What is a Chiropractic adjustment and how does it work?
A Chiropractic adjustment is the art of using a specific force in a precise direction, applied to a joint that is fixated, “locked up”, or not moving properly. This adds motion to the joint, helping the bones gradually return to a more normal position and motion and reducing stress on the surrounding tissues. Your spine houses the spinal cord and from the spinal cord come spinal nerves that exit between the bones or “vertebrae” of your spine. When the information carried in these nerves changes because the nerves are irritated or otherwise dysfunctional, your body cannot function at peak efficiency. Modern evidence suggests that excessive biomechanical stress is a key factor that can result in many symptoms, both for normal and abnormal anatomy. We call the result of that overstressing event a subluxation. An evidence based definition of subluxation describes it as a buckling of the spinal unit within the normal range of motion resulting in concentration of stress in one or more of the
