the anticipated electrical connection and VOILA… nothing happens.
Clark has a power problem. Although the extension cords are all connected and each individual Christmas light has been inspected with precision, he’s still not connected to the source. It isn’t until his wife ‘adjusts’ the switch in the garage and turns the MAIN Power on that the light show begins. She’d actually make a good chiropractor! If your wiring is connected and your body parts have all been dutifully inspected by the best doctors in the world, you still won’t function to your potential if you’re not connected 100% to your source… the Life sustaining Power that flows from your Nerve System. Make sure you and your family stay connected to it with regular Chiropractic care during this bustling holiday season. Starter’s soreness is common with many physical activities – the ‘start’ of lifting weights, horseback riding, or working in the garden after a long winter off. ‘Starting’ chiropractic care is no different.
If you have joints, muscles and ligaments that have been inactive, don’t be surprised if you’re sore after your first few chiropractic sessions. Your spine may respond with some soreness to the increased motion and new positioning. But don’t worry – the pangs of rekindled function are normal, expected and temporary. As your spine becomes accustomed to its healthier state, the soreness will abate and your comfort levels will improve. It’s important to continue good chiropractic habits to avoid regressing back to where you began. Starter’s soreness can only return if you fail to maintain. Construction sites are hectic---heavy equipment everywhere, orange cones marking hazardous areas, workers tearing up and laying down new asphalt. It's a wonder anything gets done amid the chaos. But behind that chaos is intelligence... a team of well skilled architects, surveyors and foreman are carefully directing the project behind the scenes until it reaches completion.
Like construction projects, healing can appear chaotic and delayed at times. Just when it seems you're making progress, something flairs up... and old problem returns, a new ache arises and it feels like you're slipping backwards. But behind the chaos, a sophisticated innate intelligence is orchestrating the healing process at a level beyond human comprehension. Healing can look ugly from the outside. But be patient -- amid the chaos, organization prevails and progress is happening. Know that the best construction crew (Innate Incorporated) with the best set of blue prints (your chiropractic care plan) is working tirelessly to get the job done. |
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