• It involves no drugs or surgery.
• Chiropractic is a specialized type of health care, which consists of small, precise manual adjustments.
• Chiropractic literally means, to practice with your hands.

• However the bones in your back, called vertebrae, can become misaligned.
• This misalignment is called a subluxation.
• Let's first look at a normal vertebra and then a subluxated vertebra.

Normally, your vertebrae are in a straight line. This allows pain free motion in your spine. This also allows the tissues (muscles and ligaments) which surround the spine to work correctly.

This misalignment is a subluxation. This causes abnormal stress on pain sensitive joints in the spine. It also causes unnatural stress in the muscles, ligaments, and nerves around the spine.

• Absolutely!
• Since every single cell in our body is under the control of the nerves, they must be kept free of abnormal stress.
• When no subluxation is present, proper nerve flow occurs and your body functions normally.
• However if the nerve is irritated, the nervous system does not work properly.

Notice the irritated nerve on the right. Subluxation causes decreased nerve flow. This may cause pain, general fatigue, or even disease! Many other things are affected by subluxation Along with nerves being effected, many muscles are attached throughout the spine. They can become spastic and knotted up causing pain and discomfort.

• If you have pain, achy soreness, and tight muscles in your neck and back, you may have subluxations.
• A chiropractor can tell you if you have any subluxations.
• The chiropractor will perform a comprehensive exam.
• This exam will help the doctor locate any subluxations, weak or injured muscles, and any other problems.

• Also like early cavities, subluxations left unfixed can progress to cause inflammation, pain, and possible serious degeneration problems in the future.
• One would like to have a cavity fixed in it's earliest stages, before it causes any pain or problems.
• You should feel the same about subluxations in your spine.
• Have them looked at and fixed before you begin noticing them as pain and headaches.

• Chances are no.
• Medicine is a chemical that covers up pain in the body.
• However pain is a crucial warning sign that something is wrong.
• Any pain is very important to have checked out.
• Even headaches, shoulder pain, knee pains, in fact all pains!
• A chiropractor can evaluate all those pains

It is your body's way of telling you something is wrong.

Most pain is caused by swelling or inflammation, which can be caused by subluxation.

The inflammation can be reduced with several things.

Tylenol  Aspirin Ibuprofen Prescriptions

Ice Heat Muscle massage Electric modalities  Ultrasound EMS (Electro Muscle Stimulation)

• This is because none of them actually fix the problem which is causing the pain!
• The culprit is usually a subluxation!

• We adjust it!
• Adjustments can be given many different ways, on backs, stomachs, or even sitting.
• But they all do the same thing, they remove the problem so proper natural healing can take place.

• Visit our section on adjustments.