What is a subluxation and what causes them?
To understand chiropractic you first have to understand how the body works. Our bodies have the knowledge and ability ( chiropractors call this “Innate Intelligence”) to keep us healthy. This power controls heart rate, breathing, digestion and every other vital function. Instructions from your brain via the spinal cord are sent to every organ and cell in your body. If the instructions are received and followed properly, your body is able to reach and maintain its optimum level of health. However, if there is any interference with the transmission of those instructions the result is less-than-optimum health. Your body can no longer function normally. Messages to and from the brain are electrical impulses traveling along a complex system of nerve fibers including the spinal cord, which extends from the base of the skull down the center of the back. It is protected by the spinal column — sometimes called the backbone — which forms a “tunnel” of small interlocking bones called vertebrae.
