Subluxation is one of those elusive words that not many people quite understand. And it's not surprising when we are given so many complicated and confusing definitions (see bottom of post for some examples).
So what exactly is going on when your body has a subluxation? Well, to put it simply, the nerves in your body are experiencing interference. That interference can affect how your body functions and your overall health. Because your Nervous System is connected to every aspect of your mind and body, when it is not working properly (due to interference), your body cannot function at its highest level.
Subluxations can be caused by physical, emotional, and chemical stressors, among other things. And the interference they create cannot always be physically felt. That is why pain is not a good gauge of a subluxation - our sensory nerves (those that relay pain) make up only a smaller part (roughly 10%) of the overall Nervous System. That's why it is so important to get regularly adjusted, even if you feel fine.
Chiropractic adjustments help the body adapt to correct subluxations. In our office, we use a series of scans to get a deeper look at nerve interference within the body, and use this information to help remove those interferences through chiropractic adjustments.
We want to keep you healthy for life, not just treat the symptoms that may have driven you to seek chiropractic care. So if you haven't already been scanned in our office, call us today to schedule an appointment! 704-899-5000
Some of the definitions out there:
"A lesion or dysfunction in a joint or motion segment in which alignment, movement integrity and/or physiological function are altered, although contact between joint surfaces remains intact. It is essentially a functional entity, which may influence biomechanical and neural integrity."
(World Health Organization)
"A subluxation is a complex of functional and/or structural and/or pathological articular changes that compromise neural integrity and may influence organ system function and general health."
(American Chiropractic Association)
So what exactly is going on when your body has a subluxation? Well, to put it simply, the nerves in your body are experiencing interference. That interference can affect how your body functions and your overall health. Because your Nervous System is connected to every aspect of your mind and body, when it is not working properly (due to interference), your body cannot function at its highest level.
Subluxations can be caused by physical, emotional, and chemical stressors, among other things. And the interference they create cannot always be physically felt. That is why pain is not a good gauge of a subluxation - our sensory nerves (those that relay pain) make up only a smaller part (roughly 10%) of the overall Nervous System. That's why it is so important to get regularly adjusted, even if you feel fine.
Chiropractic adjustments help the body adapt to correct subluxations. In our office, we use a series of scans to get a deeper look at nerve interference within the body, and use this information to help remove those interferences through chiropractic adjustments.
We want to keep you healthy for life, not just treat the symptoms that may have driven you to seek chiropractic care. So if you haven't already been scanned in our office, call us today to schedule an appointment! 704-899-5000
Some of the definitions out there:
"A lesion or dysfunction in a joint or motion segment in which alignment, movement integrity and/or physiological function are altered, although contact between joint surfaces remains intact. It is essentially a functional entity, which may influence biomechanical and neural integrity."
(World Health Organization)
"A subluxation is a complex of functional and/or structural and/or pathological articular changes that compromise neural integrity and may influence organ system function and general health."
(American Chiropractic Association)
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