A subluxation is the condition of a vertebra that has lost its proper juxtaposition
with the one above or the one below, or both; to an extent less than a luxation; which
impinges nerves and interferes with the transmission of mental impulses (from
Chiropractic Textbook, R. W. Stephenson, 1927).
Basically put, a subluxation (vertebral subluxation complex) is a misaligned bone that
causes nerve interference. This interference alters nerve output, either increasing it or
decreasing it - either way, the end result is malfunction. Malfunction left long enough
will result in a lack of ease or dis-ease. Disease will eventually lead to a symptom.
Doctors of Chiropractic stress the point of early detection and prevention because of
this fact. Why wait until symptoms manifest? Symptoms are nothing more than an
accumulation of damaged tissue cells.
For a graphical example of how the brain communicates with all parts of the human body,
click here!
Posture is a preliminary way Doctors of Chiropractic evaluate the
structural integrity of the human frame. Look in a mirror - is your head tilted to one
side? Is one of your shoulders lower than the other? Do you have a short leg or
find yourself having to tilt from side to side while standing still? Read the following quote to
understand why we Doctors of Chiropractic do what we do!
"Better than 90 percent of the energy output of the brain is used
in relating to the physical body in its gravitational field. The more mechanically
distorted a person is, the less energy available for thinking, metabolism and
healing."
Roger Sperry, Ph.D. (Click
Here for Dr. Sperry's site)
1981 Nobel Prize for Brain Research (Click
Here for the press release)
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