What Is Chiropractic And What Can
It Do For Me And My Family?

First, the subluxation...

In simplest terms, a subluxation (a.k.a. Vertebral Subluxation) is when one or more of the bones of your spine (vertebrae) move out of position and create pressure on, or irritate spinal nerves.  Spinal nerves are the nerves that come out from between each of the bones in your spine.  This pressure or irritation on the nerves then causes those nerves to malfunction and interfere with the signals traveling over those nerves.

How does this affect you?  Your nerve system controls and coordinates every function of your body.  If you interfere with the signals traveling over these nerves, then parts of your body will not receive the proper communication and will not be able to function at their optimal level.  Very simply, certain processes in your body will not work properly.

It is the responsibility of the Doctor of Chiropractic to locate subluxations and reduce and correct them.  This is done through a series of chiropractic adjustments specifically designed to correct the vertebral subluxations affecting your nerve system and spine.  Chiropractors are the only professionals who undergo years of training to be the experts at detecting and correcting subluxations.

Now, the detailed explanation...The 3-D Subluxation Model

Dyskinesis – Abnormal motion or position of vertebrae. (Your spinal bones do not move normally.)

Dysponesis – A reversible physiopathologic state consisting of errors in energy expenditure which are capable of producing functional disorders. Dysponesis consists of covert errors in action potential output from the motor and pre-motor areas of the cortex and the consequences of that output. These neuro-physiological reactions may result from responses to environmental events, bodily sensations and emotions. The resulting abnormal muscle activity may be evaluated using surface electrode techniques. In chiropractic practice, dysponesis may be associated with vertebral subluxation. Surface electromyographic techniques, therefore, are used to access muscular responses to chiropractic adjustments. (The electrical energy carried over nerve fibers and going to coordinate muscle activity is out of balance.)

Dysautonomia – The autonomic nervous system controls the organs, glands and blood vessels. (It makes up 80% of the nervous system.) It is responsible for relating the internal environment of the person to the dynamics of the outside world. In healthy people, skin temperature patterns will be constantly changing but symmetrical as the person continuously adapts to their environment. Subluxation results in thermal asymmetries and/or fixed patterns. Infrared thermography helps determine the overall degree of autonomic abnormality and the response of the person to adjustment. (Nerves going to the organs, the glands, or the blood vessels are functioning abnormally, which leads to abnormally functioning tissues, cells, organs, and glands.)