Enlightening The Body

The body is quite amazing. It never ceases to amaze me in how intricate and yet connected it is. I’ve had people come in with shoulder pain that I was able to trace back to a foot issue. I have had people come in with shoulder pain that was connected to a neck issue. I have had people come in with shoulder pain that was connected to a low back issue. Every body is different and that means that there is no cookie cutter approach to health and healing. My job as a chiropractor is to allow the body to heal and repair itself by removing the adaptations that are creating the problem. Physiologic adaptations happen all the time. Through our jobs or injuries or lack of muscle tone our bodies learn ways of coping. They will adapt to the stress so that we can function to our maximum potential. The problem is that sometimes these adaptations lead to causing a malfunction in other parts of the body. Let me give you an example; Let’s say you break your foot and as a result you need a cast. You’re lucky and you get to wear a walking boot cast. With this boot you will end up limping and having an abnormal gait. This gait translates up to the knee and hip and low back and you start to strain these areas as the body is compensating for the limp. The compensations for the low back become entrained and segments don’t move as well as normal. The boot comes off and you’re no longer limping but the entrained segments still aren’t moving. This leads to nerve irritation and eventually low back pain, maybe disc issues, maybe over a long period of time arthritis sets in. My job as a chiropractor is to retrain segments to proper motion and reduce nerve dysfunction so that you can be pain free and healthier. These visits are never a one and done fix, they often times need time and repetition to allow for proper motion to be restored. Only a chiropractor is trained to detect and correct these areas of reduced motion. Make sure you share with your loved ones that we will do a thorough examination to determine which areas of their bodies are reducing their ability to live their life to the fullest potential.